“Many of the extremely wealthy – the 1% of the 1% – feel that their problems are really not problems. But they are,” he says. So, what issues do America’s 1% have? “There is guilt because they are rich,” he said. “There is the feeling that they have to hide the fact that they are rich. And, then, there is the isolation – being in the 1% can be lonely.” Counselors argue that things have become worse since the financial crisis and the discussion about income inequality brought on by movements like Occupy Wall Street.
What do wealthy people feel guilty about?
Their wealth The need to hide that they are rich Creating separation between the rich and the poor Not working as hard as poor people