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Grew up lower middle class, single mom. Never starved, but it was an abusive household. Raised on fast food and tv dinners. Mom would come home from her shit job and throw us a bag of cheap grease, then go lie down on the couch for 6 hours with oprah and dr phil and king of the hill playing on repeat. Constantly tired, so bored I wanted to kill myself. Remember always going to my friend's house so I could play their video games and use their computer. I was always the smallest kid in the bunch.

After that though, I lived in legit poverty for about 6 years. $1000 per month for entire budget seemed like a luxury for me. $5 per day food budget. Velveeta cups and hot pockets. Roaches, bed bugs, no heat. I remember trying to take baths with no heat and barely hot water in the dead of winter, trying to submerge myself as much as possible under the lukewarm pool to wait till the faucet heated up again. Seeing people eating at like arbys and resenting them because that was a high class food chain.

That mentality of resentment disgusts me now and I'm glad I've grown out of it and don't have to be a mangy poorfag.

Crypto got me 6 figures this year. Dipped a bit since BTC went down but I still have what I would've considered living off of for about 8 years.

Mental issues, self doubt, constant anxiety, feeling like you could land at rock bottom at any moment. Hard to settle, hard to buy anything. I haven't bought a damn thing with my crypto gains, just have a desk, a computer, and a mattress. Too scared to spend anything.

Welp I'm pretty wrecked but this year's been kind to me. I hope all my other poorfags or former poorfags here will soon be eating well and living good.