I accidentally my life.

[rinnia]

Madeline and Caroline - I have a scarf and shot glasses for you, respectively. E-mail or PM me shipping addresses, please?

Anyone else whose name ends with "line"? I'm sure I can figure out something to make for you.

As a side note, anyone have any advice for a girl who isn't on disability but feels like maybe she should be? A... uh... friend of mine... has a job that she's struggling just to show up for and she's not sure what to do. She has a long history of anxiety, depression, and PTSD, and she thinks she's in the middle of a major depressive episode, including having issues falling asleep before 4am but also randomly shutting down, just completely crashing, and sleeping during the middle of the day. She really doesn't want to work anymore; she wants to focus on not feeling so goddamn horrible all the time. But she needs the money. What do, flist. What do.

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[instrumentality.livejournal.com]

you're in the states, right? i can only speak from canadian experience, but getting on disability was a hellish experience that was totally worth it. every step of the way, they were checking up on you and making you feel like a criminal just for asking for help, and i've never seen so many forms in my life. on the other hand, i would've been living off my parents for years now if i hadn't done it, so i'm really glad i got through the ordeal.

in more relevant news, i've also had american friends who've been placed on disability for both bipolar and chronic depression, so there's definitely a precedent for it. it was a bit harder for me to get disability for a psychiatric problem than it would've been for a physical one (just more damn forms), but i was successful in the end.

i'd really recommend it. sometimes you just do need a damn break to pull yourself and your life together.

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm in the states. Thanks for all the advice - I'm really at a loss as to what I'm doing with my life at the moment. The money is a big issue. If it were just me (and my parents weren't broker than broke), I'd have no problem with it, but I have a boyfriend and pets who rely on my income to pay the rent. Jaime's graduate student salary alone couldn't cover all of us. It's just a mess, and my head's a mess, and I'm really, really lost. Thank you again for the advice, though. It's nice to know that it's possible. For now, I don't know what I'll do, but in the future, when we have some financial breathing room...

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I still need your shipping address, young lady. I may not be capable of much lately, but crafty gifting soothes my soul. :)

[instrumentality.livejournal.com]

oh, more possibly irrelevant canadian experience: you have to be on welfare for a period of time before you're allowed on disability, and your bank account has to be pretty much empty before you qualify for welfare. so you'll be broke for awhile, if it works the same way there.