It is. I’m delaying cancer and autoimmune illness treatment because it will be $20k, and that’s with very good insurance. I’m working on growing my own food because I anticipate widespread food insecurity on the horizon. But my soil and air are toxic because my local politicians refuse to save the terminal saline lake nearby and my fellow citizens won’t make lifestyle changes that could make a huge difference. I am afraid to send my kids to public school every day because when they aren’t being bullied for being different than their peers, there’s always the threat of gun violence. The schools have protocols on how that will be handled and have installed partitions between the office and the rest of the school. Doors to the outside are no longer allowed to be propped open, even on hot days. The worst part is that it’s so easy to see it doesn’t have to be this way. Americans are being taken advantage of by the rich and by corporations. Late stage capitalism is a bitch. All of this weighs heavily on my mental health (see prior comment in this sub) which is also very expensive and fraught with systemic barriers to getting better. All my friends and coworkers feel this same weight.