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XanaDUer2

(14,300 posts)
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 12:23 PM Jul 2021

Got released from work again until 8/6

feeling depressed and anxious today. I cannot return to my job and still function daily. Still have not heard back about short-term disability payments ( I pay for the premiums). I have to wait until I hear from them. I'm assuming I'll hear no.

As a self-supporting person most of my life, I'm having anxiety about having enough money if and when I get SSDI.

Having a hard time relaxing due to this.

So much to worry about.

Thanks. I'm trying to take it dsy by day. My SO is paying rent and utilities. He just turned 69. Should he pass, I'll be all alone and without finial help. My mind is running in circles of doom

Thanks for listening. I'm mad about being disabled.

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Got released from work again until 8/6 (Original Post) XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 OP
I hear you on the depression and anxiety. Take good care of yourself. I hope GPV Jul 2021 #1
life in this country is too hard XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #2
It sure is! GPV Jul 2021 #4
Maybe a blessing in disguise? SheltieLover Jul 2021 #3
I actually thought that XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #5
Gasp! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #7
I'm not eligible XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #8
I hope so too!!! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #9
I'm watching the mailbox. Like a hawk nt XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #10
I understand your anxiety, Bayard Jul 2021 #6

GPV

(73,071 posts)
1. I hear you on the depression and anxiety. Take good care of yourself. I hope
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 12:25 PM
Jul 2021

you can get out of the ruminations. (Fwiw, we’re struggling financially here, and I’m caught up in the same doom circles as you are.)

SheltieLover

(59,781 posts)
3. Maybe a blessing in disguise?
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 12:41 PM
Jul 2021

With delta raging & gamma apparently ramping up in IL & NYC from what I've read, maybe this circumstance is serving to protect you.

Try to relax into your situation as it seems you don't have a choice.

XanaDUer2

(14,300 posts)
5. I actually thought that
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 12:52 PM
Jul 2021

some coworkers in my building stay behind a desk with plexiglass all around it. Those scheduled on my desk in a public area do not. I questioned it and was blown off. That happens a lot there.

We're constantly mixing up close to the public, touching the mouses and keyboards the public use. No more masks, either

SheltieLover

(59,781 posts)
7. Gasp!
Wed Jul 21, 2021, 02:01 PM
Jul 2021

Yup, blessing in disguise!

Apply for food stamps to ease budget? Most states you can do online.

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