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When People Tell You Bankruptcy Is a Fresh Start But You Feel Like It's the End

My business failed three months ago and I lost everything but everyone keeps telling me this is just a fresh start and I should be grateful for the opportunity to rebuild — I want to scream at them because I am 54 and terrified.

Zera
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between others' optimistic reframing and your lived experience of loss creates a profound isolation in grief.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Bankruptcy — the philosophy and the process?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.