I have two gmail accounts and one of them did that to me several years back.

But both accounts do nothing but forward to my fastmail account where I have rules setup for them. So it was a giant nothingburger for me. If they're so secure even I can't log into them, whatever.

I don't trust google with anything of mine. I used to use their online spreadsheet app to track house bills, but moved it to my local share where I use libre office instead, solely because I'm aware of how likely it is I get locked out of everything at some point.

Everyone should treat google like they treat their laptops: With the assumption that it can die at any given time and so backups are critical.