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When you feel guilty spending money despite financial security

I make good money but I hide every purchase from my husband because I feel guilty spending anything on myself, even though we can afford it and he spends freely on his hobbies.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Money has become a site of self-denial where permission to exist feels perpetually withheld.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The meaning of money — what it ultimately is?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.