Roll Call 52

How long did it take to be approved? I'm still waiting and fully expect to be denied since it's my first application.

i got approved in 2 1/2 months.
they called my dad on the phone and said i was approved

they called my dad because im filed under disabled adult child. "disabled before 22". under my dads name.

i got approved in like 3 to 4 months. i get disability survivors benefits bc my dad died when i was 10. so its under his name

I filed just recently but my date of onset was years ago...I'm worried because I waited so long to apply. I haven't worked in years but never applied

i was determined disabled at 16 but i was 23 when i applied

My date of onset was january 2009 and I applied at the end of February

i hope u get approved. sometimes it takes months sometimes it takes years.

Thank you! I'm hoping to hear something before too long.

Is there a chat tonight?

Supposed to be

same here kinda.
i was determined disabled at 17 but applied at i think 20. even tho i had the diagnosis before 17.

feck that, I'm on disability benefit but I am no means disabled.

i painted my nails pink

my goal is to get off disability eventually...get a career and a good job and make a living....i feel so far away from that but im taking baby steps....i just gotta keep plodding forward

i feel very far away from that. in my mind i say yea i can do it but yet my actions and my illness is speaking theough my actions like *no you cant*. so im very scared what would happen right now if i lost it. i have so much hope for myself. but i only have hope. im still very scared. very much scared. i have means to provide for myself. i still have very little schooling and very little knowledge of the real world and how to actually interact.
ive come across the big burst of knowledge recently but thats all it is is a big burst of knowlegde. its really nothing yet.

im still very much scared.
very much so.
i couldnt make it on my own.
i know i couldnt.

im trying so hard to go without disability

in high school, making c's trying as hard as I can, then I can try to plod through college.

It;s hard

i don't want to be on disability but i've just become such a drain. financially all this medical crap is killing us.

Schizo chat in 30 minutes!

It's killer. I saw my PDoc trying to get this bipolar II straightened out. I lost my apartment because of it. I had to move in with my mother. I work hard and I can't even afford a place of my own. fml

i keep missing them

determined to make this one

This whole thing just sucks

Have you guys heard of superbetter? I just heard a Ted talk about it....

https://www.superbetter.com/sign_in

It basically gamifies life so you do little challenges and get points for what you do.....you can pick things like depression anxiety or stress reduction and they give you points as you do things like look out the window or say thank you to someone etc....you build social resilience etc. It seems kind of fun

SZ/SZA chatroom is up!

My dad and sister stayed in the hotel last night so they visited, took me to the city, steak house, outside experience from being a bat and a few things like jeans, Cuban cigars, cool lighter.

I will get better. Everyone sees it in me.

I almost teared up when they left because my sister was crying and my dad's going back to Argentina for a while. He said we can take a trip to western Canada to see some of my family in the summer.

My disability is different from America. It takes 2-4 months for aplication. Then it lasts as long as I'm considered "disabled for life" so.. I mean I can get a job on this. Dental, eye appointments, transport, meds paid for. Why not take advantage of this?

And if I don't need it, that's a good thing. I'm just lucky and it sucks that people that really really need it in fear of being robbed, having no meds etc no money to be denied disability.