1/ Having to work three jobs to make ends meet and having little kids on the other end of the line crying “Mommy when are you going to come home?” all the time becomes a mental health issue.
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2/ Knowing it will take you years to pay off a college loan that you only took out so that you could educate yourself for your dream career but now you can’t pursue your dream career because it probably won’t pay you enough to pay off those debts, becomes a mental health issue.
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3/ Working as hard as you possibly can but knowing there’s no way you’re going to be able to make enough to send your kids to college, and worrying it that every single day, becomes a mental health issue.

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4/ We shouldn’t let Congress pass some proclamation on Monday celebrating Mental Health Day yet refusing to acknowledge all their policies that are complicit in creating gargantuan amounts of chronic despair. Human despair is the greatest underlying mental health issue of all.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Working as hard as possible to feel secure enough to have children but never reaching that level of security will become a mental health issue .
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Replying to @marwilliamson
If for whatever real and disperaging reasons college may not be a viable option for your kids, it is okay to not stress about that. College is not what makes people successful, they're effort is. Instilling kids with a strong work ethic and passion for learning is a better goal.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
College is not always the answer. We need more skilled trades people. Welders, electricians, millwrights, CNC operators, etc. are in demand and offer solid & rewarding career options.