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I understand how it happens, but it's unhealthy to tie your self-worth to a business that much. Just because people do it doesn't mean it's right.

What is anyone doing to help them get out of it? Is there anything out there for recovering farmers?

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A family farm is a bit more than a business though. It's someones career, skill set, home, upbringing, lifestyle and local culture. It's all encompassing in a way that differs from most other businesses and careers. How do you recover from the failure of something so central to your life and so central to who you are?

What is self-worth worth if it's not attached to anything though?

I would imagine he is referring to attaching your self-worth to external objects. External objects can change and if you lose such an anchor that you have made a pillar of identity - one can become destabilized. Some personalities/mind can't "pull up" (out of it) and frequently suffer the Porkins fate (death, suicide, depression, etc).

It’s called self-esteem and when over abundant it’s awful.

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