I work as a therapist, and I get paid by the client hour. Well, I also have a pretty extensive health history. My current job made me wait 3 months to be put on their health insurance, and gives almost no PTO.
Well, my heart decided to go haywire last month, and I needed a cardiac ablation after 3 emergency room visits and a traumatic week long hospital stay. I had to cancel all my clients, and will not be paid a single cent for the time I missed.
With what I make after getting a Master's degree, I'm just above the poverty level. My physical and mental health is failing, and I don't know if I can work for much longer. But in this capitalist hellscape I'm headed for homelessness if I don't keep working despite the fact that my body and mind is in shambles.
I don't know what the point of posting this is, except to say that the working world is bullshit. I don't qualify for disability even though I am clearly disabled, and I don't qualify for medicaid because I “make too much.”
I'm so tired you guys.