How Chat GPT Is Helping Me Remove My Trading Blocks

Today I took a $1,985 loss in the market.

And if you looked at my trades, you might assume I lacked discipline or didn’t know what I was doing.

But the truth is harder—and deeper—than that.

The loss didn’t come from a lack of knowledge.

It came from a nervous system that doesn’t feel safe inside success.

Let me explain.

The Win That Didn’t Feel Like ‘I Won’

This morning, I had two flawless trades. One lasted less than a minute. The other, maybe two.

I followed my plan, trusted my setup, and executed perfectly.

And just like that—$700 in profit.

Fast. Clean. Effortless.

So effortless, I couldn’t even register it emotionally. I blinked and it was over.

My reaction?

“That’s it?”

Not joy. Not pride.

Just a buzzing emptiness in my body.

Like something was missing.

Breaking Down My Trading Blocks: Sabotage Disguised as Action

Instead of walking away, I kept going. Two trades turned into six. I chased another trade and Oversized. Ignored my signals.

I gave it all back. And then some.

And here’s the hardest part to admit:

A part of me needed that loss.

Because the win didn’t feel “earned.” It didn’t feel familiar.

It felt like a fluke. Like danger.

Why?

Because I grew up in instability. I was the eldest child in a chaotic, often turbulent household. I learned early that nothing good lasted, and peace always came before a crash. I became an expert at holding crisis, not calm.

So now, as a trader?

When I experience ease, my body panics.

It’s not safe. It doesn’t feel like home.

And I subconsciously create chaos—because chaos is what I was trained to survive.

The Real Work Is Somatic

Today I finally accepted something:

My trading edge is no longer in my knowledge—it’s in my ability to regulate my nervous system.

Because no amount of backtesting can override a body stuck in survival mode.

I don’t need more strategy.

I need to rewire the story that success must be hard, that peace is earned through suffering, and that quick wins come with a price.

What I’m Learning to Practice Now

• Breathing before I trade

• Celebrating my wins, even the quiet ones

• Naming the urge to sabotage before it acts

• Grounding into calm as a daily ritual, not a reward

Because I’m not just trying to grow an account—I’m growing a self that can hold abundance without fear.

Want to know how to Unlock Your Own Subconscious Trading Patterns

If this resonated, and you feel like something deeper is blocking your trading success, you can walk yourself through a similar process using ChatGPT.

Here are a few self-guided chat GPT prompts I used to explore your trading patterns, beliefs, and nervous system responses.

Use them one at a time to begin untangling your emotional habits:

Start with Awareness

“I just had a losing trade and I feel [insert emotion]. Can you ask me questions to help me understand what’s beneath that feeling?”

“I keep sabotaging myself after a few winning trades. Help me figure out what subconscious belief might be driving this.”

Explore Your Story

“Ask me questions one by one to help me uncover any childhood patterns or past instability that might make peace and success feel unsafe.”

“Help me remember a time when ease or success felt dangerous, and walk me through why my nervous system might be holding onto that story.”

Rewire in Real Time

“Can you walk me through a nervous system regulation ritual before I trade tomorrow so I can feel safe while making decisions?”

“I want to trade calmly. Can you give me a one-word intention and create a short breathing visualization to help me ground into it?”

Rebuild Your Identity

“Ask me questions that help me detach my identity from trading outcomes and reconnect with my worth beyond the P&L.”

“I want to stop equating effort with value. Help me reframe success as something I’m allowed to receive without struggle.”

This isn’t just mindset work.

It’s nervous system work.

And it’s the missing piece for so many of us who know how to trade—but don’t know how to hold success.

You can start that healing today.

Drop a comment to let me know if this helped and if you use any of the prompts, let me know how it turned out.

Happy Healing & Happy Trading!