Lowest point in your life?

[Adamanti]

What was it, and how did you get out of it?

[Shawn346]

For the past few months really, got scammed for about $18K USD. Thought I was gonna kill myself, still trying to figure things out.

[Adamanti]

For the past few months really, got scammed for about $18K USD. Thought I was gonna kill myself, still trying to figure things out.

Are you poor now? Do you eat beans out of cans? Have you downgraded your lifestyle? How did you get scammed? What would you tell a younger you who fell for this scam? Has your outlook and people and life changed or was this an isolated incident?

[Shawn346]

Are you poor now? Do you eat beans out of cans? Have you downgraded your lifestyle? How did you get scammed? What would you tell a younger you who fell for this scam? Has your outlook and people and life changed or was this an isolated incident?

Yeah currently pretty broke. Lately been more positive, but I was super bitter and depressed for quite some time. Basically people who you think are your friends, don't really care about you. I've heard of worse stories between "friends" that have known each other for 20+ years.

[Adamanti]

Yeah currently pretty broke. Lately been more positive, but I was super bitter and depressed for quite some time. Basically people who you think are your friends, don't really care about you. I've heard of worse stories between "friends" that have known each other for 20+ years.

Glad you're figuring things out bro, you're in the cone of trust here, you're in the bro zone, a place where you can speak your mind with no fear of judgement, a place where we're just embracing you like a giant motherly bear figure with breasts, breasts that feel good on your chin but also give you nourishment, you know what I mean ?

[Casca]

Right now. I am drinking Scotch.......kinda neat? I prefer on the rocks, that requires ice. Life sucks sometimes.

edit: tomorrow I will get a big bag of ice after gym

[Johnez]

Lowest point in my life? Living in a uhaul with my bed wetting bro and alcoholic parents eating cold hot dogs at the park waiting for my dad to figure out how to cash in his IRA to pay for a roach motel. Good thing I was only like 10, it didn't feel all that bad at the time actually. Never hit bottom on my own, tho came close after losing two jobs in four months. Having kids really motivates one to get their chit in gear when chit hits the fan.

[Adamanti]

Right now. I am drinking Scotch.......kinda neat? I prefer on the rocks, that requires ice. Life sucks sometimes.

edit: tomorrow I will get a big bag of ice after gym

real mean drink scotch neat, ice is for *******s.

[Casca]

real mean drink scotch neat, ice is for *******s.

You know, I can agree with you. The more watered down alcohol gets.....especially hard liquor....the more you drink too much. Drink it straight up....NO SHOTS!!!!!

[Johnez]

For the past few months really, got scammed for about $18K USD. Thought I was gonna kill myself, still trying to figure things out.

18k brah? This is chump change. When you're making real money you'll laugh at this. Stay away from booze and Starbucks for the next 5 years and there's your 18k. I realize that don't solve your problem now, but there is a light. Good luck dude.

[Shawn346]

18k brah? This is chump change. When you're making real money you'll laugh at this. Stay away from booze and Starbucks for the next 5 years and there's your 18k. I realize that don't solve your problem now, but there is a light. Good luck dude.

I know that in the grand scheme of things it's not that much money, but the psychological effects from getting scammed from a guy who you think is actually your friend is really tough, and ever since that point I had been making lots of poor decisions and ended up losing a lot more (although still not that much in the grand scheme). But yeah, I need to change my life and figure out how to make real money like you said.

[BerserkGrom]

I'm at the lowest right now when I have become red. I'm on antidepressants

[Silencespeaks]

Divorce

Pretty much wrecked everything. Just tried to do the best I could afterwards day by day.

[Adamanti]

Divorce

Pretty much wrecked everything. Just tried to do the best I could afterwards day by day.

Is your life better now after recovering from it, or was it better before?

[Silencespeaks]

Is your life better now after recovering from it, or was it better before?

Oh it was way better before.

[Visel]

2nd year of college I failed every course I took during a semester. Felt defeated, questioned my intelligence, wondered if I was going to actually make it, considered switching majors, the idea of dropping out entered the head. I identified my behavioral issues and the actions I took that led towards my failure, got extremely obsessive and disciplined, and every day that next semester I woke up with fire and eagerness. That semester I literally retook every class that I failed, and added an extra course on top of it. Got all B's and A's that next semester, mostly A's iirc. Kept up the mindset that I had developed for the remaining semesters until I graduated, and never failed another course thereafter.

[Adamanti]

2nd year of college I failed every course I took during a semester. Felt defeated, questioned my intelligence, wondered if I was going to actually make it, considered switching majors, the idea of dropping out entered the head. I identified my behavioral issues and the actions I took that led towards my failure, got extremely obsessive and disciplined, and every day that next semester I woke up with fire and eagerness. That semester I literally retook every class that I failed, and added an extra course on top of it. Got all B's and A's that next semester, mostly A's iirc. Kept up the mindset that I had developed for the remaining semesters until I graduated, and never failed another course thereafter.

Fukin impressive to do that turnaround on your own, how did you go about identifying your behavioural issues, did you work with a therapist or are you just knowledgeable about psychology?

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

I've been lucky and haven't had anything noteworthy bad happen to me. I'd be embarrassed to discuss my lowest point because even that part of my life was quite luxurious/EZ mode.

[gbullock32]

When I was 21 (in 2011), had graduated college and just finished going through the police academy (paid to do it) and no departments were hiring (over staffed at the time). Ended up working at Wal-Mart and kept getting promoted there, still sht pay though, and felt like I was going to be trapped in that retail hell hole my whole life. Was working 40 hours per week and barely taking home $1k after tax, medical, ect.

Just kept applying to any Law Enforcement departments I could despite State wide hiring freezes in many areas. Ended up hearing back from the CDCR in 2014 and went to their academy and got paid to do it this time. So worth it, better than having just accepted a dead end and boring job.

[JamesA1990]

Zyzz died and Lunatic negged me all on the same day

[savageoldman]

18k is not that much - take it as an expensive lesson.

[Fieldofscreams]

Nasty divorce followed by a 16 month custody battle.

I won but lost everything and ended up $70k in debt to the lawyers.

During that time I lived pretty badly. For example money got so tight I had to eat once per day and then once every other day.

3 years later I got promoted 4 times and am now in management making stupid money and paid off all the debt. I completely changed my look too, everything from my facial hair to my wore drobe and I became extremely fit from all the lifting. Everyone tells me I'm a completely different person.

The ex is miserable. She left me for a dude that is 20 years older than us because he has money. Now I make more than he does and he has become a big fat nasty slob. Not to mention she also put on a good 30 pounds.

I bask in her tears.

[KirkMcquest]

A girl told me she was pregnant. Strung me along for months thinking I was going to have a child, then broke off all contact and vanished. She literally moved and I never saw her again. Not even the basic human decency of a phone call or a letter to tell me either;

A. The baby wasnt mine

B. She miscarried

C. I have a kid out there

D. She never really was even pregnant and it was an elaborate hoax [ for some reason I cant imagine...etc ]

I searched for that girl for 2 years, never found her. My whole life was turned upside down by that disgusting bitch.

[BigB2019]

I would say when I was living in a attic with about a 100 bats living in the ceiling above me, no job, car, addicted to drugs and developed psychosis and sabotaged my relationships with everyone and was thinking about hanging myself. I thank God and his grace.

[nothingshocking]

My lowest was when I was a sad kunt. I turned everything around by becoming a sick kunt.

[W1LLW]

Was like 23 and pro IFBB hopeful. Was flirting with this fitness chick on the muscular development forums. We met up at the Arnold. Fuked and she got insanely attached.

I was 23 she was 32. I lived in bum****, she lived in Venice beach where all the IFBB action was. I moved out there and she became absolutely psychotic insane. Would storm into every job I had and accuse me of fuking chicks, would get me fired. Had people following me during the day and threatened to have a guy take me out.


I made this current (3rd) misc account, she found it and flipped out saying I was using it to find chicks like I found her. Threw everything in the trunk of my mustang and drove from LA to the Midwest and lived on my brother’s couch for 6months.

Srs. This account was barely a week old before it marked me getting out of that fuked up situation

[jfloycp]

When I paid tribute to a twink, only Chad can lift me out of this hole

[Kev1972]

That day I replied to a red 2013 join date on the misc.

[Silencespeaks]

Nasty divorce followed by a 16 month custody battle.

I won but lost everything and ended up $70k in debt to the lawyers.

During that time I lived pretty badly. For example money got so tight I had to eat once per day and then once every other day.

3 years later I got promoted 4 times and am now in management making stupid money and paid off all the debt. I completely changed my look too, everything from my facial hair to my wore drobe and I became extremely fit from all the lifting. Everyone tells me I'm a completely different person.

The ex is miserable. She left me for a dude that is 20 years older than us because he has money. Now I make more than he does and he has become a big fat nasty slob. Not to mention she also put on a good 30 pounds.

I bask in her tears.

Sorry for this and glad it worked out for you.

Yeah that’s one of the reasons I didn’t litigate my divorce. Figured it might cost me $100k in attorneys fees plus extensive time and stress, and decided it was not worth the battle.

[devin45k]

2 things that stick out:

1. 19 years old. My "first love" and I breakup at the beginning of the summer. I was young and dumb and didn't NC her (she was totally playing with my naive emotions). She immediately started banging other dudes (not kidding a day after it ended). I was depressed, broke, and didn't have any family or friends around the college area I was living. My birthday comes up and I didn't get 1 text or phonecall to tell me happy birthday. I remember working out at from 10 pm to midnight on my birthday. I kept checking my phone to see if anyone would text or call but none came in. I felt so "heartbroken" at the time.

2. Left a job and moved 1600 miles for another that paid more. Within 5 months I was laid off and like a potato I moved to an area I liked but was a total deadzone for my job field. I was having to work temp jobs that paid absolute garbage for almost 2 years in random fields until I got a job in my field. I probably would be making at least 20k more nowadays if I wasn't stubborn and just got another job in a hotbed for my field or moved back to Reno and went back to my old job.