Many people get hooked for the first time starting from the 'wealthy legend'.
Sometimes I wonder why so many people, despite losing in the crypto world to the point of questioning life, still can't quit? It wasn't until later that I realized the answer is hidden deep within human nature, which is harder to understand than market trends.
After hearing too many stories of overnight doubling, one inevitably fantasizes about catching that bus, even if rationally knowing this is just the voice of survivors.
Then the thrill pulls people completely in.
In the crypto world, the lights never go out, and K-lines never sleep; that kind of heartbeat from watching the market in the early morning is even more addictive than binge-watching shows, with rises and falls like they're hitting your dopamine button.
Later, you will start to fear missing out.
Group messages, Twitter revelations, KOL analyses flood in; it seems that if you put down your phone for a moment, wealth will slip away through the cracks.
By the time you realize it, you are already surrounded by group emotions.
Everyone shouts 'Charge' and 'HODL', comforting each other and celebrating together, this virtual sense of belonging makes it especially easy to sink in.
But what makes it hardest to leave is the money already lost.
The more you lose, the more you want to make it back; the more you want to make it back, the deeper you get trapped, 'Break even and leave' has become the sweetest yet most dangerous lie.
Ironically, many people think they are using cryptocurrency to fight against the old world.
They hate the system and resent the rules, so they treat trading coins as a form of freedom to control their fate, but the result often just changes the way they are led by the market.
Moreover, the instant feedback of the crypto world is even more toxic.
It takes half a year of work to see salary changes, but the numbers in your account can fluctuate by thousands in a second; this game-like thrill makes it very hard to truly stop.
In the end, you will find that the crypto world is neither heaven nor hell.
It only reflects our inner greed, fear, and that eager desire to change our fate.
What truly gets people hooked is never the market.
It is that part of ourselves that refuses to admit defeat, yearning to leap into a different life square.
