Behind the dream of getting rich in the cryptocurrency world, the body sounds the alarm, but the dopamine is still in a 'celebration'?
Entering the cryptocurrency world is like opening Pandora's box. I kept my eyes glued to the trading platform day and night, mesmerized by the flashing red and green numbers on the screen. When the market was good, the numbers in my account skyrocketed, that excitement and thrill felt like when I scored full marks and was praised by my teacher as a child, with dopamine flooding my system, feeling like I was about to reach the pinnacle of my life. To seize every opportunity to make money, I began staying up late to study various cryptocurrencies, analyze trends, and even neglected to eat properly, let alone exercise.
But it wasn't long before my body started to protest. Once, while climbing stairs, I was out of breath by the third floor, my heart racing as if it was going to burst out of my throat. I went for a health check-up, and the results were a nightmare: high blood pressure, abnormal blood lipids, and a significant decline in vision. However, even though my body was in such bad shape, as long as I saw the prices of cryptocurrencies rise, the pleasure brought by dopamine still made it hard for me to let go, continuing to struggle in the vortex of the cryptocurrency world.
During this time of crawling and rolling in the cryptocurrency world, I realized deeply that we often lose ourselves in the pursuit of wealth. We think wealth can bring happiness, but we overlook that true happiness actually comes from a healthy body and inner peace. As Thoreau said in 'Walden': 'Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.' Many people desperately pursue wealth in the cryptocurrency world but forget the beauty of life itself.
If you are like my former self, desperately chasing in some tempting field, don’t forget to occasionally stop, check on your body, and listen to the voice within. Health is 1, everything else is 0; without the 1, no amount of 0s holds any meaning. Follow me, and together on the road of life, let’s find true balance and happiness, no longer being swept away by blind desires.