Current Events > Problems that rich people face, according to therapists

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/problems-that-rich-people-face-according-to-therapists-.html

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Im not clicking that.

ironman2009 posted...

Post the list

1. Feelings of isolation
2. Paranoia and distrust
3. Distorted sense of purpose

poor widdle babies

CRON posted...

1. Feelings of isolation
2. Paranoia and distrust
3. Distorted sense of purpose

So like every lower and middle class person ever.

Summary: rich people have normal human feelings too

There, nobody neads to read it. Obviously rich people also have the same range of emotions but it kind of sounds like "but think of the rich people!" to make an entire article about it.

CRON posted...

1. Feelings of isolation
2. Paranoia and distrust
3. Distorted sense of purpose

That last one tends to be more on people who inherited their wealth, according to the person interviewed.

And I will say with as much empathy as I can manage: rich people need positive mental health direction, because ultimately, it may not only be them that suffers if things go bad for them.

Look at fucking Musk.

CyricZ posted...

That last one tends to be more on people who inherited their wealth, according to the person interviewed.

And I will say with as much empathy as I can manage: rich people need positive mental health direction, because ultimately, it may not only be them that suffers if things go bad for them.

Look at fucking Musk.

Musk doubles down on his shitty behavior at every turn. His abuse of those around him is his own doing.

If only they had the means most of the world can't afford or don't even know exist to deal with these issues.

At least they can afford therapists

Im afraid if I click that, itll make my blood boil because its gonna be a bunch of non-issues from people who are so out of touch with reality and real problems.

Won't someone think of the rich?

They're just like me fr

I get this board doesnt like rich people, but sometimes it just seems yall think anyone with money was always like that, or that they stop being humans. I understand a lot of rich people are horrible and parasitic to this world, but they are still people with struggles.

Many famous people have killed themselves despite having material wealth. I dislike the idea that having money is all thats needed in the world, because its not, and rich people can definitely have problems that throwing money at wont solve

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Being able to afford a therapist.

Mental health issues can happen to anyone, regardless of wealth. Everyone who struggles deserves support.

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That's a good question.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

I get this board doesnt like rich people, but sometimes it just seems yall think anyone with money was always like that, or that they stop being humans. I understand a lot of rich people are horrible and parasitic to this world, but they are still people with struggles.

Many famous people have killed themselves despite having material wealth. I dislike the idea that having money is all thats needed in the world, because its not, and rich people can definitely have problems that throwing money at wont solve

People without money kill themselves all the time, so there is no specific need to pity the rich. Pity the people who are so poor they can barely put food on the table, because that's a worry the rich will never have.

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GrandConjuraton posted...

People without money kill themselves all the time, so there is no specific need to pity the rich. Pity the people who are so poor they can barely put food on the table, because that's a worry the rich will never have.

Im just saying that we should not downplay someones mental health struggles because they are rich. People act like money makes you invincible and it doesnt.

There was a tom Holland topic a while back about his mental health struggles and dealing with fame, and people were just straight up saying he doesnt deserve to be depressed, or shouldve expected it because hes famous now.

It was disgusting to see.

CRON posted...

1. Feelings of isolation
2. Paranoia and distrust
3. Distorted sense of purpose

4. Hitting the FDIC cap at your banks. :(

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

I get this board doesnt like rich people, but sometimes it just seems yall think anyone with money was always like that, or that they stop being humans. I understand a lot of rich people are horrible and parasitic to this world, but they are still people with struggles.

Many famous people have killed themselves despite having material wealth. I dislike the idea that having money is all thats needed in the world, because its not, and rich people can definitely have problems that throwing money at wont solve

I think it's the opposite: it is trivially true that rich people have feelings. It's not downplaying a struggle to point out that rich people uniquely have the resources to get the quality therapists and treatment they need that are unavailable to many people. Is having money all that's needed in the world? No, but I think you're kidding yourself if you believe money is not the #1 quality of life differentiator among individuals, because it objectively, measurably is.

I will tell ya this I would not want to have Lamar Odom's life for more money

Doe posted...

I think it's the opposite: it is trivially true that rich people have feelings. It's not downplaying a struggle to point out that rich people uniquely have the resources to get the quality therapists and treatment they need that are unavailable to many people. Is having money all that's needed in the world? No, but I think you're kidding yourself if you believe money is not the #1 quality of life differentiator among individuals, because it objectively, measurably is.

Yeah, i dont disagree. But there are literally people in this very topic completely downplaying rich peoples ability to have struggles in their lives. Do i pity them for having money? No I just pity any human who struggles with their mental health because I understand what its like.

All im trying to say is that everyone struggles with life sometimes, and having money to pay for a therapist doesnt automatically mean everything is perfect.

Doe posted...

I think it's the opposite: it is trivially true that rich people have feelings. It's not downplaying a struggle to point out that rich people uniquely have the resources to get the quality therapists and treatment they need that are unavailable to many people. Is having money all that's needed in the world? No, but I think you're kidding yourself if you believe money is not the #1 quality of life differentiator among individuals, because it objectively, measurably is.

I've seen a study before testing the old saying that money doesn't buy happiness which found that it sort of is and isn't true. There are unhappy rich people, but most people's level of happiness in life does go up as their income goes up. So it's probably better to say money doesn't guarantee happiness, but it does go a long way toward making you happier.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Many famous people have killed themselves despite having material wealth. I dislike the idea that having money is all thats needed in the world, because its not, and rich people can definitely have problems that throwing money at wont solve

That's something I'm surprised so many people don't understand. When I was young, I thought money meant happiness, but now that I'm older, I realize that once your basic needs are met, extra money does nothing. I have a healthy amount of money accumulated and it just sits in the bank. I don't know what to do with it. I wish I could go to the store and buy a 'happiness' potion, but it doesn't work that way. The reality is that I wish I had someone special to share it with, but I don't. So ironically, the more money I accumulate, the more depressed I become.

VideoboysaysCube posted...

That's something I'm surprised so many people don't understand. When I was young, I thought money meant happiness, but now that I'm older, I realize that once your basic needs are met, extra money does nothing. I have a healthy amount of money accumulated and it just sits in the bank. I don't know what to do with it. I wish I could go to the store and buy a 'happiness' potion, but it doesn't work that way. The reality is that I wish I had someone special to share it with, but I don't. So ironically, the more money I accumulate, the more depressed I become.

Do you vacation? Engage in hobbies? Travel?

All that extra money affords you the ability and opportunity to do stuff with it. Merely having it doesn't make you happy, sure, however it affords you the opportunity to use it for adventures/items/passions that could make you happy which impoverished people don't have the luxury of as their time is spent trying to survive.

If it's just sitting in the bank and you're just sitting at home doing nothing, then sure it's not doing anything for you because you're not doing anything with it.

UnsteadyOwl posted...

I've seen a study before testing the old saying that money doesn't buy happiness which found that it sort of is and isn't true. There are unhappy rich people, but most people's level of happiness in life does go up as their income goes up. So it's probably better to say money doesn't guarantee happiness, but it does go a long way toward making you happier.

I might be thinking of a different study, but I thought the happiness only went up with income up to a certain point? The thing is that you reach thresholds where you don't have to stress about financial emergencies and then later the point where you can just buy whatever you want without having to think about it. Additional money after the former isn't going to impact you as drastically, and additional money after the later is basically doing nothing other than feeding an addiction to seeing a number go up. The happiest people are probably going to fall in between the two.

Also in the article linked, it implies that every one of those problems was caused by having money. So just give it up if it's making them so miserable. oh wait lmaoooo

Sometimes I think only my yacht scheduler knows the real me.

Maybe if they weren't such self centered greedy pieces of shit, they could do something about it. Instead they choose to make everyone as miserable as them.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

Maybe if they weren't such self centered greedy pieces of shit, they could do something about it. Instead they choose to make everyone as miserable as them.

like this is the shit im talking about.

What is your definition of rich? Is anyone with money a horrible person? The Weeknd donated millions to support Gaza, yet many of his songs are about his personal struggles and inner darkness. Does he not deserve to feel this way because hes rich?

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

like this is the shit im talking about.

What is your definition of rich? Is anyone with money a horrible person? The Weeknd donated millions to support Gaza, yet many of his songs are about his personal struggles and inner darkness. Does he not deserve to feel this way because hes rich?

People like them are the minority. Most of them are like the ones who support corporations and vote for their own tax breaks.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

People like him are the minority. Most of them are like the ones who support corporations and vote for their own tax breaks.

Yet hes still rich. His problems and struggles deserve to be heard.

This isnt even saying billionaires which basically cannot exist in a moral way, just rich people in general. What do you consider the minimum of being rich?

There are no true friends, unless they're richer than you, than there's the chance you might be the phoney friend.

CRON posted...

1. Feelings of isolation
2. Paranoia and distrust
3. Distorted sense of purpose

Dang
I got all those too

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Yet hes still rich. His problems and struggles deserve to be heard.

This isnt even saying billionaires which basically cannot exist in a moral way, just rich people in general. What do you consider the minimum of being rich?

Millionaire. Anything under is just someone with a lot of money.

myusernameislame posted...

I might be thinking of a different study, but I thought the happiness only went up with income up to a certain point? The thing is that you reach thresholds where you don't have to stress about financial emergencies and then later the point where you can just buy whatever you want without having to think about it. Additional money after the former isn't going to impact you as drastically, and additional money after the later is basically doing nothing other than feeding an addiction to seeing a number go up. The happiest people are probably going to fall in between the two.

That was an older study. A newer one (that the team behind the older study was involved in) shows that for most people happiness does continue to increase with income level. What that older study was finding was more that if a person is unhappy then the degree to which money can mitigate that unhappiness levels off at a certain point.

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/does-money-buy-happiness-heres-what-the-research-says/

They do also say in the study that money is just one of many determinants of a person's happiness. So it's still not trying to say that if you're richer you'll definitely be happier because it doesn't work like that.

DarthAragorn posted...

Also in the article linked, it implies that every one of those problems was caused by having money. So just give it up if it's making them so miserable. oh wait lmaoooo

It says that rich people can experience the same trauma, relationship issues, and loss as everyone else, but that wealth can bring additional problems.

Giving it up would bring a different set of worse troubles.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

Millionaire. Anything under is just someone with a lot of money.

So you think anyone thats a millionaire is awful and doesnt deserve to have struggles?

Thats wack as hell dude.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

So you think anyone thats a millionaire is awful and doesnt deserve to have struggles?

Thats wack as hell dude.

They do have problems, but rather than use that position of power/influence to help the entire community, they either sit on their money and complain, buy into anti poor propaganda, or support the ultra rich.

Well, at least "affluenza" isn't seriously still a thing.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

They do have problems, but rather than use that position of power/influence to help the entire community, they either sit on their money and complain, buy into anti poor propaganda, or support the ultra rich.

Okay and many many people who are millionaires do engage in activism and try to give back. A million dollars is really not as much as it used to be.

I would be more inclined to agree if you said people with multiple hundreds of millions and billions, but Im not going to blanketly say anyone thats a millionaire is automatically awful and does nothing to help anyone.

You can legitimately reach millionaire status without leeching and destroying those around you, any higher is when it starts becoming unobtainable morally under most circumstances

I was willing to look at this with an open mind. After all, I've never been there so it's totally possible there are things I haven't thought of.

Number one was kinda like "yeah, that makes sense, we've seen some cases where rich people became miserable recluses."

Number two also makes sense. Seems like you wouldn't necessarily like the cause and effect but it at least seems reasonable.

Number three actually sounds pretty logical too.

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There are only three? Rich people have three problems? You're literally writing the article on how rich people have problems too, literally the one chance to cut some slack to the modern day boogie man, literally trying to create empathy between fellow humans, and you can some up with three problems that rich people have? You're really not helping your argument here. I was hoping for at least a top ten.

I say this as someone who makes like 40k a year, money is pretty damn overrated. Life would be easier if I had more money but it wouldn't make me any happier. Shit like I'm seeing out of this topic kinda confirms it for me

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Yet hes still rich. His problems and struggles deserve to be heard.

See, here is where I disagree on some level. His feelings still matter certainly, he's a human like anyone else, but the idea we need to specifically hear about his depression instead of the depression oof the guy who lives in the apartment below you that you don't know the name of is more weird celebrity obsession.

I think it's fine if he shares he's going through a tough patch if he's asked in an interview, hell it's fine if he writes songs about it etc, but I don't think we have some greater obligation to specifically think about his life. "Deserve to be heard" makes it sound like some kind of political message. I honestly feel we pry too much into celebrities lives in general tbh.

This Is all sort of a roundabout way of saying I think we should respect everyone's mental health and the idea we specifically need to worry about rich people is weird.

imagine going to bat for rich people

absolutebuffoon posted...

See, here is where I disagree on some level. His feelings still matter certainly, he's a human like anyone else, but the idea we need to specifically hear about his depression instead of the depression oof the guy who lives in the apartment below you that you don't know the name of is more weird celebrity obsession.

I think it's fine if he shares he's going through a tough patch if he's asked in an interview, hell it's fine if he writes songs about it etc, but I don't think we have some greater obligation to specifically think about his life. "Deserve to be heard" makes it sound like some kind of political message. I honestly feel we pry too much into celebrities lives in general tbh.

This Is all sort of a roundabout way of saying I think we should respect everyone's mental health and the idea we specifically need to worry about rich people is weird.

Its not that we need to worry about rich people specifically, we just shouldnt worry about them less just because theyre rich. We should treat any persons mental struggles with the same amount of care.

I wasnt saying at all that we NEED to hear their problems, just that if they desire, they should be able to talk about it without getting told to use their money as tissues or something