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Hello,
I lost hope and stopped documenting my life and walking. I was pretty heartbroken, but I wasn't thinking about killing myself. Why go through the trouble when the government is going to do it for me soon?
Then I won the lottery and started receiving my monthly grand!
My mom pleaded me to apply for SSI right after my accidents. I told her, "Mom, I'm trying to prove we don't need money to live, I'm not going to sell out." Even though I kept her house spotless for her, I still felt if I was going to sleep at my mother's house I should contribute monetarily.
I told her, "Mom, it's been almost a decade since my head injuries, I hear you get denied a lot and there's a long waiting list, but okay, I'll try."
Well, I guess my medical records spoke loudly because I got approved in less than a month! Bam, automatic $450 a month in Texas and when I moved to California I got a $500 raise!
Now, for the past many years I was the happiest man in the world with no income whatsoever. You don't think I can live high as a hog with a thousand bucks a month? It was like I won the lottery.
I have never felt like I deserved such a stipend, but my mom and all the doctor's think I do, even at all of my five year reviews, so that's that.
I sold out. But at least I didn't have to get back on the hamster wheel.
I was still as free as can be, if not maybe just a little more. Aren't I blessed?
Reminds me of a Propagandhi lyric: "And yes, I recognize the irony that the very system I oppose affords me the luxury of biting the hand that feeds. But that’s exactly why privileged fucks like me should feel obliged to whine and kick and scream - until everyone has everything they need."
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