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JMCKUSICK

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Thu May 22, 2025, 11:15 AM May 22

I'm really really scared [View all]

I surely thought that the close divide in the House would derail this bill as I really expected the moderates to control the outcome, not the crazies. We all know this is going to sail through the Senate after some grandstanding by those who will vote for it anyway.
I'm struggling with so much uncertainty, I can't work but no one seems to give a shit from the SSA to Congress. I feel like I will be one of millions that will be discarded to the curb and forgotten about.
I've struggled with self esteem my whole life, abandonment issues, bouncing from home to home as a child to the point that I have no idea the names of a single family I lived with before coming to the USA.
Every time I feel like I've made progress in trusting and allowing myself to get comfortably close to others, moments like this happen, a lightning bolt from the sky reminding me of my true place in society.
I have fought like hell to "outperform" what little was expected from an uneducated, lonely, lost person who can only be defined by external forces because nobody ever really allowed me to define myself through support, encouragement and embrace.
I've been sitting here all morning trying not to cry, trying to keep this despondency at bay, knowing this day was coming but praying it wouldn't.
Medicaid has literally saved my life, and the medications I now have to take are just as critical to my ongoing health. My pain levels since the FAA on May 9th, has been off the charts, I obviously aggravated my spinal injuries that weekend and that's not helping either.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-mckusick-overcome-health-and-financial-struggles

I am placing my GoFundMe link here because July will be here faster than we all care to admit and while I consider you all my family, I feel like the Ocean currents of life will relegate me back to tumbleweed status where my life's shortened span will be lived aimlessly and helplessly wandering wondering why this is my destiny. Even before my Heart Surgery, during my down days I wondered if I'd be better off dead, because we all knew this was coming and if I wasn't such a coward, i would have stopped this train a long long time ago.
I'm sorry, I feel like I'm falling down a deep hole called destiny.
Most people are too busy to stop and help, much less ask what they can do.
Even good morning messages, as poor as they may be, are the easiest things to pass by in our rush to encounter the day..
I can't stop crying and I can't stop feeling how inevitable this destiny is for so many of us. I wish I could just fall asleep and wake up in whatever nightmare my soul has to face next.

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I'm really really scared [View all] JMCKUSICK May 22 OP
... SheltieLover May 22 #1
Thank you for the Hug SheltieLover. JMCKUSICK May 22 #18
I got bdamomma May 22 #43
Thank you bdamomma. JMCKUSICK May 22 #46
Here's another MustLoveBeagles May 22 #45
Thank you MustLoveBeagles JMCKUSICK May 22 #47
I doubt it'll pass thru te Senate as is. There's talk of splitting it into 3 bills... brush May 22 #2
I got a AARP membership invite JMCKUSICK May 22 #3
as of now any one over 65 will get a 4K deduction NT Tickle May 22 #6
How so? I keep hearing SS benefits are going to be cut. brush May 22 #8
Not for Seniors, so I have heard NT Tickle May 22 #33
We've heard the exact opposite. brush May 22 #39
Lol. 4k. haele May 22 #13
it works for me Tickle May 22 #34
an extra $4000 deduction would translate into a reduction of tax owed by $400 to $500 at most. Wiz Imp May 22 #36
That $400 will be the increase on food. Meadowoak May 22 #51
Yep. The whole thing is an attempt to fool the public into think they're getting a much better deal than they really are Wiz Imp May 23 #57
Right haele, JMCKUSICK May 22 #49
I saw that when I googled AARP JMCKUSICK May 22 #29
A major part of my fear JMCKUSICK May 22 #19
Agree debm55 May 22 #41
Oh John. Your despair is testimony that you are a deeply sensitive, smart and caring person. Hold steady to your worth. Nanuke May 22 #4
Thank you Nanuke, JMCKUSICK May 22 #21
Thank you bdamomma May 22 #44
I'm scared for you too Arazi May 22 #5
Thank you for your support Arazi JMCKUSICK May 22 #30
I don't think he'll mess with senior benefits Tickle May 22 #7
I'm 58 and have been waiting on SSDI for 21 months and counting JMCKUSICK May 22 #9
It took me 21 years to get approved synni May 22 #11
I'm so sorry, I can't JMCKUSICK May 22 #31
you'll be getting one hell of a check! Tickle May 22 #35
Best of Luck getting your SSI Cha May 23 #55
Ditto SuzyandPuffpuff May 22 #10
Speaking of fighting, I was so disappointed to JMCKUSICK May 22 #50
I'm scared too XanaDUer2 May 22 #12
I know you can relate XanaDUer2 JMCKUSICK May 22 #14
My heart goes out to you, John. Love, Debbie. debm55 May 22 #15
Thank you Debbie JMCKUSICK May 22 #23
Right there with you mvd May 22 #16
The thing that I'm also JMCKUSICK May 22 #25
I really hope you are wrong about the Senate. SSJVegeta May 22 #17
For obvious reasons I hope so too SSJVegeta. JMCKUSICK May 22 #42
Just hours after House passage, senators are already talking about big changes. Wiz Imp May 22 #20
I sure hope you're right Wiz Imp. JMCKUSICK May 22 #22
oh, make no mistake, Whatever eventually gets signed into law is going to be really awful Wiz Imp May 22 #32
They can go shove this big beautiful bill straight up their big beautiful asses! Initech May 22 #24
A bit of good news, gab13by13 May 22 #26
We need four right? JMCKUSICK May 22 #27
It's a start, gab13by13 May 22 #28
That's true gab13by13 JMCKUSICK May 22 #40
So sorry sending you hugs Meowmee May 22 #37
Thank you Meowmee, JMCKUSICK May 22 #38
I'm scared, too Delmette2.0 May 22 #48
We are comrades in arms Delmette2.0 JMCKUSICK May 22 #54
Do you or can you qualify for SSI or SSDI? Hopefully, these cuts will be watered down to get through the senate. Doodley May 22 #52
I applied in August of 2023 so it's 21 months and counting, I got denied JMCKUSICK May 23 #56
They nearly always deny on first application. I recommend asking a no-fee-unless-you-win disability lawyer to help. Doodley May 23 #58
I did hire an attorney from the beginning. JMCKUSICK May 23 #59
Good. 21 months is a long time. BTW, I'm probably going to lose my healthcare. At least I have no Doodley May 23 #60
I sure hope that's not the case Doodley. JMCKUSICK May 23 #61
Thank you. I've been taking advantage of tax credits for health insurance that the Trump blll takes away. Doodley May 24 #62
John, for what's worth... Alephy May 22 #53
Thank you Alephy JMCKUSICK May 24 #64
Time Out. You need to remember something... Kid Berwyn May 24 #63
I so wish that was the case, JMCKUSICK May 24 #65
You got it, JMCKUSICK. Kid Berwyn May 24 #67
It's emotionally traumatizing to think JMCKUSICK May 24 #68
A huge thank you to Pablo Casals!!! young_at_heart May 24 #66
JFK understood his wisdom, too. Kid Berwyn May 24 #69
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