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• Maddy commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  I've been basically avoiding most of the financial headlines that scream doom everytime I open my yahoo page. But, last night -- I watched Bill Mahr and he kept harping on about the banks collapsing and it freaked me out. My father had a Dickensian time during the great depression, and it's been the bogeyman of my life. Everytime we have any financial downturn, I say "is this it, is the what was foretold to me by the elders?" But my dad always told me it would never happen again with the banks because we had the FDIC, and that...
• zootboing commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  I have a kind of different viewpoint. My parents lost everything in the last recession, and both dropped into a deep depression, depending on me (last kid living at home while going to college) to keep things going and broker the bankruptcy while playing nursemaid to my mother, who, while functional in public, lost all touch with reality in private. All that responsibility and no authority eventually broke my health. These days I have my degree, better health and a wonderful husband with a firm grip on reality. I'm unemployed, but my husband is securely employed (so far). But I've...
• nathanmcginty commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  Sorry to hear about everyone's problems. I'm sure we'll make it through. I, myself, have just finished up my MA in the UK and sitting around waiting for my work permit. Even if I wanted to work, I can't. So I've been getting by with freelancing. And I wrote a book. That being said, does no one find it ironic that the post above was written by someone who had a pretty privileged upbringing? Not to mention the fact that he was able to move to one of the most expensive cities on the planet (London) to ride this thing...
• Carlitos commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  For what is worth, I'm leaving my well-paid job as a Web project leader and following my dreams. I recently got my license to be an official Tourist Guide of the city I'm living in, and couldn't feel more excited. And they tell me tourism is the most sensitive sector to a recession! Pah! Good times are ahead :-) PS: 13+ years of being a Web guy can make you bitter, alienate you, or all of the above. Be careful, kids :-)...
• Notary Sojac commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  America may reel from the loss of its feng shui consultants, scrapbooking shops, car detailers, and professional dog walkers, but take heart! As long as there are still cellphone-cover kiosks in the malls, we'll pull through....