Topic: Poverty change people - page 9. (Read 1738 times)

Ofcourse Poverty changes people in both the way either it makes them or breaks them. I have seen both side of people as some have ruined their life and ended up being drug addict and criminals due to poverty and out of desperation, on the other hand I have seen people forcing themselves working on more than one job at the time especially since the beginning of this gig worker era and trust me the company where I work has an employee since last 14 years and he joined as a delivery boy eventhough he was an engineer by education he took this step due to poverty as he couldn't stay home searching for jobs when the market was affected badly post 2008 recession period and now he is a Senior Director of Quality Assurance department in the same organization. But there are lot of unfortunate people who don't get chance to get out of poverty.

An empty stomach can make you do anything because its terrible and only people who have been in that situation can feel that. Well, it doesn't mean they will go wrong way but it can make them to be, let's say 1/10 can choose the wrong path but others choose to live with what they got and basically they disappointed with their life but don't know what to do to make it change.

 When you can't provide for the necessary things of life, you become frustrated easily and one becomes bitter. No one wishes to be poor but for me I see it as a process or a training period to enable one become prudent when he has plenty. Some people get envious of a friend who has made it in life and start seeing that person as wicked because to them they feel the person won't show them how he/she made his money or refused to carry them along. Some become jealous and insecure probably because the area which that person succeeded from was where they tried and failed and this is as result of failure to understand that what works for A won't do same for B.
 At the same time, some people don't really have a reason to be envious of someone. Sometimes, they too have made it in life but just because it can't be measured to the next person, they feel inadequate and jealous. I feel that has to do with the insatiable lifestyle of humans.

When someone becomes successful & earns money it can trigger jealousy & bitterness in family & friends due to various reasons. It may stem from feelings of insecurity or comparison as they might perceive their own achievements as inferior. There can be changes in dynamics & power imbalances within relationships can lead to resentment. Societal expectations & cultural norms around wealth & success can influence how others perceive and react to someone's financial success. Jealousy & bitterness are complex emotions that can arise from a combination of personal insecurities & external influences. If people can’t support you & be happy for you being successful then maybe it’s time to assess your circle.

Who said that quote being born poor and dying poor and it is our problem when we die poor? Well, that quote is right. We don't have any choice on who's going to bring us on this world. But with our span of life and stay on this world, we all have the means to do what's necessary and work for our goals and dreams with our lives. If it's all about bitterness and rant about life. We just have to understand what they feel but it is still them that shall bring themselves out of it.

While it's true that poverty changes people and that's because of the environment that they're living. It is only themselves can change their thoughts and beliefs in life because they're stuck into thinking that people who are rich are always the bad guys. No, they're not but they're also the ones giving opportunities to most of us. They should be made as inspiration instead of thinking badly about them. We can't do anything about them anymore but give them some nice talk about our life experiences but be careful as well when telling some advises because it might hit their ego.

Not all of them are going to understand what you're saying about how you came from zero to hero, from nothing to something. Because they'd always believe that life is unfair on them and it should be their fate that should work for them and not them should work for their own fate.

It's similar to the theme of "material changes in perception", and this is a fact that we may be ignoring; perhaps the changing quality of life causes more problems of greed to arise, power,... moral decline is the root that I realize many of us can blame on life circumstances, but before all external factors, sometimes the balance is difficult for us to feel. to pursue things that don't have much meaning for life's purpose.

Cognitive maturity helps us understand a lot about life, things like competition appear so commonly in life as challenges for us to grow. I also remember that when I was a child, there were things that I really didn't understand about why I had to have nice clothes to go out. Yes, part of society's prejudices caused the white pages to gradually become colored. Our rich/poor also partly reflect the things we have learned in life. I also spent many years asking many questions about why those things and what ways different justifications for our actions without distinction.

Therefore, life's true lesson comes from the outside. I am aware that this is insufficient because every person has issues that they must resolve on their own, both inside and externally.

Someone once told me that 40 friends cannot remain friends for 40 fourty years and this is a fact of life, they will fall into different social and political classes which will differentiate and determine their interactions. Some persons will expect their friends to remain in the same level as them, if it doesn't happen that way then envy can set in, and these is very dangerous because the mind is wicked and the poor guy can plan something bad for his friend. The bitter truth is if you can't elevate your friend to somewhere near your financial level, then you better move on from the friendship, because it's quite natural that your friend will be envious of your financial position.

Poverty truly affects the mindset, when you see your friends that have made it financially, and remembering the fact that all of you were in the same level before, it'll take discipline and contentment to be genuinely happy for them. And if a friend that has the capability and resources to help you and doesn't, it's better to move on from that friend.

It went well when you introduced them to bitcoin. Since technology is the way money will be made in the future, I hope they would become well-versed in it and invest in it. What you should have done, in my opinion, is to introduce them to this forum. After all, how did you think someone living in poverty and starvation would invest in bitcoin when they could barely afford to eat every day? I don't think this is the type of person who will do so at this time. However, if you refer them to this community, I think they will earn money here  and decide to invest in bitcoin.


Yes. You're correct. Because of excessive thinking, poverty has a greater impact on mental health than physical health. People who witness others who have what they need also experience depression as a result of poverty. From there, you start thinking too much, which affects both the quality of the food they eat and can cause sadness. It will also have an impact on them if they are not eating a healthy diet. While there are numerous aspects of poverty that impact our lives, our health is the most vital item that we should endeavour to maintain, especially in the absence of financial resources. It will benefit our health if we make every effort to eradicate it to a certain extent.


It also depends on the type of people you meet. If they see you with what they don’t have and you have it, they will see you as a rich guy. For example, when the OP visits him now, when they see him with exciting things or with something’s that they didn’t know him with before, they will definitely say he has money because without money he won't get those things while they don't have a single thing that he has, so you can see that those people will see him as a rich guy, and that is how it happens everywhere. Once people see you with certain things that are worth some amount of money, as long as they don’t have them, they will say you are rich.

Sad reality of life , Money is everything now and including in attitude and behavior  .

I myself have experience the same from yours since I leave my neighborhood  when I was 18 , actually I visiting them till I graduated college regularly but things change when I got married as i need to focus my time for my family .

and yeah , after more than 10 years as I came back in our ancestral house because of pandemic that i losses my job, the old people that i Knew is now different people, those I grew up since birth are now changes into I almost not know attitude.

of course poverty affects one’s lifestyle from what kind of food they eat, what level of comfortability they feel once they go home, how much appropriate health care are they getting when they get sick, and how often do they get to unwind after all the stressful things they have been going through?

poverty does not just affect one’s physical health but most especially it also affects one’s mental health it can take a toll on one person

as people, we should not accept living in poverty but instead we should try harder to get out of it i know it’s easier said than done and most of the time the government plays a crucial role in getting people out of the poverty but we should always at least dream higher and not settle for what we know we don’t deserve

I have a personal experience with some friend I had back in the university, not so long ago. He was just a regular student who had a quite a wacky personality, he was under-performing so in the end, he could not finish his education, though. Which is sad.
Because of some bad things which happened to him and his family, he suddenly found himself being kicked out of his home and not being able to afford for food or clothing.
He changed much, he started to beg for food to anyone he saw having a breakfast, after if he just started to take food off people's hands without permission... He even stole my lunch once and left a note behind, apologizing for it.

It is quite devastating how poverty and the change of living conditions can do to the psyche to people. It is something I would not even wish to happen to anyone out there.
Also, OP. Perhaps, you should try to analyze yourself carefully, you may have changed in some ways you are yet to realize, it would be constructive.

Alot of things have changed about you even when you don't know that by yourself, people knows what they see in you, the most of what is happening from our minds is a physical expression that we take all over out faces that we don't know, that same kind of positive excitement is what gives us confidence in keeping moving in life, the poor ones never have such raised expectations like we do.

Poverty change people, I never thought as much until i came back from abroad.
I visited my old neighborhood while growing up to see some of my guys in the past, I observe that most of them have changed to something else, from their behavior to how they sees life, and to how bittered they are. Though we still get along well base on the kind of person I am, I don't even sees myself like the rich guy they take me for,  but I also feel their pain because life haven't been fair to them,  a caring and loving guy before is now always bittered, the best I can do, which I did was to introduce them to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
Poverty is a disease that changes people.