If "paper loss" doesn't mean anything to you, can I sell you my share for $350 now? You would make it back 10x in 10 years so it shouldn't really matter that you book some paper loss nowI have no idea what you mean by losing 10 years of hardwork. Stock goes up, stock goes down. If you think in term of paper losses as real losses than the market is probably not for you.
A loss is a loss - if you go to casino, play 10 rounds of poker and lose $1000. Is that a paper loss or real loss? There is no difference between the casino and stock market scenarios here.
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