It all started with three months of unpaid rent. Soon there were bills so heavy that it became impossible to pay them. Finally, Jessica Lindgren put them in a pile instead, unopened.

- I was at rock bottom. At the same time, I have to manage the children's everyday life, she says.

For fifteen years, Lindgren has been affected by her debt and she's not alone. About half a million people are buried by debt each year with close to 400,000 people having a record of payment failure and the proportion of young people with severe debt problems has doubled in just three years.

- If you work but still can't afford to pay food and bills, what kind of human dignity do you have? says Lindgren.

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