Help me reframe my view on the stock market. I’ve been leery of putting any money in it because to me, it just looks like a dressed-up form of gambling. To me, it appears everyone is counting on everyone else to just keep pumping money in and the sooner you “get in” the sooner you can “cash out”, which feels like a scam or such a sleezy way to make money. I get the same sleezy feeling when I see people talk about investing in bitcoin. I also think back to previous stock market crashes and how pe…

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Took out a loan due to gambling addiction. For context, I am a 23 year old college dropout (1 year left for my degree in finance, considering going back to finish). Before anyone mentions it, I know it’s ironic how I do the opposite of whatever I learned in college about finances. It took me a long time to actually admit to myself that I have a bad gambling addiction (Currently -$45,000)…