International Journal of Gastrointestinal Medicine & Research

Abstract

Financial stress is intimately intertwined with mental health, reinforcing one another in a harmful cycle, hard to break. It affects all social groups on various levels and with different consequences. The higher risks show up in young adults, single parents, elderly, and people with preexisting mental health issues. Struggling to pay bills, debts or job insecurity may lead to anxiety and feeling of hopelessness. Financial stress can manifest physically as stomach aches, insomnia, fatigue, which in fact worsen the financial problem because they reduce productivity and might even lead to job loss.