My wife couldn't work because she had two young children with severe medical conditions, and she hasn't worked since then. I have a decent career, but it never paid well enough. The company didn't seem to mind that I was trying to support four people on my receiving salary.

It was hard for me; many sleepless nights are thinking about surviving with this low salary alone. I asked my boss for a raise; I was fired for requesting a raise. It was a dark time for me; I'll struggle if I must, just for the sake of my beloved family.

Second eviction by far.

LA is a horrible place to live , had I been 19 today I'd end up on the streets since housing is so much more expensive now. Stop thinking about what "society" will do to solve homelessness. Garcetti has no real ability, nor will , to fix LA. Leave while you still can. I had to estrange myself from my family , but hell. I went from 25k in credit card debt to 40k saved up. When I moved to Chicago my cost of living dropped by 30% , I had an amazing partner and for the first time in a good while felt hope. I can't express enough how horrible LA is.

Leave now !

Definitely dealing with an ending relationship. It was so hard to square the fact that I really liked and cared about the person but couldn't see a future with them. I've never second guessed myself so much in my life and had never felt so hurtful to another person.

One job I had was in many ways an awesome place with great people and was financially extremely solid. Technically a bit boring but that was kinda ok.

What was not ok was the second founder of the company, who was a dictionary definition of "expert beginner", who was unable to accept other views except his own, and gleefully used his power to enforce his views. I ended up working against him in many places, initially with the full support of my team and manager, but then something flipped and I was going against him alone.

That's the only job where I regurarily woke up in the middle of the night to a work-related dream and could not fall asleep for the rest of the night. I used to take pride for being flexible and not lashing out at other people just because I was having a hard time. But everyone has a breaking point, so I became inflexible and lashed out at people.

I hated who I had become. I was eventually sort of fired from that place, and have worked in several good places since, but I will never forget that... that feeling of the tribe I used to trust turning against me.

Right now. The company I'm running is in a great position to start real growth, the market is right and large, our implementation is better than competitors and defensible from them. My co-founder and I are exactly the right people to be doing this. We have our 3rd time around YC interview coming up soon and Techstars also has some interest in us. I however have been full time for 5 months and have 2 months worth of savings left in my bank account. However, I have never believed in anything else I've co-founded as much as this before and I'm walking the edge to make it work. This is either going to go really well or really bad no middle ground, wish me luck!

As an adult? Being involuntarily unemployed at the beginning of my career. Circa 2001. Made about 10 phone calls a day for two months to land a crap job that paid the bills. Worst part? No decent marijuana around.

As a child? Being in love. Circa 15 y/o. No male role models in my life, neglectful home. A recipe for disaster.

Thankfully, I figured all that shit out. IMHO Took longer than it should have (given an optimal setup and looking at my peers), but we all have to play the cards we're dealt.

It was the start of the 2017 bear market. Bear cycle wiped out almost all of my savings from my portfolio. I can't describe how stressed I am during those days. We should always have a backup plan in every decision we're going to make. This scenario should serve as a learning experience for all of us.

Now -

1) Went from being a contractor on a good day rate to being forced into being an employee (IR35 for the UK readers)

2) Taking a 13% pay cut

3) Due to point 1) I have zero money going into my business account

4) The business owes the government £16k

5) Due to 1), 3) and 4) I need to pay back money after tax to my company

My childhood. Coming from a place with lots of (domestic) violence and severe psychological abuse.

Adulthood is troublesome as well for me, but it isn't the most stressful so far. It feels like a never-ending ultra marathon on crutches. And that's ADHD for me. Making my life harder for no real benefit.

Being relieved from my job in 2010, I was so comfortable in my position to the point that I don't see myself being relieved. I was shocked at that time; I can't believe what just happened. I don't have the guts to ask my employer what is the reason why I was leaving my job.

The most stressful period of my life is nearly our graduation, but I haven't received any job offers yet.

I have good grades; I created many side projects during my college days, but I still wonder why I can't get any offers. I don't know what to do at that time.

Graduating in the middle of the great recession. Searched 6 months for a job, found one in the end but seeing your savings evaporate while friends are really happy about getting a job delivering pizzas was quite stressful.

Working with a shitty business partner. An expensive (time wise) but worthy lesson.

Guess when I got into a really chilling & nice job but with hostile work environment. It kind of was really bad. Although it become much much better with time. Was near quitting but didn't.

Without a doubt college / the one time I was unemployed for 6 months and desperately trying to find work while being too stressed to actually study for interviews.

Working for Accenture.

Probably the most stressful period of my life was when I was studying in the university in a different city.

Now.

Why is working for Accenture is a stressful time? I am genuinely curious, May I know the details about it? I am currently studying CS, and I would like to learn more about Accenture as it is one of the best IT companies.