Does anyone or know who receive SSI for mental health issues?

[devilinthemoon]

I am just wondering how the hell do you/they survive if you live on your own on that income alone?

If you receive it do you ever plan on getting off it one day or are you content, and if so how do you accept that this your life, and this is far off as you will probably go.

Hard stuff to look at.

 

[Missykins]

You can't survive on SSI alone unless you live with your family or some other assisted housing.

Why should you accept this as your lot in life? Is it that disabling for you?

 

[devilinthemoon]

I think i figured that out the hard way. I thought I would just use SSI until I graduated and had a better chance of finding and keeping employment. I even went as far to get an apartment and sign up at unvi. Well, I didn't even make it months.. this isn't my first failed at attempt at college either its one of many. I fell into a deep depression and the pressure got to me and I just quit, and now owe back part of my tuition. I think i just have to accept i am not college material, because i keep effin up.

As far my apartment, it costs more than I make I was using some of college loans to help with that. Now I need out of there, and it likely they are not going to let me out of me lease. I feel pretty fucked.

I am not going to have family to live with for much longer, and there is no assistance available all the waiting lists are closed.

Yes my issues are pretty disabling and knowing now that I wont really be able to make it even after getting SSI is just putting salt in the wound. I am embarrassed that I am 24 and disabled.. now with no employment history or chances of getting education the more I think about it the more I just want to end it all.

I have medical evaluation in a year and I don't have the same doc that helped me get on SSI anymore the one replaced him is an ass, and I highly doubt he will help me.

I don't want to live like this the rest of my life, and I cant see how I stay full time employed if I cant handle just a couple college classes, easy ones at that. I am always freaking out have anxiety over the littlest of things, I cant focus at all.

Too bad that Gun stores do checks on mental history background.. or I think I would get a gun and give the state back there measly $600 a month.

 

[Georgie25]

i get 200 a month in foodstamps and 200 in cash for depression/heroin addiction. it dont support shit.

 

[devilinthemoon]

Then what do you do..... ?

I also didn't think you could get supplemental security income for addiction, they tried using that against me, too bad my depression went back further than my addiction and I wasn't using at the time.

I don't know what I am going to do like I said I am not going to have any family to support me, assistance for living is closed and probably will be for some time. I don't want to end up homeless that will be the straw that break the camels back.

Plus if I ever did get off SSI and was able to get a job (say 5 years from now being 30) how the heck would I get a job with basically zero work or education experience.

 

[homeydontplaythat]

woah, you get 200 a month in pa?!!! its only 150 in ny.

if i remembe correctly, it was like 250 in cali. that was the shit. <snip>

 

[Lolie]

Then what do you do..... ?

I also didn't think you could get supplemental security income for addiction, they tried using that against me, too bad my depression went back further than my addiction and I wasn't using at the time.

I don't know what I am going to do like I said I am not going to have any family to support me, assistance for living is closed and probably will be for some time. I don't want to end up homeless that will be the straw that break the camels back.

Plus if I ever did get off SSI and was able to get a job (say 5 years from now being 30) how the heck would I get a job with basically zero work or education experience.

Assistance seems to vary radically from one state to the next in the US but as far as accommodation goes there always seems to be a variety of programmes ranging from full-on assisted living facilities to hostels, group homes and subisidies for private accommodation. The criteria for each will be different so it's useful to have a social worker or similar who knows the finer details of accessing those programmes.

The reality is that living alone is a luxury which many people simply cannot afford and that shared housing is an economic necessity for many people.

There are also disability employment programmes for which you might qualify.

It's also important to remember that your Axis I and II diagnosis doesn't reflect your degree of disability - that's measured on Axis V and can change from one point in time to another.

 

[Georgie25]

woah, you get 200 a month in pa?!!! its only 150 in ny.

if i remembe correctly, it was like 250 in cali. that was the shit. being homeless in la, when the first of the month came around godDAMN i was slamming as much tar as i possibly could. i wish i had a fat fucking shot right now. i want to get so high i pass out.

yeah i get $100 cash every 2 weeks debited onto the card. $200 a month is the absolute minimum you can get, if you got kids and shit you can get like $200 per kid... the food stamps you can use on any food you want at the grocery store, so it's pretty sweet. i also got PA medicaid which totally covers my suboxone script ($630 for 90 8mg pills).