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Old Mar 30, 2012, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by VenusHalley View Post
I maybe 1% with this quirk. But then again... when looking at it globally, coming from first world country, having place to stay and running water and food to eat... it can't really be that bad. With being secure objectivelly.... we do, indeed, have power over our lifes.

For me this perspective helps. I am not as powerless as I sometimes feel. I do have choices.
I am not in that place. I worry about getting disability in the first place, and if I get it, about relocating to where I can survive on $1400 a month. That very well might mean outside of the first world country. And I find myself in that place due to history of untreated disease. So no, the comparison does not help me.