Financial Trauma 💵

Hello everyone! 👋🏼 I am joining this trauma community to address my financial trauma. While I was in college, my mom took money out of my bank account without asking me first, maxed out one of my credit cards, and nearly a decade later, has yet to pay me back for the $10k loan I got for her under my name. about two years ago, I decided to file for bankruptcy because I didnt want my husband (fiancé at the time) who just proposed to me to carry my debt. He didnt know at the time and eventually found out. Fortunately, he was as supportive as he could be about the situation.

I was a business owner for most of my 20s. I am currently in business with my husband. We have now hired out most of my work, which has opened up time for me to start up my own business again.

But I have some major mental blocks around it. I feel like Ive mainly served as a pathway for money to be sent elsewhere, like to pay other people or to reinvest it in something other than myself. Now that I want money to come to me directly, Im feeling a bit paralyzed to allow that to happen.

With that said, Im here to connect with other people who can relate. Id love to hear your story and ways you have worked through your trauma or continue to do so. I tend to find my solutions and healing through hearing other peoples stories.

Thanks for listening! I look forward to being part of this community! 🧡