Is It What Happens to Us That Hurts Us?

The numbers 5.30 are making you suffer, but it's not how you feel that is the problem. The famous sign from the Stokes is that it's not events that upset us. It's our opinion about events. A bull market and a bear market do not exist. These are made up things that we've come to describe a made up thing,. Like the market doesn't exist either. But understanding that they are abstractions should help you actually be better at it.