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ladyyatexel noodle-is-gudle

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mountainwhales

no one fucking tells you this so here it is:

when signing out forms to apply for disability / filling out a form for diagnosis

you’re supposed to fill it out as you on your worst days

like, I filled out forms that said I could do most things usually

like, my doctor added in the conditions like “yeah, they can feed themselves when not stressed” “they can do this when not stressed

but how I should have filled it out was more like

“some days I can’t feed myself” “some days I can’t leave the house”

My doctor didn’t even know this, but I talked to someone who had worked with people with both developmental and intellectual disabilities for a number of years, and she told me to write down how it is for your bad days

this should be a thing they tell you, but it isn’t

part of the reason I didn’t get my autism diagnosis as soon as I should have is because I filled out forms wrong!

reservoircat

This also goes for filling out forms for disabled parking rights. I’ve been rejected multiple times for a pass cause I didn’t find this out till recently.

deducecanoe

Wow

myceliorum

Also you’re generally supposed to fill it out as you are without help.

That throws me too.  Because the more help I get, the more capable I get.  It’s easy to forget what happens when the help falls away even partially let alone completely.

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ladyyatexel

I keep doubting myself, thinking, “I’m just lazy and don’t like to work,” but when it’s work I care about it work that doesn’t put me in situations that make me panic, I’m really dedicated. I love working on paintings, and writing. I wrote several thousand word updates on novel length work every month for a year! I made a whole children’s book in like a month. I made a painting every day for a week! This place just sucks everything out of me and makes me feel hopeless and like I need to do something dramatic or self injurious to get them to understand I’m not doing well.

I just keep thinking I’m faking, despite a real human professional telling me I could apply for real disability.

I’m really frightened of almost everything, really, and I don’t know how to start with what I need to do.

ladyyatexel

I’m having trouble remembering steps, processing what I’m doing. Looking at tasks I do literally everyday is feeling like I’m staring into a theoretical math void where I don’t know even the base concept, like there’s not even a stray mental branch for me to grip and hang from, it’s just greased walls all the way down