u/lorplet

3 days ago on discord, my friend invited me to watch a show with them. I didnt even want to, but they were pushy about it and im a doormat, pushover, people pleaser. I second guessed it and got the app anyway and the moment i launched it my entire computer froze. I tried opening task manager and it didnt work. I reset my computer and the moment it started up a terminal opened. I instantly started having a panic attack. it made me not act efficiently in securing my accounts fast enough. The hacker told me they infected my entire computer and had all my passwords, and i needed to give them 500 dollars for it back. I know thats bullshit. they got access to all of my google accounts, changed the email linked to my discord, changed the recovery email and phone number, and turned my gmail into a child account and locked it with their burner account. I feel so stupid. It seems like a cheesy nightmare I would wake up from. I never thought it would happen to me. I thought i was tech savvy and safe enough. And im a target just for having a 10 + year old discord account because thats more valuable to scammers. For the past 3 days ive been non stop combing through all of my accounts changing passwords and emails. I havent gotten any sleep. I've had about 5 more panic attacks since then, because I keep encountering issues. I was so frustrated I was punching my wall and kicking furniture and I wanted to hurt myself more, my fiancé had to take me to the emergency room to make sure I didn't break my hand or hurt myself further. I have had no peace, I cant let myself relax because I feel there are more accounts i can secure. The main email I used for literally everything on the internet and in my life for 15 years. My medical accounts, payment apps, steam, minecraft, so many more. This morning my new Gmail i switched all of my accounts to got suspended for "suspicious activity" (sending support tickets) so now I cant do anything until they accept my appeal and restore it. Ive exhausted every avenue of account recovery and theres nothing I can do. I run my commission business through these apps. This has been such a nightmare for me i feel like im going crazy. I don't know when I will have peace, im so paranoid the worst is yet to come, I dont even want to use the internet anymore. Ive already been through so much this past year this just sent me completely over the edge. Please help me know that i'll be okay. I havent been able to manage this at all because of how bad my anxiety has been, none of the self soothing techniques I use have been helping