Mental Health: What To Do As A CryptoTrader If You're Dealing With Mental Issues

Ok, well since today a lot of you were talking about mental health, I want to chime in here. Don't want to turn this into Reddit's mental health self-help group but I think mental health is super important when you are staring at screens for long periods of the year so we ought to discuss it at least once a year. It seems we have quite a few people here dealing with either chronic or occasional mental issues.

Also, some of you guys will be rich now which may trigger an existential crisis because your work is a huge part of your identity. Others may feel super hurt about stuff that went down e.g. mega loss due to margin trading or theft or whatever which can trigger depression or loss of interest in things. If you don't deal with it ASAP this can have long-time consequences, so try to deal with it in a rational matter and don't let this eat yourself up. Such a crisis can also trigger problems you didn't realize you have, it is best to keep notes for later review and better self-reflection.

1) First, I think it's super important to realize you have a problem. People often freak out about it, but most people at least once in their life dealt with this shit due to loss, changes, challenges etc - life happens! Don't think less of you because of it.

2) Secondly, you should be open about this and seek professional help if you think it might help. And even if you think it won't, give it a try ONCE.

3) Lastly, not all problems can be overcome through behavioral treatment. Many can, others can't because they are genetic.

I want to talk a little about the issues you can't overcome through therapy. I've been dealing with ADHD for many years (I'm ok now). While ADHD can be great for super-focus and pattern finding, it's a serious burden and can kill your social life. It's important you get down to the root issues / etiological reasons of your particular issue. For me, it's some kind of auto-immune thing because I also deal with celiac disease. For you, it can be something else. Make sure to get tested, this means going to the doctor and ask for a thyroid checkup, blood tests etc.

Genetic testing What I would highly recommend is doing genetic testing. 23andme is cheap and it saved me on more than one occassions. It allowed me to quickly figure out my genetic profile in combination with promethease.com - which is kind of an index of your entire genome broken down into POTENTIAL medical issues and your susceptibility to mental health issues. Just don't freak out and look at it objectively. You wont get everything you have the genes for. Environment matters.

After that you can look into potential supplements that can help you deal with it. Before you start experimenting with nootropics and shit, make sure your hormones are ok. You may have low/high cortisol due to the stress from trading. Constant adrenaline, short nights etc won't do you any good! This can cause serious damage and is not worth any money on planet earth. If you take ANY nootropics, always start with Piracetam, which is by far the safest and most tested.

Finally, when you got your hormones in order, you get restful, plenty of sleep and exercise and you have a decent stack of nootropics (Piracetam, Green Tea Extract, Alcar, ...) to deal with short periods of stress you should seriously look at what makes you happy. I was / am going through some sort of existential crisis too because of the windfall but I decided to really put myself out there and start meeting people. Simply go to meetups or local groups, you'd be surprised how many people just want to hang, listen to your story etc. I'd advise against having casual sex just because you have nothing to do, it's super unpersonal and won't really fulfill you emotionally for a long time. Try to get to know people or find some cause you can support. Now regardless of where you're at right now, don't take it too hard if progress is slow, this stuff takes time.

Good fortunes to us all

P.S. If you have any useful advice how to deal with loss, setbacks, etc post it in the comments. If you need any help with ADHD message me if you have a specific question, maybe I can help. We could also start a small private invite-only group for mental performance if there is any interest since this basically is a huge deal for traders regardless of how mentally stable you think you are.