...and this is how trauma seems to take over our lives without explanation, when actually, not long ago, we were financially not well off but still getting by, and our mental health was doing okay. When our hierarchy of needs is destabilised, nobody can focus on self-growth - they're too busy worrying about the bills. Poverty, including financial abuse, can not only cause trauma, it can make it so much harder to heal from it. #poverty #mentalhealth #struggling #economicabuse #financialtrauma