When the stresses of investing start to cause your mind to explode, when too much research leads to analysis paralysis, when too little research leads to a kick in the nuts, lie down on my couch and tell me all about it............

jimmy, i wondered who would be first, you or wilbs!!!

When someone is going in to mental meltdown you have to be there bos,being as you've chosen yourself to be the moneyam resident shrink ,i'm going to spill out all my problems (investing or other) soon...

Ah there you are ,,on a Sunday as well...

(stroking chin and picking up pencil and paper)
jimmy, why don't you start at the beginning..........

anyone got any problems that desparately need attention, to distract me from diy?

Had thought of this kind of thread for a long time and am very pleased to see that you have the nerve to support punters,Bosley.Thankyou.
One of the first things to realise is that I suspect many people who contribute to the MAM threads talking about their "multibaggers" are,in fact lying and have 'nt invested at all.The apparent enormous gains that some people have made,while encouraging others to invest,also causes many to invest at the wrong time beyond their means.There are others who feel gripped by envy/jealousy which are diificult emotions to handle at the best of times.
The realisation that one is gambling rather than investing is a hard thing to handle.Sometimes,it is difficult to distinguish between the two!
Finally,the men who invest in the wife's name,presumably without telling her in many cases are acting irresponsibly and should not try to manipulate their spouses in this way.
LOL BOS
Ethel

very well put , ethel. as a wise man once said, " if you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money." this is one of the things i am learning, not to get emotional about investing. it's a very difficult thing to do , especially when there is very significant movement in its sp. big upswings bring tremendous joy and elation, big downswings, tremendous bitterness and despair. i think it's fair to say most of us have been there. as part of the learning process you start to realise the importance of stoplosses, the importance of patience, and the importance of research. in many cases, if people are honest, bad investmenst are often the case of not enough, or incorrect, research.

anyone else?

Iv'e actually learned much more from my losses than from my gains, so now each year i set about minimizing my losses ,you can often see where you went wrong (and thats not just in hindsight) it's lessons learned....

Anyway bos there is not much psychiatry going on here , i'm waiting to here some juicy problems.

it's a good point to start, the psychology of investors and investing. but i agree with you, some juicy problems would be good.
so, james..... tell me about your childhood............ were you a a happy boy?

bosley ,, i had it hard , if i tell you ,,you may be reduced to tears..