Why does losing $50 hurt more than gaining $50 feels good?
Losing stings about twice as hard as winning the same amount feels good.
Losses feel psychologically more powerful than equivalent gains. In Kahneman and Tversky's prospect theory, losing $50 hurts about twice as much as gaining $50 feels good. This asymmetry drives people to take irrational risks to avoid losses while shying away from equivalent gambles for gains.
People hold a losing stock too long to avoid locking in the loss they already took on paper.
We are wired to fight harder to avoid losing than to pursue winning.
Fear of loss makes you cling and play too safe - ask what you'd do if you started from zero today.
A loss weighs double a matching gain.
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