So therapy today was focused on the overspending. We went over the triggers and the history of it and stuff about my past. Like growing up with my mom was rough cause we were homeless on and off for most of my life and we never had any money. So part of why I might overspend now could be related to the lack of money growing up. Now that I have access to my own money and have a stable environment I end up overspending when anxious or stressed etc because I’m one trying to relieve the anxiety or stress with the dopamine rush or two I’m trying to make up for the lack of money/purchasing ability when growing up. Money scarcity. And I never had a good example of how to budget growing up because my mom sure as hell did not know how to budget the little money she had was spent on beer or cigarettes.
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“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type
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