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How to support yourself when you aren’t mentally ill enough for social security but too mentally ill for work?

I wasn't sure where to post this but hopefully people here will have some alternative money making ideas. I'm on FMLA right now for my depression and I'm supposed to go back next week. And while the first couple weeks of no work was great, my brain has plunged itself into despair about going back. I'm 25 and work full time as an office clerk for a healthcare company. The pay is…ok. Definitely could be better. I make 18/hr in a high COL state. The job isn't too hard but with my depression I can barely cope. Yeah I'm in therapy and on meds. No I don't have a degree besides high school. I could leave but my savings already bareley exists. I'm getting married to my husband next month before my birthday so I'll have health insurance through him. He makes 70k a year but has private student loans…


I wasn't sure where to post this but hopefully people here will have some alternative money making ideas.

I'm on FMLA right now for my depression and I'm supposed to go back next week. And while the first couple weeks of no work was great, my brain has plunged itself into despair about going back.

I'm 25 and work full time as an office clerk for a healthcare company. The pay is…ok. Definitely could be better. I make 18/hr in a high COL state. The job isn't too hard but with my depression I can barely cope. Yeah I'm in therapy and on meds. No I don't have a degree besides high school. I could leave but my savings already bareley exists.

I'm getting married to my husband next month before my birthday so I'll have health insurance through him. He makes 70k a year but has private student loans that weren't forgiven, plus the mortgage on the home my dad helped us buy.

I've tried looking for something less stressful or at the very least less hours and what I'm finding isn't looking very hopeful for me haha. The American school system has chewed me up and spit me out a few times now. Every time I try to go back I end in a bad mental place. I've looked into disability but as far as I can tell to qualify I'd have to be out of work for an entire year and I'm not sure we can swing that, especially since it still might get denied anyway.

I guess this is all to say, what are my options? What can I do to survive without killing myself working?

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