"I found out from my mother that my family was a lot richer than I thought, and that time we lost money and downgraded was a bigger deal than I thought. Turned out we were legit millionaires during the '80s, and the market crash wiped us out. "After the crash, my dad liquidated his business to pay out his workers and give them all a chance to survive. For years, she refused to get me mental health treatment, and it was mainly because she was struggling and refusing her own treatment, too. It took us a bit to reconcile after that big revelation, but we have a much better relationship now than ever.