We may be bad at talking about money but we are arguably even worse at talking about our difficulties managing it.
Research by the Money Advice Service found that half of people in debt did not want to talk to friends and family about it because they didn’t want to worry them.
Money struggles can lead to people feeling cut off from others for a range of reasons, but withdrawing into financial loneliness can make it even harder to solve your problems.
We want to understand more about how people feel isolated as a result of their financial woes.
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How has your employment status affected your income? Does your financial situation mean that you feel cut off from family and friends? Have you ever had issues with debt? Have money problems ever led to a shopping or gambling addiction? How isolated did you feel and what helped?
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