Being poor reminds me of PTSD honestly, though. You get caught up with wealth and status because every new decision brings you back to a past where your existen

Being poor reminds me of PTSD honestly, though. You get caught up with wealth and status because every new decision brings you back to a past where your existence was chaotic. It's like the chaos of the past maps onto how you interpret the present. Reminders are everywhere in culture, and I think people get caught up in these games of dominance because the experience of poverty is traumatizing. Even if everything in your life is perfect and functioning optimally, there's still that fear - can't delete memories, and honestly, I think that's the primary motivator for those who hoard wealth in a completely unreasonable, counterproductive fashion. Tragedy and anger, these things push us in directions we do not have perfect control over. These things are hard to heal from, but it can be done.