JJG, I miss your (lengthy) discussions. I was here a little before you, I recall your sim swap loss. I think tech support has gotten better since then. No matter how tight the physical and technical aspects are, plain old social engineering can get to many humans. Even though it is a matter of inconvenience, if I am calling tech support for anything, I am glad to see them re-verify some of the basics, if the call is passed to someone upstream.

My loss was near-total. I had quit smoking, and DCA my cigarette expenses into BTC for ten years. I had a good job, and was already spending the cig money on killing myself slowly. I told myself for years, that even if BTC somehow got 51%-ed into nothing, I have still done a better thing for my life, by quitting smoking. I am fortunate that BTC let me pay off my mortgage, buy a couple of old vehicles, replace windows/doors in my old house. Too many people have debt until they are 100 years old, this  is obviously not sustainable on the long-term.

When this happened,  I was caught up in many emotions. That is when I disappeared here. I was so guilt-ridden, I didn't even feel I could read here. Now I am culling excess physical things from my life, selling what I can to keep buying BTC. I've got a few old guitars that I don't play, and a few old cars that I don't drive, so flipping them to BTC where I can. I am old, but hope I can live through another halving or two.

Now? I'm pretty good. I have a few aches and pains, go to the gym several mornings a week, but am healthier than I have been in years. Getting by on a small retirement. I live way out in the country. My wife and I love each other. If I had $MILLIONS that could not buy the good things, that I already have.