The dark side of money

It’s not like having a lot of money is the worst damnation in the world, it changes your life completely with the right number of zeros in your checking account you can get pretty much anything the world has to offer you make sure money is never a problem. It is paradoxical that as long as you have those indecent amounts it will always be a problem when it is said that money changes your life.

People tend to focus on the things money can buy or do, rarely wondering about those very subtle changes that with enough persistence can make you the loneliest person in the world.

The accumulation of wealth is often accompanied by an increase in professional responsibilities and demands. This can mean that people with money have less time to devote to their personal and social relationships. In addition, it can be difficult for them to find people with whom they can establish authentic relationships, as wealth can lead to distrust or interested interactions simply for the money.

It has been seen several times, as soon as someone begins to accumulate wealth, their isolation intensifies. It happens because if the purchasing power of your environment is not also high, not necessarily the same as yours, you will never know for sure if when they talk to you, they do so because you have been funny or they expect you to offer to solve their problems. Furthermore, it may seem like something easy to differentiate, knowing if when they are with you, they also go to the amount of money you have saved.

The problems of rich people are often minimized due to various reasons. First, relative perspective plays an important role, as problems are compared to those of those less fortunate. In addition, financial stability and available resources give them more options to resolve their difficulties. The privileges and advantages associated with wealth also facilitate problem-solving. Furthermore, culture and social media often emphasize the positive aspects of rich people’s lives. Finally, the lack of empathy and the tendency to feel more sympathy for the less privileged contribute to minimize the problems of rich people. However, it is important to remember that each individual faces unique challenges, regardless of their wealth.

If we divide the way someone can earn a lot of money into work, inheritance and lottery, the negative aspect of having a lot of wealth is felt similarly in inheritance cases with the big difference that parents can prepare their children and warn them about the aspects that very few want to hear and believe. The lottery is the worst of all, as the winner has not had time to learn to cope with the dark friendships that come overnight with wealth, and lottery winners are advised to seek advice in learning to accept change in your lifestyle.

When you earn a lot of money, your friendships will change, and you will spend that suck you into that darkness, making you feel alone and ignored. The frenzy is so great that they don’t care, everyone laughs and celebrates at that moment, but most choose not to advise you and later regret it.

An example of this is the case of Evelyn Marie Adams who worked as a store clerk in New Jersey and earned more than $5.4 million combined. However, she was a compulsive gambler and lost large sums of money in Atlantic City casinos and in a series of failed deals. She got so much money that she had to escape from her city because requests for help among her family and friends multiplied and grew like foam. Later, she became famous. “She couldn’t go anywhere without being recognized”

If it’s true, it’s not like it’s the worst sentence in the world, problems are more bearable with money, although if you end up alone with problems that seem less important than those of others, without being able to trust anyone, without being able to enjoy simple things It doesn’t seem like we all want.

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Cordura Artificial. (2022). El lado OSCURO y EXTRAÑO de volverte RICO [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKBQCdPiVk

Zamorano, E. (2018, November 15). Ganaron la lotería, se hicieron ricos y arruinaron su vida. Elconfidencial.com; El Confidencial. https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2018-11-15/loteria-ganadores-arruinados_1569100/

‌Wikipedia Contributors. (2021, January 22). Evelyn Adams (lottery winner). Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Adams_(lottery_winner)