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Originally Posted by funchy  I think when you asked this you meant money and material things when you said "everything"? |
Yeah, but also friends, relationships, career, things I love doing.
This thread was originally started 5 months ago. I've come to realize since then why I had such a hang-up about this. I've come to realize that I would base my self-worth on what was around me. That is, how much I felt I was worth as a person was based on what I had managed to attract around me - my job, my finances, my friendships, my relationships, my ability to be productive, etc.
Thus, I would equate losing everything to becoming completely worthless as a person. Thus that's why it would bother me so much. And that's also why I couldn't understand how others could do it and not let it bother them much.
So, it seems the solution, at least for me, is to shift my self-worth to be purely from the inside of me on things such as love and power, instead of basing it on what I've managed to attract in my life. Thus, when I'll face the prospect of losing everything or, when I actually do lose everything, it won't attack my core self-worth and I can move on with confidence, love, and power.