I could relate a lot to what you said in the first post. I'm feeling some of the same things dealing with or encountering similar idiots. One I'd like to add is being asked "how much do you make on disability?" and "can you live on that?". I never asked anyone how much they make at work or on retirement and I don't recall anyone ever asking me (other than my nosey father) how much I made when I was working. So why is it ok to ask how much disability a person makes?

That's another thing I'm not on disability yet. I've applied for it. But that's the thing I keep running into people I used to work with at the grocery store, etc and they always ask "where are you working now". There seems no good answer for that. If you say you aren't working they want to know why, then they always say well have you applied at such and such business. My therapist just said to say I've been having medical problems over the years that have suddenly gotten worse and that I have applied for disability. I tried that one but then they want to know what my problem is? Then they say but you look good or else they ask if you can live off what you make on disability. So I just say I'm disabled now and they say "OH" in that condescending way then I walk off quickly. Because of this I've become even more of a recluse than I was and try to do my shopping when others are still at work. The worst is when I run into people I worked with at the places I got fired from for disability and they look at me as if I am dirt under their feet for getting fired when all I did wrong was have difficulty learning a new task. I got fired for being a slow learner not for showing up late or not showing up at all, etc. I did everything right my brain just don't work right no more. Yet I'm trash because of this. I hate running into those idiots most just give me some kind of weird look and don't even say hi. I hate it! I'm staying home!