Feeling like “I’m bad luck” usually comes after a streak of things going wrong, especially when you’ve been trying hard and still not getting the outcome you wanted.

But bad outcomes don’t prove you are bad luck. Most of the time, it’s a mix of timing, pressure, risk, expectations, and how much emotion gets attached to losses. When people are stressed, the brain starts connecting unrelated failures into one identity: “Maybe I’m the problem.”

That feeling gets stronger in things like trading, money decisions, relationships, or career moves because results can swing fast.

Instead of treating it like a permanent truth, try looking at it more specifically:

What keeps going wrong?

Is it random, repeated patterns, or risky decisions?

What actually worked, even a little?

What would you tell someone else in your exact situation?

You don’t sound cursed. You sound discouraged.

And discouraged people often stop noticing their wins, their progress, or the fact that surviving difficult periods already takes effort.