But as for the rest of us, we are painfully aware that money, even a relatively small sum compared to what billionaires make, would solve almost all of our problems.

但是，對於我們其他人來說，我們痛苦地意識到，金錢，哪怕是與億萬富翁的收入相比相對較少的錢，也能解決我們幾乎所有的問題。

Many of you in the comments requested this topic, so today we're gonna talk about it. So what does poverty really do to us psychologically?

很多人在評論中要求討論這個話題，所以今天我們就來談談這個話題。那麼，貧窮到底會對我們的心理造成什麼影響呢？

How does someone's psychology change based on their financial situation?

一個人的心理會因經濟狀況而發生怎樣的變化？

These are the questions we're investigating in today's video, so stick around as we look at the psychological effects of being raised in poverty. Thoughts on the future.

這些就是我們在今天的視頻中要探討的問題，請繼續收看我們的節目，看看在貧困中長大對心理的影響。對未來的思考。

Being raised in a wealthy household affords you more than just a comfortable home, a safe environment to grow up in, and a full kitchen.

在富裕的家庭中長大，你能得到的不僅僅是一個舒適的家，一個安全的成長環境和一個完整的廚房。

It buys you hope and a sense of security.

它為你帶來希望和安全感。

Poverty can make you feel trapped and hopeless.

貧窮會讓你感到困頓和絕望。

With the cost of living higher than ever, the little money we do have doesn't seem to go anywhere other than our basic needs.

生活成本比以往任何時候都要高，我們僅有的一點錢除了滿足基本需求外，似乎哪裡也去不了。

The idea of doing anything more than surviving seems impossible.

除了苟延殘喘，似乎不可能再做任何事情。

Being raised in poverty cuts you off from the hope of owning your own business or having a comfortable house. There are definitely ways out of poverty, but there are other psychological challenges to overcome before that can start to happen. Short-sighted economic decision-making.

在貧困中長大使你失去了擁有自己的事業或舒適住房的希望。擺脫貧困肯定是有辦法的，但在開始之前，還需要克服其他心理挑戰。短視的經濟決策。

In their article on the psychology of poverty, Johannes Haushofer and Ernst Ferr cite this hopelessness and negative outlook as a cause for people in poverty to make more risky, short-sighted financial decisions.

Johannes Haushofer 和 Ernst Ferr 在他們關於貧困心理的文章中指出，這種絕望和消極的前景是導致貧困人口做出更多高風險、短視的財務決定的原因。

This can mean anything from buying luxurious things that don't make financial sense to taking out multiple loans that you won't be able to pay off. Of course, living in poverty is a difficult situation.

這可能意味著購買經濟上不合理的奢侈品，也可能意味著貸款多次卻無力償還。當然，生活在貧困中是很困難的。

So if someone wants something that makes them feel like they have agency, no one should be judged for that.

是以，如果有人想要一些能讓他們覺得自己有主觀能動性的東西，任何人都不應該是以而受到評判。

We all need a little comfort and life can't just be about surviving.

我們都需要一點安慰，生活不能只是為了生存。

However, some of these financial decisions are born out of negative habits.

然而，有些財務決定是由負面習慣造成的。

Things like drinking and gambling are activities that anyone can take part in, whether you're rich or poor, but they affect one of the groups a lot more than the other.

酗酒和賭博是任何人都可以參與的活動，無論你是富人還是窮人，但它們對其中一個群體的影響要比另一個群體大得多。

While rich people can do it for a quick thrill, poorer people have to prioritize these activities over other things, often leading to anxiety and hopelessness growing worse. The study suggests that these short-sighted financial decisions aren't usually done with the hopes of improving their financial situation or working towards a specific goal.

富人可以為了一時的快感而這樣做，而窮人卻不得不優先考慮這些活動而不是其他事情，這往往會導致焦慮和絕望情緒愈演愈烈。研究表明，這些短視的財務決定通常並不是希望改善他們的財務狀況或努力實現某個具體目標。

If you grew up in poverty, there are probably a few financial decisions you can think of that you wish your parents had handled better.

如果你在貧困中長大，你可能會想到一些財務決定，希望父母能處理得更好。

Now, as an adult, money might be a sensitive topic.

現在，作為成年人，錢可能是一個敏感話題。

You may find that you're overly cautious with your money and lack generosity, or that you spend money too easily. Self-perception.

你可能會發現自己對金錢過於謹慎，缺乏慷慨，或者花錢太容易。自我認知。

If you were raised in poverty, you were probably painfully aware of that fact.

如果你是在貧困中長大的，你可能會痛苦地意識到這一事實。

The people around you were most likely doing things you could never do, like going on vacations, buying all the brand new video games, and eating all the expensive snacks or pricey dinners.

你周圍的人很可能在做你永遠做不到的事情，比如去度假、買所有全新的電子遊戲機、吃所有昂貴的零食或價格不菲的晚餐。

It's worse now as we see luxurious, comfortable lifestyles on social media constantly. Growing up in poverty can burden you with insecurities and fears that can linger for your whole life.

現在情況更糟了，我們經常在社交媒體上看到奢華舒適的生活方式。在貧困中成長會給你帶來不安全感和恐懼感，而這種不安全感和恐懼感會伴隨你一生。

Issues like weak self-esteem, weak self-efficacy, and life dissatisfaction are likely to make themselves present in your life.

自尊心不強、自我效能感弱、對生活不滿意等問題很可能會出現在你的生活中。

If you do manage to escape poverty, this could still affect you.

如果您設法擺脫了貧困，這仍然會對您產生影響。

You might be self-conscious about people seeing you as poor and you may feel like you have to justify your lifestyle or your spending habits. Adaptability and resilience.

你可能會因為別人認為你貧窮而感到自卑，你可能會覺得必須為自己的生活方式或消費習慣辯解。適應力和復原力。

The adversity we face in poverty has been found to improve adaptability.

研究發現，我們在貧困中面臨的逆境可以提高適應能力。

A study published in Current Directions in Psychological Science revealed that we are able to adapt to the adversities that are associated with poverty.

發表在《當前心理科學方向》（Current Directions in Psychological Science）上的一項研究表明，我們能夠適應與貧困相關的逆境。

As we're forced to adapt, we could experience chronic stress, which becomes a psychological strain.

在被迫適應的過程中，我們可能會經歷長期的壓力，從而成為一種心理壓力。

Poverty forces you away from comfort and peace and towards anguish and adaptability.

貧窮迫使你遠離舒適與安寧，走向痛苦與適應。

It isn't exactly a fair trade, especially considering, as the study points out, that there are other features of poverty that we can't adapt to.

這並不是一個公平的交易，尤其是考慮到，正如研究報告所指出的，我們無法適應貧困的其他特徵。

For example, if there are toxins in the environment, moving isn't an option, or if you do fall ill, there's little you can do if your country doesn't provide affordable healthcare.

例如，如果環境中存在毒素，搬家就不是一種選擇，或者如果你生病了，如果你的國家不提供負擔得起的醫療服務，你也無能為力。

If you grew up in poverty, you most likely still feel those adaptations.

如果你在貧困中長大，你很可能仍然會感受到這些適應性。

If there was a lot of crime in your environment, you might seem overly cautious in your adult life. Education.

如果你所處的環境中有很多犯罪活動，那麼你在成年後可能會顯得過於謹慎。教育。

For people experiencing poverty, it isn't only a matter of receiving an education, it's also a matter of receiving a high-quality education.

對於貧困人口來說，接受教育不僅是一個問題，也是一個接受高質量教育的問題。

As someone raised in poverty, you could be at a disadvantage in this area.

作為一個在貧困中長大的人，你可能在這方面處於劣勢。

You could have an extremely high potential for success, but your circumstances have prevented you from realizing that potential.

你可能擁有極高的成功潛能，但你所處的環境卻阻礙了你發揮這種潛能。

Poverty also makes people less likely to complete their education.

貧困也使人們不太可能完成學業。

This could continue to feed into negative attitudes and self-limiting behaviors.

這可能會繼續助長消極態度和自我限制行為。

Even though you may be adaptable, capable, and resilient, education is important for many areas of life that we don't often consider.

儘管你可能適應力強、能力強、有韌性，但教育對生活中很多我們不常考慮的方面都很重要。

By no means does poverty make people dumber, but again, lacking education is like starting a 100-meter race 500 meters behind the starting line. Access to mental health care.

貧窮決不會讓人變笨，但同樣，缺乏教育就像在起跑線後 500 米處開始百米賽跑。獲得心理保健。

Growing up in poverty limits your access to a lot of things.

在貧困中長大會限制你獲得很多東西。

The most blatant way this can affect you psychologically is that you may not receive the mental health care that you require.

最明顯的心理影響就是你可能得不到所需的心理保健。

For many people, this means not receiving treatment or diagnosis for things that could have been helped during their childhood.

對許多人來說，這意味著在童年時期本可以得到幫助的事情卻得不到治療或診斷。

For example, not receiving an autism or ADHD diagnosis as a child can dramatically change your life.

例如，小時候沒有得到自閉症或多動症的診斷可能會極大地改變你的生活。

Instead of growing up understanding that you are the way you are because of a disorder, you may have grown up believing that you were stupid, selfish, or lazy for being unable to do what your parents wanted you to do or what your peers seemed to do without struggling.

在成長過程中，你可能並不瞭解自己之所以會變成這樣是因為患有某種障礙，而是認為自己很愚蠢、自私或懶惰，因為你做不到父母希望你做的事情，也做不到同齡人似乎不費吹灰之力就能做到的事情。

This is just another way poverty can feed into the challenges, insecurities, and anxieties we face even as adults. If you're an adult who was raised in poverty, it might feel like you're always trying to catch up.

這僅僅是貧困助長我們成年後所面臨的挑戰、不安全感和焦慮的另一種方式。如果你是一個在貧困中長大的成年人，你可能會覺得自己總是在努力追趕。

You're still trying to feel optimistic.

你還在試圖感到樂觀。

You're trying to get up and get a grasp on your mental health, and you're still trying to achieve the things in life that people your age or younger seem to be getting with ease.

你正在努力站起來，掌握自己的心理健康，你還在努力實現生活中與你同齡或更年輕的人似乎輕而易舉就能得到的東西。

People who weren't raised in poverty don't automatically have everything, but they do have a headstart.

不是在貧困中長大的人不會自動擁有一切，但他們確實有一個良好的開端。

What affected you the most after being raised in poverty?

在貧困中長大後，對你影響最大的是什麼？

Let us know in the comments below.

請在下面的評論中告訴我們。

If you enjoyed this video, remember to leave a like and subscribe to Psych2Go for more videos like this.

如果你喜歡這段視頻，記得留下一個贊，並訂閱 Psych2Go 以獲取更多類似視頻。

Hey, no matter what your past looks like, the future is all yours.

嘿，不管你的過去是什麼樣子，未來都是屬於你的。

We'll see you next time.

我們下次再見。