Sorry to make an object lesson out of you, but I was always amazed to see this kind of post on a website like FR where I would assume people know better.
Fear and greed are the two worst emotions for investing. Someone who can’t control BOTH of these has no business sailing from the port in the first place. Add a large dose of ignorance to the mix, and you have a scenario not much different than a drunken 5th grader driving a school bus.
On the bright side, I (and many others) have learned a lot in the past 30 years. People aren’t born brilliant in every endeavor in life. Sometimes you learn on the knee of masters, sometimes you go to the school of hard knocks.
One of the big lessons here is TEACH YOUR CHILDREN so they can avoid the same mistakes.