The Weight of Money Avoidance

ACT I—THE WEIGHT YOU DON’T NOTICE There is a kind of weight that never shows up on a scale.

You can’t measure it. You can’t name it immediately. But you feel it—quietly,

consistently—every time money enters the room. For many people, money avoidance

is not about irresponsibility or lack of discipline. It’s about weight—a psychological weight accumulated over

years without ever being acknowledged. A weight that sits in the chest, the shoulders,

and the breath. A weight that you learn to work around without realizing it’s there.

Money avoidance isn’t a refusal to deal with finances. It’s the nervous system saying,

“This feels heavier than I can carry right now.” This is the weight people mistake for