Dark Days

The next couple years were easily the worst of my life. I was receiving calls from debt collectors at home and at work. I received letters telling me I was going to court. I couldn't pay my mobile phone bill and it got cancelled. I didn't tell my friends or family what was happening. I had to make up a story about not wanting to be a "slave to technology" who was "on call 24/7" to explain why my mobile was no longer available. I had to take calls from debt collectors in my shared office and try to explain to the debt collector that I would pay off my debt without letting my colleagues know anything was wrong. I lived in fear that I would go home from work one day to find my dad (who I was living with) had been harassed by a debt collector. I became deeply depressed. I became very anxious. I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Credit card addiction and Bi-polar disorder make a disastrous mix.