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As you've probably gathered from my blog, I'm a disabled human trying to get by while I wait for my hearing for SSI. I can and do work from home less than 7 hours a week without jeopardizing my health. In this post, I'm going to share some links to confirm who I am, as well as some links where you can help me out, either by sending things I need (no address required) or by sending cash.

About me:

Who I am

My Service Dog

About Autism

About Mental Illness

How to Help:

Donate on PayPal

Send items I need

Send items my service dog needs

In my fight for benefits, we have gotten Food Stamps and Medicaid approved, which are major steps in the right direction. I take around 20 medications due to chronic illness and mental illness. I can swing rent about 2/3 months and utilities every month. Help with the 1/3 of months when I can't swing rent and the household items and toiletries on my wish lists is never mandatory but always appreciated.

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Dear Unnamed Friend

Dear unnamed friend, I carefully hoarded enough spoons to do the activity you suggested at the time you suggested. I went to bed super early and planned NOTHING for tomorrow to be able to do it. I just got discharged from psych this week, and the meds still aren’t all the way in my system, so I’m foggy-minded and emotional. I also woke up every 90 minutes last night for 30-45 minutes due to nightmares about the hospital that joined my normal nightmares. I told you I’d let you know around 9am today, when my alarm was set to sound, whether I could come to the 1pm event today, and I texted you that yes, I could come, but I needed to sleep until 10 to regain spoons. You texted me 4-5 times between 9:15 and 10, effectively cancelling any change I had to sleep, since it takes me at least 2 hours to wake all the way up. You tried to change the plans to pick me up around 10:15am, and I understand why. You were already in the area for something and didn’t want to drive all the w...

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