Title: Most of Us Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck. This Is What It Does to Your Health.
Headings: Most of Us Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck. This Is What It Does to Your Health.
Most of Us Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck. This Is What It Does to Your Health.
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Content: An important component of psychological health involves maintaining a sense of purpose and personal significance, what psychologists refer to as meaning in life. Part of being a psychologically healthy person is feeling like you are important and that what you do matters. People who feel like their lives are purposeful and significant tend lead happier more satisfied lives and are better able to maintain a positive disposition in the face of stressful life events. Financial stress is associated with a reduced sense of purpose and significance. Relentless stress about money can undermine a person’s sense of self-worth and personal meaning, making them feel worthless and like their lives are pointless — a pattern of thinking that can lead to clinical depression, even suicidal thoughts and behaviors. It’s more difficult for them to enjoy life and they’re less able to psychologically adjust to stressful life events, potentially setting them on the path to persistent anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and poor health.” Relentless stress about money can undermine a person’s sense of self-worth and personal meaning — a pattern of thinking that can lead to clinical depression, even suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Moreover, constant stress from financial strain can lead to persistent anxiety and interfere with a person’s ability to enjoy life and connect with others. “ People who are made to feel worthless from not having the financial means to meet their and their family’s needs may engage in unhealthful behaviors like drinking alcohol to cope,” says Abeyta. Predictably, a Princeton researcher found happiness wasn’t so much about money as it was financial security.