Applying for Disability: Mourning the Life I Expected

Ive decided I'm going to finally apply for disability. I've been unemployed for nearly 2 years except 2 months of part time work. I've never held a job more than 3 months and I started working 5 years ago does anyone else feel like they have to mourn the life they expected they'd have? I'm not ashamed of being disabled, I'm just sad that the things I worked extra hard to try and do, end up for naught.

Your answer

Ashtonpie99

1y ago

Yes, fibromyalgia has put a damper on my dreams but it just means i have to reconfigure

FTW

1y ago

I wanted to be a police officer. By the time i hit 18, I knew it wasnt going to happen.

italianxpeaches

1y ago

I thought my life would be so much better than it is... I wanted great things, big things. A luxury life. But it never came because I can't go after those things. Oh well, it is what it is. I mourn it some days. Other days I'm content. I've been fighting for my disability for years now. Apparently I'm too young at 26 and they refuse to see me disabled despite me not holding down a job and my plethora of problems.

faexay

1y ago

that's what I'm afraid of right now, even though I have documentation back a decade. My mom works in the medical field and hasn't made my hopes for it very high

SarahW

1y ago

I do. I just recently applied because my diabetes completely consumes my life and I get terrible anxiety when I work, causing me to skip when I don’t need to and getting fired from it. I’m also taking care of a disabled kid and my life is nothing like I thought it would be. It’s normal to have these emotions but I understand how hard it can be to accept them

faexay

1y ago

thank you ❤️ I've known for a long time it would come to this, I think I just ignored the emotions that went along with it and was in denial. It's all coming clear at one time now

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