I know I should feel grateful for having a job but some days I wake up with this crushing anxiety about money. What if I lose my job? What if it's not enough? What if I'm failing my family? Been getting worse the past few months and I don't really have anyone to talk to about it. Is this normal or am I just losing it?
New parent here so I'm just starting to feel these money worries. But I think every dad feels this at some point. You're already ahead of the game by recognizing it and naming it instead of just letting it eat you up.
Yeah the what-ifs can spiral fast. I try to remind myself that I've handled hard stuff before and my kids just need me, not a perfect paycheck. Easier said than done but you're not alone in this anxiety.
That anxiety is so real dude, especially with kids depending on you. I wake up some mornings with that same crushing feeling. The truth is most of us feel this way and honestly talking about it like you are helps more than you'd think.
The pressure is real. I've got two under 2 and there are days where I'm just exhausted thinking about all the years ahead and what they're gonna need from me. Talking to my wife about it helped honestly. Turns out she was feeling the same way.
I think a lot of us hide this because we're supposed to just be the providers, you know? But that crushing feeling you're describing - that's worth talking to someone about. Not saying anything's wrong with you, just that your brain might need some help processing the weight of it all.
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Man, I feel this in my bones. Some mornings I wake up at 3am just spiraling about whether I'm doing enough, making enough, being enough. You're not alone in this at all. Have you talked to anyone about it or is it just something you're white-knuckling through?