http://exiledonline.com/tips-for-new-paupers/#more-1455
Yes, that's exactly how it feels. I went through something similar in 2003, and almost didn't make it. Thank MarxAdornoBourdieu I pulled through, with lots and lots of help from family, friends, and a certain continent-hopping baluk (you know who you are).
To paraphrase Heiner Mueller, the mask of neoliberalism has been ripped asunder, and now at last we are confronted with the iron face of its freedom.
-- DRR