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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, are you expecting too much? You aren't special. I mean there is nothing especially special about you.

Trying to say this to be helpful, really ... but who doesn't experience "wrong" turns. Why would you be spared this?[/quote]

Hmm, thank you? I don't think I'm special and no, I don't think I'm expecting too much. I was not expecting to feel so socially isolated, and I was not expecting my family to be so dysfunctional. I also was not expecting this level of financial stress and pressure, and the pinch of trying to prepare for old age while also saving for college that gets exponentially more expensive daily. I was not expecting to be in my late 40s and needing to penny pinch the way I do for cash flow reasons. I was not expecting my mental health challenges to just become chronic -- never laying me totally flat out but never really getting much better.

Not special, but human. Life is a grind and I've been at it for a while and have quite a bit of time left and I feel tired, a bit lonely, and unmoored.[/quote]

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