The dramatic drop in Wall Street stocks is making people very nervous. You might be suffering from Wall Street Stress Syndrome. Here are twelve symptoms of this syndrome.
- You start counting your lost income in your sleep
- Your 401K plan appears to be anemic and in need of a boost in energy
- You turn on the radio or go online to listen to the newest stock report with a sense of gloom and doom
- You start bagging your lunches at work
- You call your investment advisor every five minutes
- You begin to hyperventilate when someone mentions the word “down.”.
- You go out on a date and assist that it is Dutch treat
- You begin to develop nervous twitches. Your eyes blink wildly as you watch the latest statistics on the Dow Jones.
- You have your wife cut your own hair. You mow your own lawn. You start taking anti-anxiety pills.
- You can't sleep. If you do manage to fall asleep, you dream of banks going out of business and taking your money with them.
- Your voice says that things are going to get better, but your body says that things are going to get a lot worse
- You start taking the bus to work since your car was towed away due to lack of payments on your loan
