I have undergone - not to be unsympathetic at all - far greater fraud and theft, that occasioned me the opportunity to eventually shed my expectation of entitlement and gain peace.
The expectation of entitlement is dangerous. It usually ends in misery. There is no problem with entitlement itself, if a person is truly entitled. But the expectation (and presumption) of entitlement will often create disappointment. And it messes with the human psyche.
Rather than developing an "entitlement mentality", I want to develop a "gratitude mentality". Grateful for what I have, not longing for what I don't have. I'm not entitled, but I'm grateful. And if I am entitled, I don't want to know about it.
By shedding expectations of entitlement, it does grant a measure of peace.
Can confirm.
While I can relate, we really must acknowledge our equality of rights to the things we are equally entitled to, lest we end up groveling before masters that sell us our air, water, food, and space to reside.
Oh, wait...
LOL Peace of mind is essential, but we are preyed on and must also accept our responsibility, hoist the black flag, and slit throats that need slitting. Life is an act of war, and peace is only truly availed them with the strength to cause our predators more suffering than our stuff is worth if they manage to steal it. It isn't wrong of us to be equally entitled to the blessings God has provided, and to insist depraved megalomaniacs keep their hands out of our pockets.
Carlos Santana once told me, when I pointed out life is an act of war, that of all the living things there are, people can alone make peace, and this is our purpose. That profoundly changed me, I hope for the better, but peace does depend on the ability to inflict too much suffering on our predators to be worth stealing from, and we have a responsibility to mitigate our peace with war, that there might be any peace at all.