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I'm going to reply to this thread against my better judgement because I'm afraid of getting trolled. I am on SSI, I have Autism as well as severe longterm depr
by thezach 14y ago
I'm going to reply to this thread against my better judgement because I'm afraid of getting trolled. I am on SSI, I have Autism as well as severe longterm depression and PTSD. I get about $700 a month to live off from. In my area you can't find housing under $450. Then I have to pay someone to pay my bills for me at $39 a month because social security somehow deems I can't spend my own money. My point is after necessary things (electric, transportation, gas, water) I struggle for toilet paper at times.
I have tried jobs before, got fired in a manufacturing job getting overwhelmed by the process - got fired in another job because i could not understand "shop talk". I don't like living off the system and one of the main reasons I'm really pursuing entrepreneurship is I see it as the only way I can get off the system.
- wildgift 14y agoMy sympathies. I know someone with a some similar mental health issue on SSI. It's tough out there. (And they have relied heavily on basically working at home online to have a little extra money. It's tough right now due to the recession and basically nothing comes in, but the process of doing that work is positive.) I can also understand being overwhelmed. I don't have autism, but have done the programmer thing, and have trouble interacting with people so might be on the spectrum a little bit. I swear, if it weren't for our mechanized society with machines to repair and computers to fix and program, I'd be a poor dirt farmer. I wish you the best of luck. If you'd like to brainstorm possible jobs or business maybe we can talk on this thread.