Tag Archives: thoughts of suicide

Money and Stress: How to Keep Your Money Worries From Killing You

A recent study at Ohio State University found that people with financial problems, in particular credit card debt, suffered from more emotional problems than those who didn’t have money-related stress. When you stop and think about it, it really is not surprising that cash, or the lack of it, so greatly affects our emotions. Money [...]

Louis Says “I Feel Like Killing Myself Because of My Debts”

Louis “Dear Steve, I feel like I’m drowning and I even have suicidal thoughts. I barely make my mortgage payments (minimum interest only). Late on my line of credit payments – threatiing foreclosure. 50+ thousand in student loans. I would like to sell my condo but the market is so low no one is buying [...]

My Debt is Making Me Depressed and Suicidal – Tim

“Dear Steve, I, we are very close to your situation, after over a year of unemployment, my wife working for pennies at a christian school and me – the bread winner, an IT system admin, 3 degrees two in engineering and one in IT, we finally had to contact an attorney today because the creditors [...]

I’m a College Student and I Feel Suicidal Because of My Debt. – Calvin

Calvin “Dear Steve, I am a college student with severe chronic depression. The illness has been so debilitating that I have gone from being a dean’s list student to entering the second term of my fifth year of undergraduate school. Unfortunately, this situation has forced me to take on $41,000 in student loans. I can’t [...]