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Pomegranate
"To die is gain."
- Jan 21, 2022
- 78
I'm on a bunch of welfare aid, including for housing, food, and social security. I also live with my family atm. I really want to get back on my feet and live just like everybody else. I don't want to rely on the government forever. But it's hard. Recovery is not easy. I've been trying many treatments for seven years, and not much improvement has happened. Still, I know I have to live independently at some point. It feels so scary. Being depressed makes it hard to do everything from maintaining a job to cooking food to doing the chores. I worry whether I'll eat up into all my savings. I stress about whether I'll make it a month or two, but after that my motivation will run out, and I'll go homeless. I know economic stress plagues most of us, but it especially stings us the poor and mentally ill.