I’m all for therapy. For me, it feels like untangling one big knot with lots of little tangles. Your knit might be feelings about money, and all the little tangles are things you were shamed for wanting, or lessons your parents taught you, or bad memories around money and friends, etc.

You were programmed a specific way from birth because your parents wanted to keep you safe. It came from a good place, based on their own experiences, but now your programming is old and not serving you. You just need an update to your code. You’ll still be someone who knows how to be frugal, but with less anxiety about spending money on worthwhile things.