Money Dysmorphia: Why You Feel Poor Making $100K

Ever wonder why you feel broke despite making six figures? You're earning $100,000 a year, placing you in the top 25% of American earners, yet somehow you're still living paycheck to paycheck. The money comes in and disappears just as fast, leaving you stressed and confused about where it all went. This isn't about being bad with money. This is money dysmorphia, and it's a psychological trap that gets worse as you earn more. In this video, we break down exactly why high earners feel poor and what's actually happening to your money. Social media has destroyed your financial reference points by forcing you to compare yourself to curated highlight reels instead of reality. Meanwhile, lifestyle inflation quietly consumes every raise you get, upgrading your apartment, car, and daily spending until you're right back where you started. The goalposts keep moving, and no amount of income ever feels like enough. We dive deep into the five solutions that actually work: 1. How to reset your broken financial reference points and stop comparing yourself to Instagram fantasies 2. Why automating your savings first changes everything and removes the daily psychological battle 3. The exact process to calculate your personal enough number and stop chasing endless upgrades 4. Creating visible wealth markers so your brain gets rewarded for saving instead of spending 5. Strategic spending techniques that let you invest heavily in what matters while cutting everything else The uncomfortable truth is that if you feel poor making $100K, you'll feel poor making $200K too. More money won't solve this. Your relationship with money needs to change. Fix your perception, automate your future, and finally feel wealthy with what you already have. If this video helped you understand why you feel broke despite making good money, subscribe to Money with Morgan for more honest financial psychology content. We break down the mental traps keeping you stuck so you can actually build wealth. Hit that subscribe button and let's fix your money mindset together.