Unlearning Guilt Around Wealth

They don’t teach you this in school, but many people don’t actually fear poverty.

They fear wealth. Because deep down, money isn’t just currency. It’s permission.

And permission triggers guilt. From childhood, we’re taught that wanting more is

greedy, that comfort means laziness, that ease must be earned through suffering.

So when you finally earn more, your brain turns against you. You sabotage success.

You overspend. You give it away too fast. Not because you’re bad with money—

but because you’re addicted to equality. Psychologists call this moral compensation: the subconscious

need to balance the scales. You can’t enjoy success if part of you believes