I overspent by $150 and now I have an eating disorder
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**TL;DR: I saw an isolated $150 on my debit card statement and became so invested in finding out what it was for that I risked my health and sanity.** <br><br>I went through all of my debit card statements from the past 2 months and I finally figured out where that $150 went. I did this by cross referencing card statements with every single venmo transaction I made in the past, counting up how much I've spent on books for school, how much money is currently in my bank accounts, calculating my monthly expenses, comparing my expenses from past months to see if I spent more in certain categories, and so on. I finally found the missing money and it was spent on an unexpected expense. I now realize that I've been spending a small amount of money on an unexpected expense every month. <br><br>The stress of getting to the bottom of this over the past few days has been incredibly bad for my mental health. I've become fixated on getting to the bottom of this by any means necessary, and I wasn't sleeping or eating at all until i figured it out. The fact that I had no idea where this money was going has brought out an eating disorder that I thought i had already recovered from when it was at its worst 8 years ago. I am now planning on getting therapy for this. <br><br>Don't be like me. I'm an impulsive person and I overreact to things like this. I am very bad at handling stress and I'm looking into ways to handle stress that don't require me to go days without eating. <br><br>It's just $150, I had money for it, and it's not ruining my finances to spend this money. It's not even a recurring expense. Knowing where this money went does not make my life better in any way.
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