2025-12-29 14:31:17

Fear of missing out isn't really about the money. It cuts deeper—it's fundamentally about social threat.

Here's the thing: your brain treats a missed opportunity the same way it processes social rejection. You don't experience it as being "late." Instead, you feel excluded. Cast out.

And that's precisely when logic vanishes. Watch what happens next: terrible entry points, zero risk management, position sizing driven purely by emotion. The rational part of your brain? Offline.

The antidote isn't complicated. Set a rule upfront: "If I wasn't early enough, I simply don't enter." Simple rule, enormous discipline. Lock it in before the FOMO kicks in.

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RektButAlive

· 01-01 11:51

Damn, this is exactly me. Every time I say I won't chase the highs, but then I see everyone in the group making profits and I can't sit still, feeling like I'm being isolated, and then I start making reckless moves, ending up with heavy losses.

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FallingLeaf

· 2025-12-31 16:45

Oh my, you're so right. Every time I see others making money, I feel socially excluded and uncomfortable... But well, these rules sound good but are really hard to follow. Once you miss out, self-doubt kicks in. Before setting rules, ask yourself, can you really stick to them? Most people are just fooling themselves. Isn't this just greed syndrome? You have to catch every wave to be able to sleep. I just remembered the last big loss was caused by doing exactly that, chasing after something that had already doubled... Actually, the harshest method is to simply not look at others' gains at all—out of sight, out of mind. It's easy to say, but when the moment comes, rationality has already gone out the window...

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GweiWatcher

· 2025-12-30 19:02

ngl That's why a bunch of people go all-in and then suffer heavy losses... psychology beats fundamentals

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GasGrillMaster

· 2025-12-29 15:01

Exactly right, that's why I always suffer heavy losses on altcoins. It's not really about lacking money, but about being afraid of being laughed at, forcing myself to turn off reason.

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Ser_Liquidated

· 2025-12-29 15:00

Really? People with social anxiety tend to FOMO even more intensely in the crypto world... As soon as they feel excluded, their minds just go into a complete freeze mode.

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