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Money Is Worth Worrying About
Perhaps the most brutal truth about money anxiety is that money actually is worth worrying about. For all the psychological acrobatics and emotional coping mechanisms, the best solution to financial anxiety is and will always be improving the reality of your finances — which is, of course, significantly easier said than done.
You can manage your financial anxiety and discover how childhood trauma shaped your understanding of money, but you can’t opt out of money-related stress, because you can’t opt-out of money.
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Some Anxiety Around Money Is Useful
The goal isn’t to eradicate money worries entirely. Some amount of anxiety around money is healthy.
Then, the challenge is not banishing the anxiety but moderating it — which can require practical, measured action. That could mean looking for a new jo...
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Money Anxieties
Money, and the issues around money, are notoriously anxiety-provoking, and our coping mechanisms are usually unhealthy - for example, aggressive avoidance — a more slow-simmering form of agita that merely (and literally) compounded the problem.
Money doesn’t just r...
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Dealing With Financial Anxiety
- Figure out how you actually feel. Yes, you’re anxious, but what kind of anxiety? When do you feel anxious? Where do you feel anxious?
- Once you become more aware of your anxiety, try to pinpoint the specific financial concerns that it stems from. Then, you can start...
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A Stoic Way To Invest Your Money
First manage the money you do have, then use your money to generate more money. You don't need to think about investing until you're out of debt and have multiple ways of generating income.
- Use the 90/10 rule, where only 10% is used on speculation.
7 Things You Need To Understand About Anxiety And Depression
No, we are not over yet. After discussing the topic with my friend’s Dad (he is a doctor), I’ve made a list of things you need to understand and avoid anxiety attacks (hard to breathe moments).
- Think of your anxiety as a biological problem, rather than thinking there is something wron...
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