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I was having a discussion about this in another forum and came to the conclusion I don't want the incompetent people in charge of that having any say over what I do with my life. If they are too stupid to understand that doing well in college and self medicating do not mean one does not need any help and can hold a job then I want nothing to do with it.

And the people on the forum had almost convinced me to commit myself to a psych ward so I would have medical history to use to apply for SSI......do that only to have some incompatant bastards run my life because they think I should be on anti-depressants instead. lol that is an exageration I was not actually going to take their advice without thinking it through. I am just frusterated that i cant seem to figure out anything to do.

When my first husband abandoned me and my two small children, I considered applying for welfare. I went to the office and spent the morning there. The smells, sights, sounds and overall energy of the people there made me want to throw up. I made a decision/bet that I was going to make this thing right and go out in the world and figure out how to make it.

For many years following I worked so hard and at such crappy jobs that I made even less than if I had been on welfare after deducting my childcare expenses. But every day I pushed on. Years later I found myself on the upturn and today I make more money than I can possibly spend and push money into the system instead of pulling money out.

Sometimes when you are in a corner it is time to take action and just get past yourself. It is scary, a big gamble and very, very hard. But every now and then that gamble pays off. Sounds to me like you could hardly do worse for yourself than to sit around and do nothing.

...just saying....

I got fired from lots of jobs too but those little bouts of times I was working were all important to my Big Picture ultimately. You need to find your "peeps". Here is the deal. We are 1-110 or so in this world and there are "pockets" of people like us out there. I found mine in the high-tech field. I started out doing the crappiest jobs ever to work in this field. I could also do okay in jobs that related to any special interest. I loved animals (for example) and could actually work in retail in a pet store. Whatever your special interest, figure out how to capitalize on it. Keep moving. Keep trying and keep failing. If you read the bios of any successful person you will read more failures to successes. I know for sure was that way in my own bio.

You are heading downhill fast anyway. You can either give up and ride that out or you can make choices and potentially divert it. You may also make things go badly quicker which may also be a boon in some ways.

You can be a victim to what life throws at you or you can attempt to empower yourself. If you do NOTHING, you will be a victim to whatever happens. THAT is the only fact in this game of life.

oh.... So you really don't WANT to work or do anything to change where you are.... You're looking for getting something for nothing.

My bad. Completely misunderstood.

Carry on...