I would say 70 percent of people who are in therapy are in therapy not because of their upbringing, not because of their mean sister or obsessions, but because of anxiety brought about by lack of financial security.
John HodgmanI navigated the world as a hedge maze of constant fear and worry in which I might take the wrong turn and jeopardize the love of everyone around me and everyone on Earth. That's what I needed in order to survive.
John HodgmanI made an impulse buy of a house in Maine to make my wife happy and now have gone back into debt and it's all started over for me.
John Hodgman