Well, here's a cheerful update: my mom, in her late fifties, who also doesn't have any amazing career prospects, might lose her job and live off social security. In that case I think we're literally going to live in poverty, and my output has been gradually declining because it's more and more painful to handle the work load that I have.

Although it's one aspect of anxiety off the table, I guess, because it doesn't really make sense to bother with dentist appointments now since I don't have the money for that.