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When debt payoff timelines create hopelessness instead of motivation

I lie awake calculating how many years it will take to pay off my debt and the number is so big that I want to give up trying

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Overwhelming debt loads can trigger learned helplessness when the timeline for resolution exceeds psychological capacity for sustained effort.

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