Money is the number one source stress in the lives of americans. Studies have shown three out of four Americans, over the last ten, 15 years, it's one of the top stressers in their lives. So we'll talk later in the conversation brad, about why people engage in overspending. But i want to flag that if you don't understand the underlying thought patterns that lead to some of these behaviours, it can seem like the same irrational things keep happening over and over and over again. Back to Mail Online home. Back to the page you came from.