I Used Forex to Rebuild My Life: The Before/After Story (Travel, Health, Marriage) 

The Before – Lonely, Broke, Unhealthy 

But the physical weight was only part of the story. A medication mishap — a misprescribed dose I should never have taken — left me with cognitive damage. It was like trying to live life with the lights dimmed and the sound turned down. I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t remember simple things. And I couldn’t keep a job, no matter how much I wanted to.

So I stopped trying. I became medically unfit to work, both mentally and physically. From 2015 to 2024, I lived like a shadow in my own house. Curtains closed. Phone ignored. Heart shut down. Every day was a repeat of the last: sit, eat, sleep, survive. I wasn't living. I was waiting to die.

Money? There was none. I relied on benefits just to get by. The fridge was rarely full. My social life was nonexistent. I didn't even feel connected to the world anymore — just a man trapped in his own skin, in a house that had become a cell.

But even at my lowest, I had a small flicker of something that refused to die.

A dream.
A dream that maybe, just maybe, I could find a way to earn from home. I didn’t care about being rich. I just wanted control. Dignity. A reason to wake up.

I began reading blogs about remote work. Watched YouTube videos about online income. Heard words like “affiliate marketing” and “crypto” and “forex,” and though it all seemed overwhelming, something about forex trading grabbed me. It wasn’t easy. But it made sense. There were charts. Systems. Strategies. And with enough practice, maybe it could be my way out.

At first, it was just a whisper of hope. But it was louder than the silence I’d lived with for nearly a decade. I didn’t know if I’d ever succeed — but the idea of trying gave me something I hadn’t felt in years:

Purpose.