akuperma: Your argument has many flaws. For one, you cant compare situations where everyone roughed it out together to situations where one person is suffering poverty while surrounded by people with wealth.
In certain countries such as the US, there are people who live in such poverty that they cant afford to see a doctor due to no insurance or very high co-pay, cant afford to pay for their medication at the pharmacy, cant afford air conditioning in the summer, and cant afford enough food to put into their refrigerators. True, in the past people would die due to no medical care and go to shamayim afterwords, today, some people choose to give every dime they earned to doctors to save their lives- only to go back to live in poverty for more years.
Every dor has its challenges. We have our own issues to deal with today, such as it being nearly impossible to live in a state of kedusha and tahara in todays world where atheism, secularism and blatant immodesty creeps into every aspect of society.
There is no easy solution for you. I could be wrong, but dont think any coping tools will help day in and day out living in poverty besides hope of change and tefila. You have to do your best to bring yourself out of poverty, and daven to Hashem to help you by any means necessary. Hatzlacha!