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When short-term coping creates long-term problems

My credit card debt keeps growing because I buy things to feel better when I'm stressed but then I'm more stressed about money which makes me want to buy more things.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The vicious cycle where immediate relief mechanisms become the source of deeper suffering.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-term thinking vs. short-term thinking?”

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