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[โ€“] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Almost through my 40's and I've:

  • Had three decent careers that each abruptly laid me off without warning.
  • Had a home and lost it.
  • Had a car and lost it.
  • Had parents and siblings and lost them
  • Had health and lost it.
  • Had good credit and lost it.
  • Had tens of thousands in savings and spent it on family members with cancer. (They died anyway.)
  • Had a drinking problem and lost it, so hey score one!
[โ€“] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I got laid off multiple times, lived out of my car, and have a bunch of health problems. The drinking problems also came because of the former (and mental healthcare in the US) and caused/worsened some of the former. Hang in there!