The relationship with money, a normal worry or transgenerational trauma. Psychologist: “We are programmed to do what we saw in the family”

In the first episode of the podcast “The Truth About Money” we learn that financial anxiety comes not only from the economic context, but also from old stories, passed down from generation to generation, often without realizing it.

Do you compulsively check your bank balance? Do you wake up at night thinking about bills, installments and pressing financial obligations? These are just a few of the symptoms of financial anxiety you may be experiencing.

Financial anxiety is not just a passing worry, but can become a real mental health problem, especially when it is also a transgenerational legacy.

In the first episode of the podcast “The Truth About Money”
along with psychologist Aloma Odogwu, we explain how we recognize the line between worry and disorder, where our dysfunctional relationship with money comes from, and what we can do to break out of the spiral of fear.

“Rumination, excessive, obsessive thinking and compulsive checking of the account become warning signs. When your mind and body perceive a nonexistent danger but react as if you were in a fire, you go into survival mode. And that blocks you instead of helping you act.” says the specialist in the edition with Antoaneta Banu

Here are the ones you will learn about in the first episode:

The fear of running out of money is almost ubiquitous today. When does it become a mental health issue and not just a normal concern?

How is the fear of poverty seen in concrete behaviors? In the way we work, save, refuse pleasures or relationships?

Can financial anxiety be treated like any other type of anxiety? Where does the real thing start: budget or emotions?

How much of our relationship with money is actually inherited? What role does the family, childhood, the discourse of “hard”, “lack”, “security” play?

How do we recognize that we are living according to a mentality that no longer belongs to us? Are there cues or behavior-types that betray this?

What would be the first 3 small, realistic steps you would recommend to get rid of financial anxiety?

Watch the first episode of “The Truth About Money” a podcast about how emotional intelligence goes hand in hand with financial education