I can only imagine the indecision at traffic lights and grocery isles. Coming home with 2 cases of cat food despite not having owned a cat. "But Honey! The wave! It was peaking and had....."
always been skeptical and cynical of the 'stock market' the news and media is paid for so don't believe what you read in the paid for and sold out news outlets like fox, cnn, yahoo or any corporate news sites even this site has some troll who are paid to spread the gov't lies an propaganda machine. people didn't learn from 1929 or 2002 and now the crash in the crypto. it's ponzi scheme and 90% of the securities are scams there is no 8000 companies to invest. vast majority are scams. okay! the 'fraud' or scam is moving upstream to the Federal Reserve, issuing fiat money.. the ultimate 'scam' is the USD and central banks issuing fiat money and lending money they don't have and collecting interest on it. the country is then slave or in servitude the puppet masters who own Trump and own America. you see scam!
also, became more patient in trading, but more impatient in daily life.when i just started it was otherwise.
Still learning to be dump, which is my big obstacle in type of trading I must master now. I never played with others to be dump, but now I cutting off faster.... thanks to the trading. More patient in daily life, detached, observing.
Society in USA has changed to much worse when you compare it to 1950s when I was born. I grew up in in age of pre computer, pencils and slide rules, when you speak of electronics you say "what's that"? Carbon paper was how you make copies. a man's word and handshake meant everything, and no one asked you how much do you make. I am more hostile now than any time in my life, very few people have respect for others and they get applauded, no one ever gets policed, so why not take matters into your own hands, we live in a catch and release. Better the attorneys you have, you out free, just don't have one million dollar birthday parties. Trading has changed me for the worse and more ways for the better. Use to be very quiet and introverted, people would make fun of me in some fashion. Take enough lessons in hand to hand combat, you pray someone touches you. But it that way in trading as well, it is hand to hand combat, cause if you not aggressive when you need to be, you be the punk slobbering you lost. People here generally do not want you to be smarter or have more wealth than them. It is just easier in life to let all the dimwits to think they have more of everything than hurt their mental structure. When they ask, I have it down to being perfect about how I am doing, have an disgusted look, take a deep breath, look at the ground and mumble "things could be better". Like who wouldn't like another digit to left of decimal point? They stopped asking me for loans, teach them how to trade or borrow something. Trading is a part of life, more knowledgeable you are, better you are ready for the smucks in life.
Trading has forced me to read more, as a child I used to read a lot as my parents refused to own or watch TV. However these days I'm constantly reading, constantly studying for information even more so than when I was a child. As for personality, just feel more secure these days. When I retired a couple years back thought to work part time 2-3 days per week, well not on yur nelly now, heaven forbid, just the thought of employment is a big turnoff. I go to cafe most mornings and see people working, other employees also entering for their coffee hit, just so thankful for trading to be set free.
Trading taught me to be more patient, gave me the inner calmness and ability to make judgement based on facts and not emotions. I would say it ended my paranoia as you get to trust the automated systems that trade for you. This is especially harder for somebody who wants to handle everything by him/herself. I definitely agree with you that trading does change people in one way or another.