While there are some areas such as dental health and travel where the modern world provides absolutely irreplacable benefits, this is really a question for social psychology rather than history. Generally speaking, the psychological impact of poverty tends to be marked more by feelings of stress, powerlessness and what might be thought of as 'social awareness" (ie, the knowledge that wealth, luxury, etc exists that one is shut out of) and an emperor is not going to worry about making their mortgage payment.

If you are curious about certain aspects of the daily life of an emperor I would be happy to try to answer, but as stated the question is outside the scope of historical inquiry.