I live in anxiety after buying 6.2 gold taels with my life savings

I am 31 years old. After hearing people advising me to park my money in gold a few years back, I spent all my savings to buy 6.2 taels of gold (1 tael = 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces).

However, I have been living in constant fear because I do not have a family and I am sharing a room in a boarding house with one other person.

Each month, after buying more gold, I hide it carefully in my backpack and wait for my roommate to leave before taking it out and stashing it in a box. I then place the box securely at the back of my wardrobe. Despite this, I am haunted by nightmares that one day I will wake up to find everything gone because a thief broke in and stole my gold.

A few days ago, I carelessly threw away the packaging from the gold store, and my roommate noticed it in the trash bin and asked if I had bought gold. I did not know how to respond. I feel that keeping so much gold while living in a shared space is very inconvenient, but I do not know what else to do.

Though gold prices have dropped recently, I can still make a large profit if I sell now.

Should I sell my gold and put the proceeds in a savings account just to be safe?

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