Coaching practices for How to Not Panic Sell

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• My portfolio is bleeding red and the urge to just sell it all and stop the pain is almost unbearable
• The instant it hits in a store or a meeting, the only thought is get out now
• I try to white-knuckle through it by distracting myself or looking away from what my body’s doing, but the dread of the racing heart never actually gets disproven that way
• I’ve built up all these little rituals to get through it
• In the calm beforehand I know exactly what the smart move is, but the instant the loss is actually staring at me the panic takes the wheel and I do the fearful thing every time

Practices that may help

1. Use the DCA system to override market fear
   A pre-committed investment system is the primary tool for defeating loss aversion at market bottoms.
   Dollar-Cost Averaging, Made Practical
2. Stay in the situation for the full arc
   Leave only after the attack has peaked and begun to subside — not in the middle, no matter how strong the urge.
   Panic Surfing
3. Use somatic tracking instead of distraction
   Observe sensations with neutral curiosity rather than distracting from them — the curiosity interrupts the threat appraisal.
   Panic Surfing
4. Identify and reduce safety behaviors
   Notice the things you do to prevent catastrophe during panic — and experiment with dropping them.
   The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical
5. Pre-commit to a rule before the loss is live
   Decide your action in a cool moment so the hot, loss-averse moment cannot hijack it.
   Loss Aversion, Made Practical
6. Use grounding before anxiety peaks, not after
   Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
7. Panic Surfing
   Panic surfing is the practice of allowing panic to peak and pass without fighting it, fleeing the situation, or using safety behaviors — based on the understanding that panic attacks are physiologically self-limiting and cannot escalate indefinitely. The approach is drawn from panic treatment research and from acceptance-based models; it is one of the most effective behavioral components of modern panic disorder treatment.
8. Build coping skills before the storm
   Practice regulation skills in calm times so they’re available — and credible — under pressure.
   Building Resilience, Made Practical
9. Surf the escape urge without acting on it
   Treat the urge to flee as a wave — it rises, peaks, and falls without requiring your action.
   Panic Surfing
10. Run a behavioral experiment to test the catastrophic prediction
    Treat the catastrophic belief as a testable hypothesis and design a real-world test.
    The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical

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