A trader describes the isolation of the job: 99.9% of people won't understand what you're going through. Having other traders around to normalize the emotional toll isn't optional. It's how you recover and come back stronger.
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There's nobody that's really going to understand what you're doing. Which is why, like, it's so good to have a community of. Well, at least to have some trader friends that you can kind of like speak to. Because moments like this where you just realize how lonely you are in this training space. Because truth is, nobody really understands what we do. At least 99.9% of people really don't. And this is why I'm also like, yeah, like, so happy to have built a community inside Bootcamp where I'm able to just share and not just me. Like, all the members just have the safe space to be able to share and actually have people realize exactly what they're going through and just be able to reassure them that this is normal and it's a part of the game and it's okay. Just relax, try to resolve the emotions and then come back the next day stronger.