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Using "it's too difficult for me" to describe the retail investors in the A-share market is really not an exaggeration at all.

Although compared to the hardships of life, the decline of A-shares is not a big deal.

Compared to the matters of life and death, A-shares are not that cruel either.

But the problem lies in the fact that the torture of hell is not about taking away your body and skin, but about destroying your will.

What A-shares cultivate is the mind, not the form.

The so-called form refers to the practice of our physical body.

We suffer because we can't make money, because life will be difficult without money.

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We feel pain because of illness, because illness brings the feeling of skin pain.

And the pain brought by the stock market is actually essentially derived from two points.

One is the torment brought by the failure of expectations.When everyone invests in stocks, they are thinking about making money.

However, the result is often contrary to expectations, with no money earned, and losses coming one after another.

Unmet expectations will be mixed with regret and will have regrets, which will affect the mood.

This feeling is not pain, but a sense of loss and sadness.

Investment is a value exchange that spans time.

There is a very clear word in this process, called time.

The investment you make now will have a result at some point in the future.

The key issue is how long this point in time will be, perhaps you don't even know.

This is why there is the concept of short-term, medium-term, and long-term investment, and the expectation of time.

Most people are tormented because they pull the time expectation very short to verify right and wrong.Seemingly efficient, but in reality, one has not prepared psychologically for the disappointment, leading to great suffering.

There is another point here, which is about the coping measures.

When expectations are not met, whether to sell or continue holding the stock, there should be a response plan.

Most investors do not write plans, nor do they have any plans.

When encountering "sudden" situations, when the market expectations are different from what they imagined, they naturally feel at a loss.

Most will choose to hold the stock and wait, extending the time.

The longer the time, the greater the psychological pressure brought by the unmet expectations, and the more intense the feeling of suffering.

The second is the suffering brought by emotional fluctuations.

The rise and fall of stocks are never achieved overnight.

This means that sorrow and joy are always intertwined.Especially during times of great ups and downs, it brings about intense emotional fluctuations.

Because most people do not regard the numbers in their accounts as just a string of numbers.

They consider the numbers in their accounts as several months' salary, a car, a bag, a trip, and so on.

Therefore, the fluctuation of numbers turns into an actual wealth gap, which also brings about emotional fluctuations.

What is the feeling of losing a year's hard-earned salary in a few weeks of stock trading?

What is the feeling of buying and then having a limit-up, and suddenly earning several months' salary?

Once the rise and fall are concretized, emotions begin to fluctuate wildly.

And most investors cannot resist this emotion, especially when the amount of investment reaches a certain amount, the emotional impact brought by the fluctuation will be multiplied.

Not enough money is not exciting, too much money is unbearable, which is a common problem for investors.

That is because they always feel that if they invest less, they won't make money. The key to the problem is still greed.The greedier one is, the more fear naturally arises during a downturn.

The principle we often mention about profit and loss being of the same origin is essentially the same truth; everything is a double-edged sword.

How should one cultivate oneself in the stock market? Or how should one cultivate one's mind?

Most people focus on how to make money in investing, not realizing that if one cultivates enough, money will naturally come.

Many people would say this sounds too mystical, so let's make it more concrete.

Hasn't everyone bought and held onto a big bull stock before? Why did they get off in the end, and some even got off at a loss?

This is not a lack of cultivation, but a lack of understanding.

Holding on is because one knows the value, and the essence of knowing the value is seeing through it.

Whether you see through the performance expectations of a listed company, or the way of short-term speculation, or the operation pattern of the main force, these are all seeing through, and they are all part of understanding.Cognition comes from where? It comes from the accumulation of daily practice and cultivation.

The practice here refers to the accumulation of experience.

There is another reason why this is called cultivation.

Because many things are useless just by learning.

If we could simply understand the stock market by theory, then everyone would be Buffett.

The reason why the stock market can be called cultivation is that stock trading also needs a word: understanding.

The trend of stocks is ever-changing, and the corresponding rules are also diverse.

Many things are just a result when you listen to others.

Thinking through and understanding the reasons behind them is called understanding.

Understanding is the principle, but that is not enough, what is also needed is to control one's behavior, that is, emotions.The tendency to chase gains and cut losses is a natural human instinct and is also a problem caused by emotional vulnerabilities.

The discrepancy between knowledge and action is due to the greed, anger, and ignorance in emotions, which are difficult to overcome.

This is not only true in the stock market but also applies to life in general.

Otherwise, how can we say that life is a journey of self-cultivation?

When we climb a mountain, there are always uphill and downhill sections. Even if there is a path to the summit, it is often winding and full of ups and downs.

The rise and fall of stocks follow the same principle. Crossing mountains and ridges is a process, and how to grasp the uphill and downhill paths is crucial.

The future of the stock market is always unknown and uncertain, but emotions are controllable, as long as proper management is in place.

If trading behavior is also unknown, then it is destined to be unprofitable in the stock market.

The final point of self-cultivation is time.

This is also the essence of why many people have no results or even lose money in stock trading.The outcome of investment is manifested at a certain point after traversing through time.

For instance, whether buying a stock at 10 yuan is right or wrong can only be concluded at a certain point in time.

Perhaps a week later, the stock price is 9 yuan, and you are at a loss.

Maybe a month later, the stock price is 12 yuan, and you are making a profit.

Perhaps half a year later, the stock price is 8 yuan, and you are at a loss again.

Perhaps after several years, the stock price reaches 30 yuan, and you have made a fortune.

You cannot make a definitive conclusion at the moment because you can only look back from the present to see the results.

Precisely because of this, the cyclicality of stock investment becomes very important.

Traversing through time requires you to have determination, but essentially, it is still about having a heart that can see through the future.

This has nothing to do with the pattern, but is closely related to your research on the laws of stocks, the study of cycles, and the study of capital.Translating the provided text into English:

"Anyone who can thoroughly understand even one aspect of it has taken a step forward on the path of cultivation.

In the stock market, time, energy, concentration, learning ability, the accumulation of various capabilities becomes a form of practice."

This translation captures the essence of the original text, which discusses the idea of personal growth and development in the context of the stock market, highlighting the importance of various skills and abilities that contribute to a person's overall progress or 'cultivation'.