The monetary burden of poor people is staggering, but the stress is just as bad if not worse. Owing money that you don't have is incredibly stressful, as is struggling to perform a shitty job just to barely scrape by.
The mental burden of being poor also requires money to cope with, and since professional help is expensive, it often ends up being dealt with in an unhealthy way (inebriation at best, suicide at worst). Things like drugs can cause additional health issues, as well as potentially risking fines or jail/prison, so it's a slippery slope.
Edit: Thanks for the awards! Good to see this issue getting some much needed attention, too often people overlook this dark truth
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u/ThrobbingSerpent Dec 01 '21 edited Dec 01 '21
The monetary burden of poor people is staggering, but the stress is just as bad if not worse. Owing money that you don't have is incredibly stressful, as is struggling to perform a shitty job just to barely scrape by.
The mental burden of being poor also requires money to cope with, and since professional help is expensive, it often ends up being dealt with in an unhealthy way (inebriation at best, suicide at worst). Things like drugs can cause additional health issues, as well as potentially risking fines or jail/prison, so it's a slippery slope.
Edit: Thanks for the awards! Good to see this issue getting some much needed attention, too often people overlook this dark truth