Healthcare reform

[odupianist]

Originally Posted by kyabetsu

It's easier to eat healthy, care about exercise, and give up smoking when you're employed, not strung out about where next month's rent will come from, able to afford vegetables and real meal rather than ramen, and stable enough to make healthy choices for yourself. You can't force people to make those changes, but you can give them the option.

Actually I was unemployed for a few months earlier this year. I had no insurance, no idea where morgage was coming from at all, and busting butt to find a new job. I took it upon myself to work out more (mainly to keep my mind off the fact I was jobless), and take better care of myself because I didn't have those things, and it was all I had to myself really. It was my own personal strength that helped me make the choices to take care of myself and not get strung out just because I was unemployed. But I'll agree that everyone handles stress differently. The option is still there to always take care of yourself (in all aspects, mentally, physically, emotionally) whether you have money or not. It just takes the desire and want to do so.