[Rhapsody]

Just Wondering -

Are We all at home (with out jobs) due to our mental illness? - do we spend our time on here trying to find some form of PEACE.... to possibly grasp any glimpses of a way out of our h*ll hole - the one that lives with in our mind and thoughts?

LoVe,
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[lenjan]

Actually, I've been depressed episodically since I was 13, and I've held down a full-time job since 1989. I'm only home right now because I spent 5 weeks in the hospital with a life-threatening illness and am still in treatment.

"Mentally ill" doesn't have to mean you can't do anything.

Candy

[Rhapsody]

True being MENTALLY ILL does not mean that you cannot do any thing, but for some people like ME - it tends to keep you captive.... a prisoner all alone with in your own mind and house.

So - with that reasoning I asked the question.....

LoVe,
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[jbug]

I am on disablitiy due to my many diagnosis. I am now in school though so that's like a full time job. I did take the day off today though because I have a headache and wanted to sleep in. I know that's not a good enough reason but I've been going at full tilt and needed a day to just relax.

Jbug

[Rhapsody]

Yeah I probably should try for disability too - but I am not for sure what all has to be done to get it.... let alone if I would qualify.

LoVe,
Rhapsody -

[LMo]

I have a job and no mental illness, although you'd probably never guess either one of those things given how much I post here

My husband was truly unable to work when he was in a MDE. However it was perpetuating -- from his account, he was depressed because he didn't have a job... but was too depressed to GET a job. Once he found the right antidepressants and had gone through enough therapy, he found a job and his recovery skyrocketed to the point where he is now -- fully functioning, albeit with some quirks, but nothing that depression management and more therapy can't deal with.

Good question, though. Until I experienced what he went through with depression (and consequently got to know you all), I never would have understood how someone CAN'T work due to depression. I would have been one of those "snap out of it" people. From the other side of the fence, it's really impossible to comprehend the depths that the disease drags you down to.

[Rhapsody]

Thanks LMo - for understanding and for giving validation to the h*ll that controls us from with in.

LoVe,
Rhapsody -

[bipolar_bear]

I have a very demanding job and usually only get online at night but I had to go to the dentist today. Yuck. I can understand your feelings when I get very depressed it is hard to do anything. I hope you find something here that will help relieve some of your distress. I do search for support, understanding and hopefully provide support to others here. I hope you find your peace as I am still trying to achieve that myself. PM me if you ever want an understanding ear.

[Lexicon78]

Well, for me the answer is YES. Yes to all of those things. I am on disability due to my mental illness and cannot work. I go to partial hospitalization twice a week. The rest of the time I'm usually online...either here or at the other sites I belong to. I'm just trying to find peace within myself by posting and reading other posts. It's like I expect I will come to some conclusion or someone will say something great that will heal me or something in some way. I don't know.

Right now the hell I'm in can be fixed so easily but I choose to stay in my hell...and I haven't got the slightest idea why.

[Rhapsody]

((((((( HUGS ))))))) Lexicon -

I too understand staying in ones H*LL when all we really want is to escape.... guess it is the old inner wound taking control - it lives with in the only chaos it has ever known - and now it has a friend called.... Mental Illness.

LoVe,
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P.S.
Maybe some one can explain to me how this disability works and what needs to be done to get one started.

[desirae]

That's a very good question. I wouldn't beable to tell exactly why everybodies home, but I'm sure mental and emotional illnesses, and self esteem issues has alot to do with not have the strength to work.

Desirae

[wi_fighter]

I'm told I have major depression. I work full time from home. My time on here is mostly one of avoiding work responsibility, and loneliness.

There are some days when I want the luxury of not having to work and being able to call in sick for the day, but then the bills wouldn't get paid, the thought of which makes me even more depressed, so I just push on instead of getting more financially in the hole.

[Rhapsody]

Dear W-Fighter ((((((( HUGS )))))))

Yes, loneliness is a major part of making one depression grow.... I come here to pass the day until my family returns (to keep DEATH from calling Me) and to seek advice and to give advice to others.

When you say you work from home full time is that doing work for an employer or are you doing what many of us stay at home MOMS do?

LoVe,
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[wi_fighter]

I work for a company in California. I have a lot of leeway as far as when I get the work done, but it still has to be done. Most of the time when 3:00 rolls around and the kids are coming home, I've only gotten in half a day's work, so then I have to be mom on top of being a money maker. But do you think I can force myself to just do the work from 8:00 to 3:00? Nooooo. Like, right now, I'm getting work I absolutely detest, so I'm wasting time on the net until some better stuff comes in.

[kimmydawn]

Rhapsody,

Just call the 1-800 number for soc. sec. and they'll walk you right though getting the paperwork sent to you. After that, you let your dr's know that you're applying and to expect their paperwork.

It goes from there. They've made it very easy to file.

gl!

KD

[Rhapsody]

Thank YOU - Kimmy

I will look into it

LoVe,
Rhapsody -