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Why financial security feels foreign when you grew up poor

I grew up without money and now that I have some I do not know how to spend it without feeling guilty or stupid.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Scarcity mindset persists even when resources become available, making abundance feel dangerous rather than liberating.

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