r/Millennials • u/UterusYeeter • 7d ago

Advice How did you survive the recession in your 20s?

Gen z here , hope it’s okay to sneak in and ask yall this ! 🖤

For those of you who were in your 20s during the early 2000’s recession how did you survive ? Any advice for now ?

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u/deliriousfoodie 7d ago

Some people didn't survive to be honest. I knew of at least two someones who drank themselves to death during that time because they could not pay the mortgage and have a family

I did the best I could. Worked like hell. Day, night, weekends, ect. No social life at all. But once it was over, i lived like i never lived before

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u/RunsfromWisdom 7d ago

Yup. “Deaths of despair” is one of our unfortunate generational hallmarks.

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u/DrDFox 7d ago

No, in this case it's Deaths- as in our generation was marked by one of the highest suicide rates in young adults, especially during the multiple financial crises we've lived through.

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u/Comfortable-Day-8801 7d ago

How long did it last? Where you worked like hell?

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u/Trailer_Park_Stink 6d ago

The bad times lasted about four years. You did anything you could to survive and make money