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When You Become the Person You Used to Help

I used to donate money regularly and volunteer at the food bank but now I am the one in line for free groceries and I feel like I am wearing a costume of my former self.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Role reversal from helper to helped destabilizes core assumptions about identity and social position.

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