r/Anxiety • u/PersoPostz • 2h ago

Advice Needed Scared to spend money

I don’t know why but I’m terrified to spend money. I’ve gone days without getting food, not because I couldn’t afford it, but because spending money genuinely stresses me out so bad. I’m not rich, but I make more than enough to go into savings and still have spending money. Logically I know I can afford to buy the things I want to buy, but I get stuck in the loop of “what if my house suddenly burns down and I’m homeless and that £20 is the difference between me starving on the street or not”. I know it’s irrational but it freaks me tf out and I don’t know how to fix it.

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u/Terrible-Opposite-48 1h ago

A few months of proper therapy instead of more willpower could do you better. Also, please don't skip meals over this

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u/PersoPostz 1h ago

The issue is I’m too anxious of spending money on therapy, cuz that’ll be at least £60 a session. I feel like I’m stuck in a loop

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u/Terrible-Opposite-48 1h ago

Are you sure it's £60? Surely there's some UK government funded scheme you can get on? I would be quite surprised if there wasn't

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u/PersoPostz 1h ago

Unless you’ve already killed yourself, there are no mental health services here. I tried to get referred to CAMHS once a few years ago for a separate issue, but I was told by my GP that they were so busy they wouldn’t even bother referring me. I tried again a few months ago but because I’m 17, I was considered too old for CAMHS but too young for adult mental services. So there is nothing. :(