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When financial desperation leads to magical thinking

I bought a lottery ticket for the first time in years yesterday and I cannot stop thinking about what I would do if I won.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The abandonment of practical solutions in favor of fantastical ones signals deeper despair.

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