The r-word has been dominating headlines, flooding social media, and messing with our peace of mind. As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about. And yet, plenty of people still aren’t sure what a recession actually looks like when it hits.

That’s likely why one Redditor turned to Elder Millennials, the generation who lived through the 2008 crash, and asked them to share their memories. What were the warning signs? How did it affect their daily lives? And what did it take to keep going when everything around them seemed to be falling apart?

Here’s what they had to say.

The 2008 recession was bad, me and my family worked in building houses at the time, the housing market tanked which was brutal, scary, and created a lot of doubt, anger and uncertainty. It was awful, people lost th

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