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Why financial security doesn't erase poverty trauma responses

My family has been poor for generations and I finally make good money but I still hide groceries in weird places and panic when I spend money on anything nice

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're learning that economic mobility doesn't automatically heal the psychological and behavioral patterns created by generational scarcity.

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