Are you a trader, or do you know any real traders, someone who consistently follows the market?
Point of information – everyone who trades is a real trader. Perhaps, you meant to say "profitable traders", I guess. Again, that someone consistently follows the market doesn't make them profitable. Any trader who earns from their trades more than they lose to the market is that trader you're referring to. It doesn't mean whether they watch charts or sit on the market or not.
I fell traders are more likely to become substance abusers for these reasons.
- The market can easily induce stress and anxiety because of the pressure of making decisions. Traders can loose sleep over it.
Well, that's not entirely true. It can happen to newbie traders or those who aren't profitable yet. Profitable traders know how to hit the iron when it's hot.
- Traders need to monitor the market regularly, even worse if you trade crypto because the market is always open.
You don't have to over trade because the market is always open 24/7. Every trader should choose their trading pattern and what works for their temperament. I don't like scalping the market except when the market is choppy/ranging. On the whole, I like placing trades and letting them run. It's so I don't have to constantly revisit my charts at the detriment of other stuff I should be doing.
- Most traders function alone, and are mostly by themselves, locked up in a room with their huge screens.
Even if one decides to isolate oneself in a room to trade, one should've trading groups one belongs to as that will expose one to what others are doing too. It's a kind of assessment mechanism.
Substance abuse can affect the accuracy of your trading decisions, so I feel people interested in trading need to understand this risk before starting to trade so that they do not turn to substance abusers, but rather focus on the healthy alternatives.
I don't know where you got that info from but I can tell you for free that it's not so. To the best of my perspicacity, traders are about the most disciplined set of people and aren't given to vices. Most of them hardly have time outside their charts.