BRN brainchip holdings ltd

0.00%

20.5¢

Straw - many of the aspects you discuss are very similar to what...

First 2 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
cafa

8,918 Posts.

32

06/04/16

05:53

Post #: 17431090
Share

Originally posted by Straw ↑

Thankyou everyone - especially B&E, there is empathy out there.

I had a bit of lets say....'emotional time-out' and watched a movie.
I think you are right this place does my head in.

Sorry I probably didn't help much with everyone else's stress none
of you deserve that. You are all human beings.
I'm very embarrassed. It's hard to keep things in perspective when
stuff like this happens... to be honest it still doesn't feel like it is happening.
I know it's happened but knowing is very different to dealing with it.
Its shame, guilt, denial, regret, fear... hopes of maybe being able to relax about
money for last 20 years (at least for a short while) and then it being suddenly taken away.

To answer you questions trav, had a few very minor investments of a few hundred to couple of thousand a few years ago sort of to see what it was all about.... oh and comm. bank float which allowed me to just make the deposit on a small house with the first home owners grant and my savings (had a casual job for 9 years). No I didn't have much of a plan and relied too much on the marketing of the companies to make me feel I was doing a sensible thing. No I didn't do enough research. Way too trusting. No social life or direction in life either so tended to get a bit obsessed with ups and downs and it was a bit of an escape I think. The house I bought before the prices rose but I didn't really use it much as I felt lonely there. Eventually sold it after fixing it up and moved back in with parents. So I had all this money and no life to speak of and no goals and no career and a massive fear of failure and anxiety about most things.
To go from saying $20,000 is the limit of what I'll put into stocks because realistically that was all I could afford if I wanted to have an independent life..... to this .... it still hasn't sunk in. Somehow I lost the ability to
gauge what I was actually risking as I got more comfortable with the stocks and put more in. Had a fair bit of other really crap stuff happen over last 18mths so maybe that had something to do with the perspective thing being skewed as well. I think at some point it all just became numbers to me because I just didn't want to deal with it and still don't, haven't looked at my financial stuff in two years.

I used to be one of those people who thought buying a lottery ticket was irresponsible!...seriously.

Take it from me if you are choosing between going on a holiday and buying into a stock.......
take the &*$%ing holiday!!!!! or buy a car or a nice meal and spend you life with other people.

Again sorry for scaring people, I will try to get some help with things. Sorry if any of my post doesn't make sense it's very very late.... but I felt I needed to explain myself after disrupting the thread.

Expand

Straw - many of the aspects you discuss are very similar to what gamblers go through at times. Especially the self inflicted shame aspects.

http://www.gansw.org.au/

There are a set of question at
http://www.gansw.org.au/20 questions.htm
that may be worth 10 mins of your time.

They offer local support groups (about 70 in NSW for example) where one can openly talk to others who have been in a similar situation. Please seek some assistance, as you need to pass through this stage, and come out with a renewed confidence in yourself.

BRN Price at posting: 17.0¢ Sentiment: None Disclosure: Not Held
13 Upvote

0 Great analysis

Reply

Top Stories

THL

Tourism Holdings says Liberation Day tariffs smashed US RV demand

AII

Inside the Depths of Panasqueira: A Legacy Carved in Rock

OSL

OncoSil wraps up recruitment for key pancreatic cancer trial

DMP

Is Domino's a steal after -25% plunge?

HotCopper Highlights, Week 27: G8 scalped, Domino’s drops the box, Gemlife brief hype & more

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 016 – FY25 ended up not so bad... but Trump unpause is coming

Week 27 Wrap: 40% China tariffs?; ASX +10% FY25; US Amazon price spike

Trump chides Powell as Goldman call for calm. The RBA must be nervous

NMG

New Murchison Gold blasts off at Crown Prince as 'better than expected' results return

KGD

Kula picks up unexplored niobium play in Malawi, with surface samples logged

First 2 Last

Add to My Watchlist

What is My Watchlist?

A personalised tool to help users track selected stocks. Delivering real-time notifications on price updates, announcements, and performance stats on each to help make informed investment decisions.

(20min delay)
Last 20.5¢		Change 0.000(0.00%)		Mkt cap ! $415.2M

Open	High	Low	Value	Volume
20.5¢	21.0¢	20.0¢	$1.208M	5.898M

Buyers (Bids)

No.	Vol.	Price($)
52	2248810	20.0¢

Sellers (Offers)

Price($)	Vol.	No.
20.5¢	369721	7

View Market Depth

No.	Vol.	Price($)
43	1850019	0.200
26	1277507	0.195
56	1841112	0.190
40	1366842	0.185
65	1233007	0.180

Price($)	Vol.	No.
0.205	257259	3
0.210	978887	19
0.215	1370152	18
0.220	2146303	50
0.225	741889	12

Last trade - 16.13pm 04/07/2025 (20 minute delay)

BRN (ASX) Chart

Straw - many of the aspects you discuss are very similar to what...

Tourism Holdings says Liberation Day tariffs smashed US RV demand

Inside the Depths of Panasqueira: A Legacy Carved in Rock

OncoSil wraps up recruitment for key pancreatic cancer trial

Is Domino's a steal after -25% plunge?

HotCopper Highlights, Week 27: G8 scalped, Domino’s drops the box, Gemlife brief hype & more

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 016 – FY25 ended up not so bad... but Trump unpause is coming

Week 27 Wrap: 40% China tariffs?; ASX +10% FY25; US Amazon price spike

Trump chides Powell as Goldman call for calm. The RBA must be nervous

New Murchison Gold blasts off at Crown Prince as 'better than expected' results return

Kula picks up unexplored niobium play in Malawi, with surface samples logged

Featured News

Buyers (Bids)

Sellers (Offers)

Featured News

Straw - many of the aspects you discuss are very similar to what...

Top Stories

Tourism Holdings says Liberation Day tariffs smashed US RV demand

Inside the Depths of Panasqueira: A Legacy Carved in Rock

OncoSil wraps up recruitment for key pancreatic cancer trial

Is Domino's a steal after -25% plunge?

HotCopper Highlights, Week 27: G8 scalped, Domino’s drops the box, Gemlife brief hype & more

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 016 – FY25 ended up not so bad... but Trump unpause is coming

Week 27 Wrap: 40% China tariffs?; ASX +10% FY25; US Amazon price spike

Trump chides Powell as Goldman call for calm. The RBA must be nervous

New Murchison Gold blasts off at Crown Prince as 'better than expected' results return

Kula picks up unexplored niobium play in Malawi, with surface samples logged

Featured News

Buyers (Bids)

Sellers (Offers)

Featured News