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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul
these questions are so weird... i mean i understand needing to know but i dunno how to answer some of them
the first one is "describe what you do from the time you wake up until going to bed."
how the heck am i supposed to answer that?
all i do is try to survive on a moment to moment basis, i dunno what im doing throughout the day... i dont go anywhere because agoraphobia... ptsd and blahblah... i like to read when i can focus well enough to enjoy it... same with video games... then i eat, try to eat, and drink lots of coffee, and then sleep...
unless i have some beers with moms... but then again i dunno, because sometimes im not me and the other me does things i wouldnt do...
like talking to strangers, pretty girls, blahblahblah
oh man this giving me a headache... i dunno how to fill this out...
my case manager just left the office too so i dont think i have one right now till they assign a new one to me... and i have 14 days from date on the letter to send it, which its dated the 13th... stress stress stress everywhere i turn ahhhhhhhhh
have anyone here answered these kind of questions before...?
what do you put when you cant remember what you do on a daily basis...?
great, now im feeling like a fraud- FML  |
they want to know what your daily routine is and whether your health issues affect your daily life.
to answer that question just keep a pad of paper and pen handy and write down every thing you are doing....
example...
heres a tip... everyone has their own routine of what they do every day, even those who are most severely impacted by their mental and physical health problems knows what their daily routine is. if a person is so severely impacted by their physical and mental health that they can not take care of their self usually they are residing with in a hospital or nursing home setting... since you live at home and take care of your self and your basic needs then you do have a good daily functioning routine to take care of your basic needs. even children have their own routines that they do every day. my 6-7 year olds know when the alarm goes off they get up, use the bathroom, get dressed in the clothes they helped pick out the night before, eat breakfast, go to school, come home do their homework or after school program and friends houses then their daily routine is dinner and they know when their bedtime is.. they also know in that routine they get to do other things too like play with their toys, tv, and ... well you get the picture.
Im assuming from your past posts that you do not have a caregiver who tells you what to do and you dont live in a mental facility where they tell you what your daily routine is and when to do it...
I know I know you are probably getting tired of hearing this but many people when they post here post what they are doing from day to day or have listed something about their daily routine in their posts. maybe you can re read your posts and they will tell you what your daily routine is. I cant tell you what to write on there I can tell you what my daily routine is but the paper wants what your daily routine is.
my daily routine is wake up, shower breakfast work, if its my turn to take the children to school and day care I do that on the way to work. then pick them up after work, then home spend some time with the children and my wife, dinner childrens baths tv or book time tuck children in bed. then its my wife and I time. sometimes in there I do my own leisure activities too, some days my wife and I also take part in a college class that we both enjoy and can do together. thats my basic daily routine from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.
tip try not to read more into these SSI/SSDI questions on the forms. they are meant so that even the most severely impacted person can fill them out, if they cant then its their 24/7 care givers or 24/7 mental or physical health facilities job to ask the questions and write out the answers.