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Why financial self-care sometimes means spending money you don't have

I spend money I don't have on things that make me feel normal because the psychological cost of constant deprivation feels worse than debt.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The need for emotional wellbeing can conflict with rational financial planning in ways that feel impossible to reconcile.

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