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TrashAccount151 t1_j7sgann wrote

Grew up poor. Have plenty of issues. Shocker.

If it wasn't for my grandmother I'd probably be in prison or dead. I grew up in aeth house. She made sure my "parents" always had a roof and I had clean clothes. I'm still an absolute mess, but alive because of her.

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roymondous t1_j7seqw4 wrote

For those talking about causality going both ways, it’s likely less than you think.

There’s another study regarding ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) that found those with high aces and who had financial security had 1/3 of the mental illness rate of those without financial security.

It really is the stress of lacking financial security and everything that comes with that, that causes most of the mental illness described. Combine that with how scarcity lowers your cognitive ability by the equivalent of 13 IQ points (Mullainathan and shafir, study on the same farmers pre and post harvest), and you see how much short term and long term damage it can do.

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Bama_Peach t1_j7se2xp wrote

It was a combination of hard work and luck but much moreso luck (or what others like to call networking). A good friend of mine was able to get me an interview for an entry level position at the company she worked for. Even that entry level position paid more than what I was making with several years experience at the job I was at previously. In the city I live in, my new field is in high demand; a combination of that and busting my behind because I did not want to ever go back to struggling financially led to me advancing quickly and, a half dozen or so years later - here I am.

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420caveman t1_j7s4ws5 wrote

I agree with this but I also think that there is a point between the poorest and richest where you are actually worse off.

The sorta people to chuck a tantrum when the parents bought them a Hyundai instead of a Mercedes.

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