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ValerieA84
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No Social Life, Don't Drive, Lonely.. but Happy? (I guess I'm just looking for motivation..)
Anxiety Support / by ValerieA84
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 January 12th, 2021
...See more No social life, offline friends, I don't drive and I'm lonely all the time. I live with my parents (I'm 36) because I don't have a job and can't get anywhere on my own. I am blind in my left eye (since birth, ROP stage V) and have always been scared to drive. I also keep getting denied for SSI, even though everybody has said it is supposed to be automatically approved because of the reason. We don't live close enough to public transit (the closest stop is only about half a mile away, but the street I live on isn't safe to walk up and down) to grab a bus and can't afford an uber/lyft all the time, as most places are at least 10-15 minutes/miles away if not much longer. I get encouraged because I am hearing back/about possible jobs but they are all 30-40+ miles away (each way) and it would actually cost me about $100 more then I would be making a week to get there.. and as one of the places is the airport, that doesn't include Uber/Lyft surge charges, etc.. so I'd be paying a lot more to get there then I actually would working. I've talked to online theropirst before (another company). She diagnosed with me extreme social anxeity, general anxiety, testing anxiety, PTSD and extreme/major depression. I'm sure other things as well I just can't remember. She wouldn't document any of this though (outside of the message to me) because she said she didn't beleive in medication, etc. :( I know about half of those I've had my whole/most of my life. I've just never got assistance for it and am on Medicaid at the moment, so don't even know where to start as I haven't been able to make appointments, etc since joining with a PCP, let alone even being reffered to somebody else. With all of that said (so sorry for the spelling mistakes and it being so long) I try to stay positive and happy, or at least I attempt to be and try to not think about all the bad things. Anybody have ideas on how to help, etc? Activities you like to do in the house? I try to walk when I can outside and such but have ankle issues, so can only walk a mile or so before my ankle really starts hurting. I walk inside (and most days I like it) but it can get boring. I just started cross-stitch but even with magnifier and light it's hard for me to see the holes in the fabric because of my vision. I love listening to music and reading, etc but even those get boring. :(
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