Given that I am 50 years old, I must not expose my heart to excessive stress...

At the moment it is almost a blessing that the dividends conspicuous by their absence so that you have no reason to log into the bank and accidentally see the actual portfolio value. I don't think this downturn would have been just as quick and profound 15 years ago because most of the players during that time did their stock trading at the bank offices as opposed to today when you just press a sales button sitting on the couch.