Become a different person from the moment you step into investing

I am 28 years old, an electronic engineer, born and raised in a poor and difficult family. From a young age, I was aware that I had to work hard to earn as much money as possible to help my family and parents. My family has two brothers, but my brother has been disabled since childhood, all economic burdens are shouldered by me. Although it was hard, my parents always tried to do everything so that I could go to university. In 2017, I was accepted into a foreign company with a good salary. I always work hard to work overtime, go back to online sales at night, do not dare to fall in love with anyone because I always feel guilty and self-deprecating about my situation. In 2018, I decided to build a house for my parents in the countryside with 800 million VND, borrowed 200 million VND, but only one year later I paid it off.

Time passed, at the beginning of 2021 I was promoted to deputy manager, in the middle of the year I bought furniture for my house in the countryside without missing anything worth 300 million VND, and saved 500 million VND to buy a good motorbike. When I thought life was good, the storm started when I joined the stock market and virtual currency. In mid-2021, when the Covid epidemic peaked, I had to take a two-week break at home in isolation, so I studied the stock market and virtual currency day and night, at that time the market was rising. From 500 million dong, by the end of that year I had seven billion dong in hand. I bought a land of 1.5 billion dong, gave my parents 500 million dong to save, and five billion dong for further investment in the hope of doubling or tripling my account.

>> I know to stop after losing 1.2 billion dong

By February of this year, I had a big failure when buying virtual currency, my assets evaporated by 50%, down to 2.5 billion dong. I was scared, about to stop, struggled a lot but was too aggressive, so I continued to play and dropped to 950 million dong. At this time, I was about to get married, so I stopped and focused on the wedding day. From March to May, I continued to play, sometimes up to 1.7 billion dong and then down to 1 billion dong. I have heard the story, a person has 10 billion VND and now owes two billion VND, so he is very scared and confused. Thinking about my situation, I did not dare to take any more risks.

I think a lot, almost become a different person since entering the investment path. Before, I was an active, cheerful, sociable person, now I have become a quiet person, irritable, living alone, not wanting to go anywhere. I also talked to my wife and received encouragement. Also because I was absorbed in investment, I neglected my work, in May I resigned from the company, now at home.

Hope you guys can give me some advice so I can live again. I’m doing nothing and I’m disoriented. How can I overcome greed and aggression, so that in the future I don’t lose everything and become a good person like before? Thank you.

Decided

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