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Yes, the bulb certainly has to want to change.
The only point I'm trying to make on this cold, dreary spring morning is
that to dismiss the mental side of trading as meaningless is as ludicrous as
dismissing the TA side of trading as meaningless.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "charles meyer" <chmeyer@xxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Immune Response
> Bob-
>
> Thanks for SHARING.<g> How many shrinks does it take to change a light
> bulb? Only one; but the bulb has to want to change.
>
> It was Freud who stated that self-analysis was really not possible. Of
> course
> he was the notable exception for it was mostly through his self dream
> analysis
> on which the new art and science of psychoanalysis was based. Having said
> that; I don't think there is any supporting scientific proof on the
efficacy
> of any type of analysis; and the more time one spends in this arena; it
> seems one is
> able to recognize an analysis du jour. I have also read where the same
> type of personality change that we envision from a Western perspective can
> be effected through the daily practice of meditation. Those who have been
> practicing that for years are said to resemble individuals who have been
> completely transformed; as through some type of psychological therapy or
> traditional psychoanalysis. Quicker changes have been effected through
> what Jung described as a spiritual transformation. That's for those real
> stubborn folks who make a decision to effect a change in their lives
through
> some sort of spirituality; and when almost everything else they have
tried;
> failed to make a difference.
>
> Chas
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: BobR <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [RT] Immune Response
>
>
> > Eventually some traders do get around to examining this area of trading
> when
> > they can't seem to get it together after years of trying or perhaps they
> > just want to polish up one aspect of their already sucessful trading.
One
> > trader on this list loaned me a set of audio tapes from a $3,000 psych
> > seminar. The psych's personal experience and thesis was the mkt was
> > entirely random and it could change direction immediately after putting
on
> a
> > trade. Must have taken too many hits. Early in the seminar one of the
> > students asked him if he still traded, and after a pause the answer was
> no.
> > At least he was honest. He would rather take $3,000 from ten people in
a
> 2
> > or 3 day session than risk trading. Can't criticise him for that since
he
> > found his niche and that is what its about. The seminar continued, but
I
> > have yet to get through these tapes and keep falling asleep. Back in
1992
> > when I retired(not from trading) at age 50 I had time to wander a bit
and
> > had the good fortune of living with a female psychiatrist for a year.
> Each
> > morning I would jump out of bed an hour before the mkt opened and
prepare
> > for the day. Then I would go into the next room where the old mac IIfx
> and
> > win 3.0 with TrendSetter and MSrt or TS3.0 were and traded for an hour
and
> a
> > half. When she discovered it was possible to make more money in 7.5
hours
> > of work than in 30 days of prescibing meds to prison inmates, she
> concluded
> > that something was wrong with me! Her goal was to "cure" me whether I
> > wanted it or not. One morning on a walk past the nearby bird sanctuary
I
> > asked her if a psychiatrist could be her own therapist. Of course it
was
> a
> > loaded question as I thought she was loony as hell, and so did most of
the
> > neighborhood. Her answer, after a pause, psychs like to pause, was
"No".
> > It really was an interesting and unforgettable year of my life.
> >
> > bobr
>
>
>
>
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