The Psychology of Crypto Investing: Why You Panic and What to Do Next | Denise Shull

Join CCN’s Samuel Burke in conversation with renowned performance coach Denise Shull, who advises hedge fund billionaires and elite traders on the psychology of decision-making under pressure.

Following the October 2025 crypto market crash — where over $19 billion was liquidated in hours — Denise breaks down what really happens in the brain during extreme financial stress. The conversation explores why investors struggle to act rationally, how emotions actually drive decisions, and what it takes to recover both psychologically and financially.
From fear of regret and panic responses to the role of intuition, grieving losses, and rebuilding confidence, this interview gives Crypto Citizens a framework for navigating volatility with clarity and self-awareness.

00:00 – Who is Denise Shull?
01:16 – What happens in the brain during financial shock and loss
03:18 – How investors use past experience to predict future outcomes
06:00 – Fear of regret and why missing opportunities drives decisions
07:19 – Why you cannot “take emotion out” of investing
09:10 – Identifying emotions: what am I feeling and why?
10:58 – Balancing emotion vs data in trading decisions
12:23 – Separating personal emotions from market signals
14:25 – The “WTF” framework: what do I want, think, and fear?
16:00 – Why ignoring emotions leads to worse decisions
17:02 – How professional traders use emotional awareness daily
20:38 – Acting on emotion vs understanding emotion
22:33 – What extreme losses feel like psychologically
23:16 – Financial loss and the grieving process
25:05 – Emotional and financial recovery after a crash
27:02 – What do you really want from investing?
30:09 – Money, respect, and underlying motivations
32:20 – When to get back into the market after losses
34:51 – Learning from mistakes vs repeating them
36:03 – What separates calm investors from those who panic
36:26 – Markets as a poker game: understanding other players
38:00 – Why crypto amplifies psychological biases
40:36 – Experience, confidence, and decision-making
42:40 – Building confidence like an athlete
44:06 – Different risk styles: when to act vs stay out
45:44 – Understanding panic and perceived existential risk
46:29 – Using emotion scales to improve decision-making
48:15 – Emotional granularity and why it improves performance
49:59 – Turning emotions into insight, not actions
50:14 – Pattern recognition, intuition, and experience
50:27 – Three rules for navigating emotional markets
53:13 – Where to learn more from Denise Shull
54:33 – Closing thoughts

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