Don’t have the money to buy gold in the first place, and still essentially with my parents still for college, so what can I do to prepare for what’s probably coming?
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build good relationships with your neighbors
that is free and quite possibly the number one thing you can do to increase your chances of survival
This makes sense but as a poor person with severe social anxiety, RIP
social anxiety is fake and gay and is just a liberal euphemism for being a pussy
stop being a pussy
I too had "social anxiety" until I forced myself to fix that shit. I still remember the first conversation I deliberately initiated with a stranger. On the bench in a courtroom, waiting for my name to be called to plead guilty to a traffic ticket. I turned to the guy next to me and said "What are you in for?" He told me speeding, I said seatbelt. Then he didn't say anything so I assumed he didn't want to talk, told him "good luck" he said "you to". Social skills can be learned to like any other.
My favorite tactic, larp as a spy. Your goal is to learn anything you can about the other person to bring back to your agency, your cover story is your real life.
This is true. I was neglected from the age of three to five and never learned to interact socially. I had to teach myself over my entire adult life, but it worked.
Everytime you avoid socializing because of "anxiety", you legitimize and internize it. Humans are social creatures, it's how our brains work, and if you don't socialize you will get depressed. You don't need protection from talking to people, you need to get brave enough to do the thing you're afraid of.
Start small by just being around people without talking to them. Ride the bus or spend time at the library. Practice making small talk with cashiers ("How are you today?"). Work your way up until you feel competent.
Personally, I still don't want to talk to people. It's a chore, like cleaning, that I can do, and needs to be done, but I have no desire to do it, even when I genuinely like the people in question. But it's how we work and you hide from others at your own peril.
That certainly beats buying shit you can't afford.