Being poor.

At one time, I was so poor that I could only eat ramen noodles, I couldn't run my heater in the coldest of winters, and I was close to hypothermia because it got so cold in my house.

I had too much pride to ask for help. I somehow managed to live like that for a couple of years until I finally broke down.

I learned a valuable lesson in life and started working hard to make sure that didn't happen again.