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What does it mean?
The speaker stayed alive partly because therapy costs money.
In plain terms
He survived because paying for therapy was cheaper than dying.
What can you take from it?
Money can save lives.

Where it applies

  • mental health crisis
  • financial constraints

Putting it to work

  • seeking help
  • finding reasons to live

Questions to consider

  • What keeps you going?
  • Does money matter?

Another view

It reduces hope to cost.

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