Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days agoThe Aching Feeling of Never Enough
Scarcity mindset can trigger anxiety and hypervigilance about running out, driving overeating and weight regain when the body perceives famine-like conditions.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPeople who grew up calculating whether they could afford both the drink and the entree before anyone else sat down don't stop doing that math when they earn six figures. The arithmetic isn't financial anymore. It's a loyalty ritual to a younger version of themselves who promised never to be caught without an exit. - Silicon Canals
Child poverty in the U.S. leads to adult poverty more than in Denmark, Germany, the UK, or Australia, with lasting effects beyond financial circumstances.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago7 things people raised in lower middle class households still do with money long after they can afford not to, and every single one traces back to a nervous system that learned to count before it learned to rest. - Silicon Canals
Financial habits formed in childhood persist, driven by physiological responses rather than just psychological factors.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI used to think I was bad at negotiating until I realized I wasn't negotiating at all. I was performing gratitude for being included, because somewhere early I learned that asking for more was the fastest way to lose what you already had. - Silicon Canals
Negotiation issues often stem from emotional barriers rather than tactical skills, rooted in early life experiences and a scarcity mindset.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoThere's a specific kind of financial anxiety that has nothing to do with how much money you have. It belongs to people who finally became comfortable but never updated the internal math that was written during scarcity, so every purchase still runs through a threat calculator from 1997. - Silicon Canals
Financial anxiety often stems from past experiences rather than current financial realities, affecting decision-making even in improved circumstances.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoThe difference between people who grew up with money and people who grew up without it shows most clearly in what they check first when they open a menu - Silicon Canals
Childhood financial circumstances create lasting behavioral patterns in decision-making, visible in how people scan restaurant menus—price-first versus description-first—revealing a scarcity mindset that persists regardless of current wealth.
fromSilicon Canals
3 months agoPsychology says adults who feel guilty spending money on themselves learned these 7 things growing up that wealthy people never experienced - Silicon Canals
Ever catch yourself standing in a store, holding something you genuinely want, only to put it back because that familiar knot forms in your stomach? You know the one-that creeping guilt that whispers you don't really need it, that you should save the money instead, that spending on yourself somehow makes you selfish or irresponsible. I used to think everyone felt this way about money.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 months agoPsychology says people who resent others' success are often avoiding these 7 truths about themselves - Silicon Canals
Or maybe you've found yourself picking apart why someone's success "isn't that impressive" when deep down, you know you're just feeling bitter about it? I've been there. More times than I'd like to admit. And after years of digging into the psychology behind human behavior and interviewing over 200 people about their professional journeys, I've discovered something fascinating: that resentment we feel toward others' success? It's rarely about them. It's almost always about the uncomfortable truths we're avoiding about ourselves.
Psychology
fromBustle
5 months agoYour December Tarot Reading
Call it nostalgia, or call it melancholy, but if you're in your feels, you're right where you need to be. Listen to what uncomfortable emotions are telling you about what needs to be processed from the past, and what needs to be done in the future. Allow emotions to flow, and be open to what they teach you about yourself.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
6 months agoWhen "Not Enough" Takes Over
When we're under a lot of stress, our brains do something fascinating and often harmful to our relationships: They shift into scarcity mode. Often, people think of a scarcity mindset only as something related to our finances and resources: We don't have enough money, food, or time. But scarcity mindset, or the general belief that there isn't enough, impacts people in every area: their skills, their worth, their general capacity in life.
Relationships
US politics
fromFortune
6 months agoKamala Harris says there's enough pie for everyone to have a slice of success-and workers who think otherwise are guilty of 'provincial thinking' | Fortune
Zero-sum, scarcity mindsets that suppress colleagues' accomplishments undermine collective missions and can harm leadership prospects.
Fundraising
fromNon Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
6 months agoReinvigorating the Nonprofit Sector: A Conversation with Vu Le - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit and philanthropic practices must be reimagined to abandon archaic scarcity mindsets, increase public visibility, and become more effective and politically engaged.
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