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Scenario

When family members share medical costs but can't talk about the emotional burden

My sister and I are both working poor and we take turns helping each other with medical bills — she covers my prescriptions some months, I help with her specialist visits — but we never talk about the shame we both feel about needing this from each other.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mutual aid becomes loaded with unspoken feelings of inadequacy and dependence.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body in poverty — health as class condition?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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