You know what would be really helpful right now? Stories about similar upheavals you all have had but actually survived. All I can see at this moment is bad outcomes, along the lines of "Well, you could always live in a van by the river... except, whoops, you don't have a van."

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@zebratron2084 Last year, this time, I was deeply depressed, nearly bedridden, in constant pain, being threatened with action from the bank over student loans from my failled attempt to return to school. Psych was recommending applying for disability. Broker than broke, unemployed, felt unemployable. And I was more than a little delusional.

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