I have a couple of friends but only one of them reached out to me when my ex left me. He was the one taking initiative and picked me up, took me for a drive in his car and we just talked. I could never have known how important this was and since then I feel safe with talking to him about pretty much anything. Always gives advice and thoughts about stuff.
It is really important to have someone you can talk to and it seems like there are a lot of people who doesn't have this in their life. You live your life and think that some stuff is normal while it isn't because you can't know better.
Sad that you had to live through all of this and hope that things turn better and that more people can have this place as a safeground and open up and get help.
I think it shows how much they dont understand how it is to live without money.