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Why Financial Security Calculations Become Midnight Anxiety Spirals

I can afford my rent but I lie awake calculating how many months I could survive if I lost my job tomorrow and the number keeps getting smaller.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Security seeking can become compulsive mental rehearsal that increases rather than decreases anxiety.

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