Underearning in Brief
Deprivation is like a world with certain colors missing. Chronic underearning or anorectic spending are adaptive responses to living in a world that feels too damn scary. These are subconscious devices that struggle to reconcile the outer world with an inner world of fears and doubts about ourselves and our abilities. In some ways, under earning is a protective barrier against rejection, competition, and envy. Underearners do not do well with these. Neither do they do well ad