What causes insecurity?

Seriously, what causes insecurity, and oversensitivity?

Is it not enough money?

No, it's too much money.

One would place the money value over other stuff, whore-shipping papers of value. The insecurity of losing all these papers would cause one to want more, yearn for more, lust for more.

I once watched a HK TVB serial - Xuan Zhong Ji (did I get the name wrong?), a beggar who was given over 1000 taels of gold after a general found out he was one of his soldier earlier, who fought the war(s) but ended up in naught after the war ended. The general thought this would be good enough repayment for his years of fighting.

Naturally, one would be happy and spend the money either investing in business and/or live better off. Instead the beggar chose to hide in his little rundown temple, installing blockages on the windows, doors and hide inside counting his cash everyday.

He would then get paranoid, hide all the gold in different areas in the temple, burying them, counting the number of taels every now and then. Refusing to see the outside world, not trusting anybody, and being over insecure of the gold getting stolen. He fell sick not long later and refusing to see the doctor too. His money value was over what everything else was. Even his only friend that he trusts, now no longer trusts.

His friend tried to persuade him to go and see a doctor, was very sincere in getting help for this friend (although just a beggar, they met very much earlier, but his friend never despised him even though he was a beggar). The old beggar not only refused but claimed that he was after his money and welfare.

Resorted to no choice, the friend consulted his home young master, and the young master referencing a spell book, managed to charm the beggar into a deep sleep causing him to think that what happened so far was just a dream. When the beggar woke up, only to find 1 tael of silver, he was a much happier person.

Too much money is not a good thing.

Over sensitivity will be caused by insecurity of materialistic pleasures, purchases, spending money and worry of people snatching your money.

Thus conclusion is - Money is the root of all evil.