/mental/ - Mental Health, Illnesses and Disorders

>>7661
>age 18
>working manual labor
when i inevitably fuck up my back Im going to fake a mental breakdown so I can get more monies

>>7661
I am too scared to, my future is homeless :D

tfw no odsp
Any day now.

My mom and someone else are currently in the process of getting me autismbux because I can't get to work yet, almost 18 btw.

Gotta pay for my insurance and shit when i'm 18 though, fucking sucks as I could use that money for better things.

>>bipolar disorder
>>aspergers
>>severe social anxiety

How did you get diagnosed with these? Did you go and get them all diagnosed at once? Did you already think you had them?

I need more info, I'm trying to get on SSI as well.

>>8269
Go die, bastard.

>>8273
Your so tough through a computer screen, hobosexual :3

>>8274
Says the guy lying to his own gov for free handouts so that he may be lazy and not produce his own fruit.

Claiming welfare is shit, but it's still way better than working some low paid McJob. Watching my big tax payer funded tv with my dick in one hand and a beer in the other still beats being told to fuck off from a hundred angry customers for minimum wage and for what, a sense of purpose? "Would you like fries with that?" You think that's any more noble?

>>8276
Lying to my own gov? I have mental illnesses you fucking moron, why else would I be on /mental/?

I thought this place was a safe haven from cancer?

OP please respond to
>>8269
I need to know how you went about this.

>>8283
Don't you have any ambition? Don't you expect more from life than just sitting on the couch and watch tv? Just curious.

>>8336
What, like one day making supervisor at McDonalds? There are only so many positions at the top, and if you're already disadvantaged with mental illness it's almost impossible. There are worse places to be than on welfare.

>>8338
Don't let the jealous haters get you down. In 20 years everyone is going to be on some form of welfare (and many are already). You're just ahead of the curve.

Here in Britain a shit job in itself is one thing, but you also have temp agencies offering below minimum wage, 12 week max before you're fired so you don't have permanent employee rights with a shitty reference so no career progression. Zero hour contracts, shift work covering 4am and "any 5 out of 7 days". And when you take a full time job you automatically lose a weeks welfare before you can sign on again.

And yet, oh wait, this new film is out on blu ray, it's a sunny day to sit in a beer garden, mid-afternoon masturbation. Lemme get right on sending a cv/resume out into oblivion, quick, hire me for that ditch digging position.

>>8357
>shit part time job
>have to do a ton of work for shit pay
>only way I can get health care
>no money
>some college but no diploma
>still a bunch of debt
>no good jobs in my shitty town
>everywhere that wouldn't suck dick wants a fucking degree for even the most mundane of entry level shit
>no one wants to train you, have to pay for training yourself to get "certified"
>hate job
>hate life
>no chance to move out of parents' place because shit job and can't save money because my shitbox of a car is constantly needing expensive maintenance and medication is expensive too despite healthcare
>feel like a loser because I'm a disappointment and burden to my parents

I guess suicide really is the only way out.

>>8338
Why do you assume McDonald is the only place that will employ you? Are you that doubtful of your own abilities? The world is not such a bad place if you give it a chance.

>>8381
I don't specifically just mean McDonalds.

But it seems like these days you need qualifications to get qualifications as turning up with money to pay a course fee isn't enough. You need to be just as qualified to give your time away for free and do voluntary work ffs.

I have some abilities, but almost nothing on my CV to reflect these.

And to the other guy: no I don't work, healthcare is free here, yes I have thousands in savings, and I don't drive I just pay for a taxi :)

If you're still in school, make sure you go to a school for people with dissabilities, they will guide you towards dissability benefits.

Don't try to normalfag it up, you most likely won't and if you will, it's much easier if you have benefits to fall back on.

>>8394
Qualifications for what? I've worked for a while and never needed extra qualifications. I suggest getting a degree in something technical and in demand. Something like plumbing or electricity or whatever. The diploma isn't long to get and they're always in demand. Don't be a retard and get a degree in something you like but without job opportunities (ex : any social studies). Just do your homework and look at what kind of job is needed around you then get your degree in that. It's that simple, really.

I get disability for

>severe agoraphobia
>severe depression
>bipolar
>autoimmune disease

The applicable ailments have changed occasionally but those are the lifers. I wish I could get out there, work, study, commit; but it's just fucking impossible.

>>8437

Whoops, I went a little /blogpost/ there and forgot I was only supposed to list mental things.

>>8436
I haven't worked in a decade and I as good as failed high school (but not because I sat the exams and failed I'm not a complete dumbass), and I also have no references so my CV is as good as a blank sheet.

Competition for low end work is tough here. Even the most athletic struggle to keep up with warehouse workloads, and shop work usually means shitty random part time hours so employers can dodge tax, and even places like Poundland (ie $1 store) means competing with people forced to do government work experience (a comedian once joked "..where everything is worth a £pound, except you").

Level 1 college courses costs are similar to university (£6k a year I think). I would need level 2 just to make near minimum wage in a very entry level career.

To be honest, the only reason any of this BS is even an issue is because I'm being pressured into going back to work. But it's all too easy to play the welfare system and the pointless pathetic short courses and work programmes they try to place you on, and continue sitting on my arse watching my huge TV, the latest film, drink beer, listen to music, wank myself into oblivion (the meds have an interesting affect), and just enjoy the peace and quiet and freedom.

They're changing the welfare system soon, which I think would make it easier to transition into low hour work. Some employers are sketchy about taking on anyone new so try to ease people into their company gradually.

I don't know, there's plenty of things I can do better than most, making any profession out of any of it is something else.