During these years I've been doing therapy, retreats, workshops, reading books, having rest time for myself and other things in order to heal myself. Without quitting the job, with only 2-3 weeks of vacation per year, I couldn't have had the necessary time to do any of these things. Basically, I was trapped in the hamster wheel and I couldn't see any way out. By now, I guess that I would have probably either killed myself out of desperation or died because of some disease due to stress and despair. That's how bitcoin has helped me on a more concrete level.

On a more abstract level, bitcoin provides an anchor to reality. The clown world covers its lies with even bigger lies each time, and that system keeps working as long as enough people believe the lies. Bitcoin allows me to remind myself of what truly matters.