— Understanding Drawdowns, Time Corrections & the Psychological Cost of Compounding
Every investor dreams of buying a multibagger, going to sleep, and waking up wealthier. Charts showing 10x, 20x, and 50x returns make us fantasize:
“2 crores will become 10 crores… life will change.”
But this fantasy hides the real truth.
Multibaggers don’t move in a straight line.
They move through chaos, confusion, deep drawdowns, and painful time corrections.
The journey of a great stock is a journey of doubt.
And unless you develop the emotional capacity—the iron gut—to sit through that pain, you will never see the end result.
This article is about understanding that pain so deeply and clearly that you accept it as normal, not as a mistake.
