Sure, the ching-ching and the bling-bling are nice — but if you’re hoping mountains of moolah will make you happy, you may want to think twice.
It’s cautionary advice from a purported lottery winner, who warns that hitting the jackpot oft-comes with a side of unsavory surprises.
“Yes, I did win the lottery,” Alyssa Mosley, of NYC, announced to over 43,000 TikTok viewers. “They don’t talk about the psychological effects that has on you.”
Mosley did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment, nor has she publicly revealed the dollar amount of her serendipitous riches.
“When I first won, I bought so much stuff,” continued the millennial, “Bags, shoes, clothes — all these things to kinda fulfill this childhood wound that I had.”
However, the posh purchases didn’t provide peace of mind.
“The more stuff I bought, the quicker that the high would [wear off],” said Mosley. “And I realized that buying stuff and having things does not make you happy.”
It’s the misfortune of the fortunate. Rather than enjoying the spoils, it seems scoring a major payday comes at a high cost.
Jay Sommers became the youngest winner of the Michigan state lottery back in 1988, pocketing an impressive $5 million at age 20.
“There ain’t no money left,” Sommers, now in his 50s, recently told The Post, admitting that he blew the dough on NASCAR racing and a lawsuit he issued against an embezzler.
“I work as a marine mechanic fixing boats. I’m a normal guy, working 9-to-5,” he groaned. “Winning the lottery ruined my life.”
Gillian Bayford, who collected a cool $187.5 million via the UK’s lottery, was forced to bid farewell to a slew of money-grubbing family members, including her now ex-husband, Adrian.
“It’s upsetting and raw,” Bayford told The Sun. She and Adrian divorced just 15 months after their stroke of good luck, owing to the stress of their massive stash.
“The money was supposed to make everybody happy,” said a beleaguered Bayford. “But it’s made them demanding and greedy.”
Mosley, a self-professed former “people-pleaser,” is grateful that she parted ways with the leeches in her life just before becoming an overnight tycoon.
“They would definitely be taking advantage of me right now, and I would have let them because I had no boundaries and I gave away too much of myself,” she said, confessing her naïveté in past platonic and romantic relationships.
“It was almost like a spiritual awakening,” added the Big Apple-based bigwig. “Now, I have really high discernment, so I can kind of see the red flags.”
“It’s honestly crazy how much of a spiritual experience this has been,” said Mosley.
It’s post-lottery wisdom that cash can’t buy.
“Money is not going to heal your childhood trauma,” Mosley insisted. “If you attract toxic partners, you’re gonna do that with or without money.”
“Having it all is not the key to peace and happiness.”