An organization has given me a chance. I finally got a job after 18 months. Now I am doing on-boarding. There are a lot of documents to read and sign. My first day is September 3rd.
I should be happy about this new job. Instead I am terrified. My fragile mental health is making me doubt myself even though I worked full-time in the past.
Right now I want to keep being lazy and hidden. I don’t want responsibility. This offer would have been better for me if it came 4 to 8 weeks later, since I just started medication two weeks ago. -- Friends have noticed an improvement in my mental health but I am still experiencing ‘symptoms’.
ODSP told me they would not cut me off, which I was very worried about, since I will have one month that I will make too much for assistance. The initial training is 6 weeks at 37.5 hours/week. After that I will have casual employee status, so I cannot lose the income assistance.