Financial health is the best form of therapy

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A7scenario on December 11st, 2020 at 13:17 UTC »

“The fast degree to which my mental health improved once I had the smallest measure of economic security immediately unmasked this shameful fiction.”

-John Hodgman

the_cnara on December 11st, 2020 at 13:49 UTC »

That’s what I decided. Instead of therapy I’m doing side gigs. It takes up all my time so I can’t think about anything. Once I pay off my debts and feel comfortable, I’ll see if I still need therapy.

InfiniteExperience on December 11st, 2020 at 14:23 UTC »

It’s very true. Money also turns emergencies into inconveniences.

Normally a blown tire, a blown transmission in a car is a huge stressful event. Same thing if your furnace dies in the middle of the winter, or your kids accidentally throw a baseball through the window.

If people had a few thousand as buffer those emergencies suddenly turn into “ok tow the car to the shop”, or “call the furnace guy and replace it” etc