Boofiesmash - please don't feel you would be a failure if this happens. We run bad luck. And sure, being Bipolar doesn't help when it comes to money. That is just the way we are. So, don't beat yourself up.

Bankruptcy is not the end, it is the beginning of a fresh start. It is an opportunity.

My life was hell until I went bankrupt myself. I walked out of the office with a huge weight taken off my shoulders.

What did bankruptcy mean for me? It meant losing a few things that I realize now were only posessions. It meant having someone else set up my budget which I realize now wasn't a bad thing at all. It meant living this way and submitting receipts for a year, not a bad thing at all. After that year everything returned to normal. No one had to know unless I told them.

Going bankrupt was a relief.