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The Panic Instinct: How Financial Shame and Money Avoidance Quietly Take Over

The Panic Instinct: How Financial Shame and Money Avoidance Quietly Take Over


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In The Panic Instinct: The Behavioral Finance Reflex That Makes You Sell at the Worst Moment, author Jordan Ellis explores the precise fraction of a second when financial fear turns into catastrophic action.

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Why do otherwise rational, well-informed people abandon carefully constructed investment plans during a market downturn? Ellis explains that panic selling is not a failure of financial literacy, but rather a perfectly functional evolutionary survival mechanism-the amygdala's threat-detection system-firing at the wrong target. The biology that kept our ancestors alive in the face of physical predators is the exact same circuitry that compels us to liquidate a portfolio when faced with a red screen or a pessimistic news headline.

Drawing on foundational research in neuroscience, behavioral economics, and psychology-including Daniel Kahneman's dual-system framework and Robert Shiller's work on informational cascades-The Panic Instinct breaks down the anatomy of financial fear. You will discover:

  • The Red Screen Effect: Why visual cues trigger physiological flight responses before your conscious mind can process the numbers.
  • The Invisible Herd: How witnessing the fear of others can override your own independent financial judgment.
  • The Cost of Relief: Why the immediate emotional relief of selling feels like a good decision in the moment, even when it locks in permanent financial losses.
  • The Round Trip: The psychological barriers that make buying back into the market more expensive and terrifying than the initial panic.

This book does not offer generic, unhelpful advice to simply "stay calm" or "think long-term". Instead, it provides concrete, actionable overrides designed to widen the gap between your brain's alarm bell and your hand's reaction. By learning to interrupt the panic reflex, you can ensure that your financial choices are driven by conscious decisions rather than ancient survival instincts.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781804281017
  • Publisher: Readers First Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Readers First Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
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  • Sub Title: How Financial Shame and Money Avoidance Quietly Take Over
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1804281018
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jul 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
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  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 344 gr


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