Every time I see that little red number in my inbox, my first thought is: Did I mess up? My brain jumps to the worst-case scenario—maybe I said something controversial, and now everyone’s correcting me and downvoting my stupid comments. Even though, most of the time, the messages are actually helpful and fun, that number still triggers some sort of insecurity and anxiety. The bigger it gets, the louder my worries grow.
Logically, I know I don’t screw up that often, and most feedback is neutral or even positive. But deep down, my insecure monkey brain panics at the thought of being wrong—or worse, publicly called out. Even when I’m right, the number still makes my stress levels spike up. What if people disagree with me? What if they don’t like what I wrote?
And yes, I see the irony in posting this. Writing about it is basically asking for it and feeding the very anxiety I’m trying to ignore. Maybe it’s my version of exposure therapy.
Lol sorry for taking so long, night classes are totally kicking my ass.
I love the way you put the question, to give you a simple answer, no.
The closest I could say that would fit the bill would be the general assumption that if one person has one thing, another person has another thing, there should be some measurable mutual demand in most cases that will allow for a mutual agreement as to make a trade.
Outside of that, pretty much the entirety of the field is based on various assumptions that compound one another, or build upon earlier assumptions to try and make better theories as to how the markets function, or how to use past and current data to create better predictions of the future markets. While less so do now, many would dedicate their time towards better study and understanding as to past market conditions as well.