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Why paying off debt can feel worse than expected

I finally paid off my student loans after 12 years and instead of feeling free I feel empty like I do not know who I am without debt to fight against.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Financial struggle can become so central to identity that its resolution creates an unexpected existential void.

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