1. Do you secretly fear that if you became wealthy your family and friends might not like you anymore? Yes No 2. When you grew up, were you ever told things like, "We may not be rich, but at least we're honest!"? Yes No 3. Did your religious upbringing teach you that it is noble to sacrifice now, and that your reward will come in the afterlife? Yes No 4. Did you (or do you) feel guilty when you started to earn more than your parents did? Yes No 5. Were you raised to "fit in" and not do anything to stand out? Yes No 6. Did you grow up liking shows like Dallas, Dynasty, Gilligan's Island, MASH, and The Beverley Hillbillies, where rich people were always presented as unscrupulous and conniving, or pretentious and bumbling? Yes No 7. Do you have chronic health challenges that doctors can't seem to solve? Yes No 8. Did you ever get jealous of people with expensive clothes, cars and houses—which may have led you to develop a "hate the rich" mentality? Yes No 9. On some level do you think it is somehow noble, romantic, or spiritual to be poor? Yes No 10. Did you ever end a negative relationship—then immediately replace it with another one with a person just like the last one? Yes No 11. Have you sometimes used judgmental expressions like "poor as a church mouse," "filthy rich," or "obscenely wealthy"? Yes No 12. Do you make excuses for failure by saying things like, "you have to have money to make money," "you have to know someone," or "you have to get in at the top"? Yes No 13. Do you relish being the underdog and fighting against the odds all the time? Yes No 14. Is it possible that you are experiencing health challenges, financial challenges or business failures in order to evoke sympathy and attention from the people you are close to? Yes No 15. Are you in a stable relationship, have enough money to meet your needs and basically healthy—but just feel like life is passing you by? Yes No
