Want to know something frustrating? The fact that I have to fight to have even the most basic of a life. I am not going to whine, at least not now, but I do want to say some stuff.
Everybody has something going on, right? Doesn’t matter if it’s mental or physical. But what’s the basic life that most people have? You go to school until you’re 18 and then you go to college if you want, right? Oh and you probably got a job in your teens and maybe got your drivers license. But then you go to college and take whatever classes you want, at whatever time you want, probably working as well. After college you have a degree and probably do something with it, or maybe you decide to pursue something different. Oh and you’ve probably lived on your own or with roommates for a while, and maybe you’re dating and gonna get married or something. Maybe have kids.
Okay I said I wouldn’t complain but I guess I am. Well I guess what I am trying to say is that you should be grateful if you can do any of those, because the ones I was able to do, didn’t last.
I am currently working on fighting for basic needs. For example, getting my own food. I don’t have a job because I can’t work. So I rely on my parents. And I finally got SNAP (food stamps), at least for now, but the government does not really like helping people with disabilities. They tell you whether you are disabled or not and they’ve told me I am not before. How fun, huh?
It really takes a toll, and it’s quite humiliating, trying to get Disability and Social Security benefits. Going through so much and sitting on the phone for hours being #106 in line, only to be talked down to when the specialist answers. They have you scrambling, trying to prove that you are indeed disabled. I’m not a fan.
This may have been all over the place, but I’m going through a lot (ESPECIALLY) right now.
I will say how grateful I am that I am on Medicaid, because I would be doomed without it.
