In 2022, my brother held his wedding, and in the best man's room, after a few rounds of drinks, he jokingly self-deprecated and said, "I'm already 31, and I still have to rely on my parents for the bride price."

In that moment, I raised my glass with a smile, but my heart felt like it was pricked by a needle. That night when I got back, I opened the exchange and watched as SOL dropped from 109U to 89U, thinking to myself, "Is this a rebound? Let's give it a shot!"
So, I threw in the 90,000 that I had saved up for two years.
In the next few days, the market seemed to be playing with me. SOL rose from 80U to 95U, and I was staring at that string of numbers, my heart racing as if it would jump out of my throat. At that moment, I felt like I was about to turn things around; taking profits? What a joke! This wave is definitely going to break a hundred!
Three days later, the market turned and plunged straight into the earth's core.
SOL plummeted to $40, and the liquidation warning lit up on the screen. My account had only 200U left for fees. My hands shook so much I could barely click to exit, and tears welled up in my eyes. That night, I felt for the first time what it meant to face the "knife of the crypto world," a coldness that made me sober.
Later I understood that a true veteran is not the one who makes the most money, but the one who dares to cut losses, can remain calm, and knows when to withdraw.
The cryptocurrency world is not a casino, but a psychological battle.
Not setting profit and stop-loss is just trading life for experience.
That 90,000 was the most expensive tuition I paid in the crypto world.
But it was precisely that liquidation that forced me to rewrite all the operational rules.
Now the account has multiplied several times, but every time I place an order, I think of that joke and the remaining balance of 200U.
Bro, if you want to survive in the crypto world, remember:
The market can come back, but if the principal is gone, it's really gone.
The first rule of survival in the crypto world is not "how to get rich quick," but rather — how to stay alive.