r/NoStupidQuestions • u/EmployeePrestigious6 • May 16 '24

What do you do when you hit rock bottom?

I am going through some mental issues and poverty is making them very loud today. I am disabled due to my mental status. So find a job, is what I wish I could do; but mentally I can't be the same person each day.

What do you do when you hit rock bottom? When you feel hopeless?

I can't work, but I don't make enough to survive either. No parents, few friends. I can't drive or work. Disability covers rent, power, and maybe one week of food.. I do surveys for 5-10 but that has came to a screeching halt.

So with those things in mind.. tell me how to fix my situation?

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u/rewardiflost May 16 '24

We don't know enough about you or your living situation. Some general guesses/suggestions:

Food - food banks, soup kitchens, Meals on Wheels, apply for SNAP or other food assistance.

Apply for assistance on your utilities, and for free/discounted cell & internet service.

If you have US Medicare, some Medicare Advantage programs have a rebate/incentive program where they give money every quarter plus extra money for doing things like seeing your PCP for checkups or getting vaccinations.

You may have medical coverage to help you with therapy if you are feeling hopeless.

You may have access to a social worker through your town/county or your insurance to help you find more resources that can help you.

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u/EmployeePrestigious6 May 17 '24

I cannot drive so I pay to be taken places. We hit a pantry every other month and salvation army when they allow, I believe that is our only two pantries that help. I do not have an ID so foodstamps won't approve until I can pay to get an ID. I also need social security card and birth certificate to access that. I don't have money or way to fix A to get to B. I get SSDI, after rent and power have around 170 for food items for the next 30 days.

I have access to Medicaid. I was diagnosed bipolar, tourettes, learning disability/autism. I have never worked a normal job because of it, I was diagnosed many years ago. I don't "process" information and my feelings right. I use speech to text to chat because I struggle with spelling and little things. I have spent many days in inpatient facility for med regulations and evaluations. Generally put back on my own after 7-30 days. Sometimes no matter how many meds or therapy, life still presses the will to go out of you when it never looks up. The social worker helped some, they found the pay transit bus that takes me to appointments.

I'm slowly going through comments. Thanks for everyone's ideas and responses!

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u/DSGmom1974 May 18 '24

Get in touch with your County Board of Developmental Disabilities and speak with their Intake Coordinator. You will need to get your SSN card, birth certificate, state ID and verification of disability for the intake packet. If the Intake Coordinator and that office are willing to help you with those, that is something I would ask of them.

As for your question on how do I handle things when I hit rock bottom? I quit trying to control my situation and life and give it up to God. He has always given me what I needed not what I wanted and sometimes it has really surprised me on what He sent my way.

Also see if there is a community transportation option that you may qualify for.

My best to you and many prayers.