Financial shame
How do I deal with financial shame?
Financial shame is treating your bank balance as a verdict on your worth. It causes avoidance — unopened statements, unchecked balances — which reliably makes the underlying situation worse and then deepens the shame.
What to do about it
Look at the real number today. Avoidance is the expensive part, not the number.
Books that work on this
Each is a 90-day programme. Start with the first — later books assume the work in the earlier ones.
The Comeback Blueprint$6.99
Rock Bottom Floor$6.99
The Restart Protocol$6.99
Failure Math$6.99
No One Coming$6.99
Burn The Receipts$6.99
Rebuild In Silence$6.99
The Quiet Return$6.99Part of the Comeback series.
How people say it
Nobody looks this up by its clinical name. These are the ways it actually gets said.
- I am ashamed of my debt
- cannot look at my bank account
- I avoid opening bills
- embarrassed about money
- feel like a failure financially
- everyone else has it together
- money makes me feel worthless
Written by Brian Spiker, who has run Spiker Carpet and Tile Care since 2013 — the receipts. More terms in the encyclopedia.