ThePurgatorianAgent

ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j434102 wrote

If you'd be able to help, then that would be amazing. In the general health system, nearly everything that could go wrong went wrong, and I have a lot of things that I should've taken legal action for, if not for the fact I knew how awful doctors were being paid, and I didn't want more people in the same scenario I was in. So, any advice at this point would be helpful. It's harder to explain things to counselors when you can't even process what to do if they basically ignore you.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3xsgq2 wrote

I had Both. My mom (at the time I was 18, but she's still my repayee) was the one who gave her specific instructions as well as the documentation of medical needs. This "voc rehab" counselor didn't listen, and basically, the work made me have to rehabilitate my body into actually being without pain once more.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3xrjhr wrote

Yet they are most often unadvertised, and if you get horrid rehab counselors, even with instructions like that, they still won't care and say "Well I got a friend who's willing to give you a chance", and it ends up being a fast food place. It can fully vary from town to town, and if there's only one car at the home you live in, while one parent needs it for their work, and there is no public transport on your countryside street... Basically, I'm a person with several pain inducing genetic disorders and haven't been able to take driving courses until now because, originally, my mother kept saying, "You need someone specific." And I'm on a street that's at the top of a hillside.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3xqbqy wrote

That sounds positive, but I also have gained that knowledge of my limits myself. I diversify as much as I want to. I mean, how many people do you know who can be the fashion designer, prop/set production team, director, writer, and actor, all in one, but still know that a fastfood work shift (where is basically the near only option in my town) can ruin them. I know what I CAN do, and I know what I have been Unable to do, even when I am active, I still have limits. I'm human, and I respect myself.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3oenup wrote

My Mother actually receives the checks as it's the only way she can afford the rent. She lends me 100 bucks a month, and with creative endeavors, and most lessons costing a Hell of a lot of money, I don't dare to take myself off our shared plan. I don't sell art by normal means, per example. I literally am a scriptwriter and filmmaker with a Patreon that would basically be the only other source of income I would get. (If I wasn't afraid of seeming desperate and don't advertise it well enough) When I say filmmaker, I mean full deal. Effects, props, and claymation currently, all with the highest quality, but lowest budget possible.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3odlac wrote

Yeah. It's not just my welfare alone. My mother has Muscular Dystrophy, along with several other pain inducing problems, and I can't bear to get her kicked out of an apartment that has enough resources and utility for her. She planned out the Mainecare and Medicare coverage for both of us because a lot of things that put her on disability are Genetic. I literally started having Fibromyalgia flairups at age 9.

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ThePurgatorianAgent OP t1_j3ocb28 wrote

The problem is that the experience was horrid on Their behalf. The counselor had specific instructions but refused to work with them. Leaving my disability to worsen my pain for a month before I broke down and walked out. That's also the secondary reason I feel trapped because nearly every job available in my area is one of those Fast Food or storefront hour jobs. I have supported decision-making and am learning to drive, but it feels as if it won't even be enough.

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ThePurgatorianAgent t1_isk6wu0 wrote

My nephew found out my older brother wasn't born in Maine, and quote, unquote "joked" about him being a monster. He's 6. That's when kids are Brutally honest from their perspective. That's why I just get Disgusted by the hate towards other states.

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