User journey through hell: 20 ways to lose access to your account

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your child plays with your phone and everyone is locked out of everything
your chosen OAuth provider's server is down
your former co-founder has changed the password and they are the only person with the details
you lose access to the phone you use for 2FA
you're in a different country to the phone you use for 2FA
you lose access to the account email
your abusive ?? has access to the account email
your abusive ?? has changed the account email
your abusive ?? has changed the account password
you don't have account recovery questions
you've forgotten the answers to the account recovery questions
you haven't added an alternate email address
there isn't an option to add an alternate email address
you haven't added a connecting phone number
there isn't an option to add a connecting phone number for account recovery purposes
the auth code generator is too fast and by the time you're ready to copy it over it's changed again
you ran out of attempts for the day
a hacker changed your account details
you need to use your legal name to use the account and you can't use your legal name for safety reasons
your card is stuck in a malfunctioning ATM machine and you don't have access to the internet
your card is stuck in a malfunctioning ATM machine and you don't have access to your phone as it is dead