This article is financial therapy. If you feel personally attacked, perhaps ask yourself why.

Author: rosie

Translated by: Deep Tide TechFlow

Your toxic ex and your failed junk coins have one thing in common: you.

You are not just unlucky twice. You actually have some traits.

Love Bombing vs. Airdrop Bombing

The person who called you a soulmate after one drink now refers to you as an "early believer" after one trade.

Both poured all their attention on you before you earned it. Both created a false sense of intimacy to cloud your judgment. Both disappeared after getting what they wanted.

In both cases, you mistook attention for value.

"Just Trust Me" Phase

Your ex once said, "I don't need to tell you where I was last night, just trust me," now it has turned into an anonymous team saying, "For security reasons, we cannot disclose our identities, but please trust us with $50 million."

Both demand blind trust and lack transparency. Both become defensive when questioned. Both make you feel that wanting basic information is unreasonable.

In both cases, if you easily trust others without verification, it is detrimental to you.

Ghosting = Silence After Launch

Your ex disappeared when they needed something, then reappeared. Now they are a founding team that went silent after the product launch but reappeared before the token unlock.

Both view communication as transactional. Both see you as a resource, not a priority. Both hope you are still waiting when they decide to come back.

Future Disguise vs. Roadmap Fantasy

They promised you a vacation, but you never got one. Promises were never fulfilled. The future only exists in conversation.

Now, you are investing based on a roadmap with impossible timelines. Partnerships are "coming soon." Utilities always just need one more update to be available.

You are dating the roadmap, not the product—just like you are dating potential, not the person.

Kerosene Lamp Effect = FUD Accusations

When they make you doubt their obvious lies, you apologize for "overreacting."

Now, when you question the warning signs of the protocol, you are told you "don't understand the vision" and are "spreading FUD."

Both make you the problem for noticing actual issues. Both make you doubt your perceptions instead of questioning their actions.

Selective Communication Barriers

When they only reply to texts when they need something from you, you make excuses.

Now, when a project goes silent for weeks but suddenly becomes active when liquidity or votes are needed, you make the same excuses.

Both view communication as transactional rather than relational. Both see you as a resource to be utilized when convenient.

Isolation = Discord Echo Chamber

Your ex gradually cut off your connections with friends who "don't understand" your relationship.

Now, you are in a Discord echo chamber where questioning the project will get you labeled as a "hater" or "non-believer."

Both create a bubble that views outside opinions as an attack. Both know that when you are isolated, you are easier to manipulate.

Exit Strategy = Backdoor Token Unlock

When they start talking to an ex and insist "it's nothing," they are preparing for their next move.

When the founding team creates complex token locks but establishes emergency release mechanisms, they are doing the same thing.

By the time you notice, they have already left, and you are left holding the bag.

The Truth You Need to Hear

Your psychological blind spots are not just interpersonal issues, but financial weaknesses.

You need verification, which traps you in cycles of hype and love bombing.

The fear of missing out traps you in dead-end relationships and meaningless symbols.

You cannot enforce boundaries, as reflected in your texts and trades.

Your pattern of prioritizing potential over reality is causing you emotional and financial losses.

You do not need a better dating app or a better crypto project.

You need to recognize that the warning signs you ignored in love are the same as the warning signs draining your wallet in cryptocurrency.

Because in both cases, the problem is not with them.

It is the part of yourself you are unwilling to see.

This article is financial therapy, not financial advice. If you feel personally attacked, perhaps ask yourself why.

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