Have you ever felt that the money you make in crypto doesn't feel real?

A friend was chatting with me yesterday, saying he made 30,000 USDT last month from short-term trading, which is over 200,000 RMB. I asked him how he spent it—he said: a few dinners, bought a watch, transferred some to his girlfriend, and threw half back into the market to open new positions. The whole process felt like nothing, like spending game coins—once spent, forgotten.
That sounds cool, but it's actually quite dangerous.
Because if money doesn't feel like money to you, sooner or later you'll bet money you shouldn't be betting.
There's a characteristic about crypto—it's all numbers jumping on a screen. When it goes up, the numbers get bigger. When it goes down, the numbers get smaller. There's no physical sensation of pulling cash out of your wallet. If you lose 10,000 RMB in cash, your hands shake, because it's truly being taken from you. But if you lose 10,000 USDT, you probably just frown, take a sip of water, and think about getting it back on the next trade.
That's why many people in this market lose far more than they can afford in real life. By the time they realize it, the hole is already too big to calculate.
I once heard a down-to-earth trick that works pretty well.
Every time you make a profit, force yourself to withdraw some and spend it on something tangible—eat a good meal, buy something you've had your eye on for a while, get something nice for your home. The purpose is simple: to re-establish a connection in your brain: this money is real, spending it has a feeling. When you start to feel the pain of spending money, you'll naturally hesitate a couple of seconds longer before opening a trade.
There's an even tougher method: conversion.
For example, if you're about to open a trade worth tens of thousands of USDT, ask yourself: if I convert this to my salary, how many months would it take to save up? If I earned this money bit by bit by waking up early every day and working, would I still throw it in so easily?
After asking that, you'd basically be half-calm.
This market never has sympathy for people who have no concept of money. If you treat it carelessly, it treats you even more carelessly.
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