People Are Sharing The Frustrating Costs Of Being Poor That Prove Just How Expensive Poverty Is

“We talk on and on about chemical imbalances and medications, getting regular sleep, exercise, and all that and while all of those things are great and helpful we never talk about how the basic structure of our lives straight-up causes mental illness.

Not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, living paycheck to paycheck, being trapped in low-wage precarious employment that would replace you in a few days if you were to drop dead, having literally no idea what your life is going to look like in five years’ time, let alone 10 years’ time, when political landscapes are sure to change for the worse…”

—u/MMGeoff