Do you think people who believe money takes away stress are misinformed?

[jennifer_bloom]

I thought buying the perfect book would make me happy but after I saved enough to buy the whole 22 book series, I did not even read it.

I thought dating a good looking guy would make me happy but it made me less happy than I was when I was single.

I thought buying pumpkin pie would make me happy but after eating it, I realized I did not like the taste as much as I thought I did.

I thought eating potato chips would make me happy but it never did because the portions in the bags were not big enough to fulfill my desire for salty foods.

I thought going to parties would make me happy but I was unhappy when I got invited to one.

The only thing that ever boosted my mood more than baseline expectations were social relationships, social behaviours and self actualizing actions.

[ohsheeT]

Money is an object that lives on the outside of your body you can do a lot of great things

But there's only one person in this world that can take away stress and that's yourself stress lives with inside you

When you're not being who you truly are is when you create drama in your life and that's what causes stress not being the real you

Nobody else in this world can stress you out except for yourself

It's just like nobody else in this world can make you happy or sad except for you you're the only person inside of you

When you become one with yourself one with others and one with this universe

You stay away from people with drama chaos judgment you don't try to be like everybody else you only be yourself and you should be happy with always a smile on your face

[RealMarek]

Enough money to afford necessities does lower stress a lot. Beyond that it has diminishing returns. I’ve been on both sides of this.

[Curmudgeon]

Money ONLY takes away stress when you have so much of it that you can hire others to manage it and protect for you and live off the proceeds. This goal has been called "Achieving F*ck You Money", meaning that with enough of it one can not have to answer to anyone within reason.

However, most people with money still have to *manage* and *protect* it, which is certainly still stressful. From running your own or a family business, to managing rental property, the stress does not end and often even goes up a bit. Although the stress of "living paycheck to paychek" is still *more* draining than that, and people often forget that.

[SquishyBuns2628]

Well I don't want to say they're misinformed it's just that everyone's view is different. For me as someone who grew in a household paycheck to paycheck; money would've solved a lot of stress. I even believe that till this day that people in unfortunate financial situations would have a lot of stress relief from gaining funds legally (via new high paying job or lottery ticket win).

[MissusFluffyPants]

Money takes away the worry of paying bills, having a roof over your head and food on the table. It relieves that sort of stress, but it doesn’t solve your problems. People acquire money, but realise they’re still alone. Things don’t make you happy, healthy relationships do.

[StarWarGirl]

Money can ease your life a bit and can give you some physical comfort. But stress do exists only inside our brain.

Problems never ends. But it's different how a person see it, take it or deal with it. And that's what makes someone's stress level. It has nothing to do with money.

[jamesgoldman]

It depends

If you're living hand to mouth, money will take a big load off your shoulders

If you are comfortable but likely in debt then money often causes more stress

If you are rich then money reduces stress because you can pay people to handle stress for you

[MaddieMayMoo]

I don't need money as in extravagance, money would make me happy if I didn't have to worry about paying bills, or food, or necessities

[madhatters4]

i think people who believe money is the key to happiness are misguided and short sighted.

[CallmeTheKnight]

No because it relieves their stress

[Longshanks1968]

A long deep wet happy ending relieves my stress