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LUNA, The Crypto Crash, And Mental Health Awareness Month

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
1 week ago
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This week, chaos broke out across the crypto market leaving investors in LUNA with extreme losses. Horror stories are beginning to spread regarding the aftermath. Specifically, there have been widespread reports of suicide related to the crash. As such, we wanted to take a break from our normally scheduled content to put a spotlight on the importance of Mental Health Awareness Month, and provide some resources on how you or a loved on can get help if you or they have been impacted.

The 99.99% LUNA Downward Spiral

It is brutally ironic that LUNA investors were labeled as “lunatics.” Wikipedia defines a lunatic as an “antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy.” Sadly, many investors who affectionately referred to themselves as such are feeling exactly as described.

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The crypto project was involved in an orchestrated attack to destroy the peg of its related algorithmically-backed stablecoin UST. The substantial depegging caused the liquidation of assets, panic across the crypto market, and a cascading effect where Bitcoin and altcoins were left decimated.

When the dust settled, LUNA fell to zero. The month prior, it was trading at more than $100 per coin. This represents a full 99.99% fall from grace. Many investors might have abandoned ship on the way down, which helped force prices down further with them, but many others went down completely with said ship.

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The chart is painful to look at even if you weren't holding LUNA | Source: LUNAUSD on TradingView.com

How To Get Help Before Turning To Self Harm

One example of a well-known crypto influencer buying the dip, left him with more than $2.9 million in public losses – losses they shrugged off with a laughing emoji. Others are handling the situation much worse, and horribly, turning to self-harm and suicide.

Suicide is never the answer. The feeling of loss is understandably immense. Much like markets reach a bottom, so do people. When you’ve reached what feels like your lowest point possible, ultimately that is when things begin to look up again. When the only direction is up, losses begin to turn to gain. Slowly at first, but like any trend, momentum builds and soon you will be on top again.

The loss you might feel, is the same feeling of loss those who love you will feel. Even worse – because your loss was monetary; their loss is human life. No amount of crypto, cash, or anything is worth exchanging for your existence.

If you happen to be feeling this way, there are alternatives and resources you need to consider first. For example, in the United States you can call 1-800-273-8255 24/7, or visit: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

A full list of suicide crisis hotlines by country can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Man bought the dip and lost 😂 pic.twitter.com/egkE1ObM6Z

— KSICRYPTO (@ksicrypto) May 12, 2022

Why Crypto Investors Should Care About Mental Health Awareness Month

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in the post-pandemic world, mental health is becoming an ever important topic that needs to be discussed and addressed. You are not alone. The World Health Organization reports that at least 3.8% of the population is depressed. Many more don’t know it, and more yet don’t want to admit it.

Related Reading | Dark Tetrad: Study Shows Crypto Investors Have The Worst Personality Traits

Recently, Bitcoinist covered a report outlining how crypto investors are more likely to exhibit the “Dark tetrad” of personality traits. These traits include a high level of risk taking, psychopathy, and of course, things like depression, suicide, and self harm.

Everyone has a touch of these qualities, whether we like it or not. Having such traits doesn’t make you a bad person, nor does experiencing periods of negative mental health. Consider this the next time you are feeling down, at a loss, or thinking about causing yourself harm.  There is always a better way.

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Tony Spilotro

Tony Spilotro

I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a digital media executive and global remote work leader with a decade of content experience and excellence. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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