<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit. 26M here. When I was at university I obviously never had much money and so was used to scrimping to get by and never really allowed myself many luxuries. It came naturally to me as my mother has always been thrifty.Four years into real life however, and I feel like I am being haunted by what some people call the scarcity mentality. Essentially, even though I have always had plenty of money since I left uni, I have found myself gripped with anxiety about running out. In some ways it has done me good - I saved up enough money to backpack for a year. But now at 26, I feel like when I look at my bank account, my first thought is how can I avoid spending that money? Sure, I travel more and have nicer clothes than I used to, but I feel like I have the overwhelming inability to just relax the purse strings. Does anyone else suffer from this? And if so, does anyone have tips for how to move from the scarcity mentality to the abundance mentality?Edit: a word  <response>: Yep, I do. does anyone have tips for how to move from the scarcity mentality to the abundance mentality?Remind yourself that you have all the money you need. Youll never feel like you have enough, but when your brain goes Dude youre screwed youre broke! just quietly follow that thought with the reminder, its all good, I have the money I need right now 