BEST WAY TO OVERCOME FOMO SYNDROME (FEAR OF MISSING OUT)

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Ignoring issues about Trading, today I want to share with you a common psychology about the psychological syndrome of FOMO, not only in trading but also more or less in your daily life. So how to train your mind, good psychology will make your life more loving and wiser when making the right investment decisions.

A recent study on the subject defined:

… "The insecure and sometimes haunting feeling that you're missing out on something - that your friends are doing, knowing, or having something more or better than you."

With this definition of FOMO, nearly 75% of young people said they have experienced this phenomenon.

Surely this is not a good thing. It makes you keep checking social media so you don't feel uninformed. To know you're okay. So that you feel like you are not abandoned.

You think that reduces your anxiety, but often it doesn't. It just always urges you to follow endless streams of updates on social networks to feel secure.

Is it simply a syndrome of modern life? According to recent research, FOMO is much worse than you think...

FOMO ARISE FROM LACK OF HAPPINESS

If you are stuck in FOMO? Perhaps you are unhappy with your life. FOMO often comes from a lack of happiness.

Research results show that people with low satisfaction with basic needs for competence, independence, and relatedness have higher levels of fear of missing out, similar to people who are less happy and satisfied. less satisfied with life.

You don't feel too excited about things. But do you often wonder if other people are happier than you? How do you get rid of that restless feeling? Probably surfing social networks.

FOMO is highly associated with social media participation… Study 2 shows that fear of missing out plays a key role in the reasons for so much social media engagement.

In fact, FOMO motivates people to use Facebook more often right after waking up, before sleeping and between meals. This is like an addiction.

Whether you realize it or not, you're not feeling great and you turn to social media to feel better. There's just one thing you don't realize: it actually makes you feel worse...

Facebook doesn't present a comprehensive picture of people's lives. It's like a carefully edited version of perfection.

If showing off and showing off were banned, many people probably wouldn't post anything on social networks. But according to research, we still constantly compare our lives and achievements with others. This joy is equivalent to putting a nut-allergic person on a nut-only diet.

If two women both chat with their friends for an equal amount of time. People who spend more time reading about friends on Facebook tend to be more depressed.

If a person just wants happiness, they can easily achieve it. But if we want to be happier than others, this is never easy because we always believe that they are happier than they actually are. Comparing yourself to someone whose life seems better is not helpful.

You're wondering if life is good enough or not and then you look at other people's illusions of perfect lives that have been intentionally "filtered", "edited" by them... It's a feeling like when reading your bank statement after looking at the Forbes 400 list.

You are jealous because you imagine the joy other people have. Even though we understand that social media does not accurately represent each person's life, constantly comparing our seemingly poor lives with things that are not real makes us feel worried, depressed or anxious. .

So what is the most common reaction people make? Is to post something. That's to say: Look at me! I'm feeling great too. But that only reinforces the FOMO cycle.

People with FOMO have conflicting feelings toward . It makes them up and down in spirit. It was an emotional roller coaster, highs and lows. You can post a post showing an edited version of your life to soothe your uncomfortable feelings. But that very article, your viewers will only feel worse.

So how do we break this cycle?

ATTENTION

Looking for happiness on social networks is a bad idea. Because you won't find happiness there. When you know too much about someone who is ‘happier’ (in your mind), you lose your accurate perception of yourself. The fear of missing out keeps you from living in your own world like a real person.

Social networks are not real life, nor is it life. It certainly isn't real. Only real life is real life. And you're comparing yourself to a fake life.

THE KEY TO TRUE HAPPINESS CAN BE SUMMED IN ONE WORD: ATTENTION.

We all encounter things that go wrong in life. But those negative things won't bother us when we don't care about them. Learn to look at the positive side.

Your happiness is determined by how you distribute your attention. What you care about drives your behavior and determines your happiness. If you are not happy, then you are probably not distributing your attention properly... So to be happy, you need to shift your attention from negative things to positive things.

But when stuck in the FOMO loop, you don't care about the real world anymore and mostly pay attention to the virtual world - social networks to find a cure for your happiness.

So how can we pay more attention to real life? What should you do when life feels bleak or boring? This is surprisingly simple...

TRY TO BE GRATEFUL

Look around. What are the good things that you may be taking for granted: Relatives? Family? Friend?

Imagine that those things were taken away, how would you feel? Bad things can happen to us randomly. To some extent, you are lucky to have what you have. Imagining life without precious moments will make you appreciate them more, be grateful, and be happier.

An attitude of gratitude is said to be the king of happiness. The more grateful a person is, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, jealous, or mentally unstable.

An attitude of gratitude not only makes you happier, it is also linked to a better life. The psychology of comparison with fake lives on social networks makes you feel inadequate. Reflecting on what you are fortunate to possess will help you feel like you have more.

It's time to look at the good things in your life instead of stalking your Facebook feed. Turn off notifications and find the best way to ensure you always feel positive when you hear the tempting call of social networks.

Opportunities are always there, the important thing is whether you are alert and brave enough to recognize and change your position?

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