Also, I'm not sure if depression is actually bad. It might be a mechanism that is supposed to get us to stop doing what isn't working and seek out new solutions.
This is somewhat how I view depression. My philosophy has become without experiencing depression you cannot experience happiness. Without sadness you cannot feel joy. It's something you have to endure to eventually become a better version of yourself.
Since everybody is sharing their personal experiences. How crypto has had a grip on me: it started in 2015 when I got introduced to a shitcoin, I already heard of Bitcoin. Put a decent amount of money into it and saw it rise x4 at the end of 2016. That's when I decided to dig deeper and created an account here. Then 2017 came along and I experienced the crazy bull run we had. During this year with amazing highs and profits I started to feel more confident and euphoric. After a while (which I can see now in hindsight) the profits I made, were linked to my self-confidence. Which is quite dangerous when I think about it. So when the bear market came and it destroyed my paper profits I was feeling low, insecure and doubting myself all the time.
It has now been almost six months since I have started rebuilding my self-confidence. What seems to help for me is routine and exercise. Going to the gym and lifting weights has been working quite well. A strong mind needs an even stronger body.
@capslock
Thank you for sharing such an intimate moment! Great post had to send you my last merit.
Surely, whether your portfolio was profitable or not, in relationship to bitcoin specifically would depend on a lot more details. Sure, you are saying that, overall, your portfolio became unprofitable at a certain point in this prolonged correction, but then again there are a lot of ways that the level of profits would be affected depending, in part, on how long you were involved in various shit coins, how much of a percentage they occupied and whether and how much you came over to the light of bitcoin - including your strategies, whether dollar cost averaging, buying on dips, various balls to the walls approaches or some combination thereof.