Going from $10k to $100k feels like genius.

Watching it slide back to $15k feels like getting robbed.
You turned $10k into $100k. Portfolio bleeding green.
Strangers in your replies begging for the play.
You're not selling. Why would you? This is going to $500k. Maybe a milli.
Drops to $80k. "Healthy correction."
$60k. "Just shaking out weak hands."
$40k. Now you're checking price every hour. Doubt creeping in.
$20k. Panic hits. You dump everything.
A month later it's back at $90k.
What just happened?
At $100k you felt untouchable.
Risk vanished from your head. You stopped thinking about the downside entirely.
Going up made you confident. Coming down made you emotional.
The only thing separating $10k from $100k is one number on a screen.
Your brain treats them like different universes.
At $10k you had discipline.
Position sizing.
Risk management.
An exit plan.
At $100k you had none of it. Just vibes and hopium.
Unrealized gains don't make you rich. They make you stupid.
And stupid always hands the money back to the market.