23 years old. Male.
After finally saving money and having some free cash to invest (10k) this march(2025), I put it in the market. I started with regular stocks and then went into options. All went well, I gained around 200$, then with options I was making gains of $3000. I got overconfident as usual and then the market tanked in April and I lost all my money. Basically totaling around $20k. From panic sells and what not. Ever since then I’ve been just in a deep state of depression about myself as a person, I blamed myself and I was embarrassed and thought I could do nothing right. Seeing the market reach ATH the moment I exited the market, and keep rising every day checking stocks daily just to see new highs made me feel even worse.
I recently found more inner peace by focusing on stuff that actually matters. Been going to the gym and spending more time outside and with people.
Financially however things are not looking too bright. I still deal with a complete lack of confidence, embarrassment about money and yet another fear that once I start investing I will just lose it all ..
how do you overcome this fear ? What do you do? Because right now I’m just lost and am more scared than ever about my financial future.