Well, I have been officially labeled as disabled, finally! [View all]

[Lyric]

Last edited Mon Nov 28, 2016, 06:25 PM - Edit history (3)

My psychiatrist says that my PTSD and panic disorder are severe enough to qualify me as disabled. Still working on the physical disability designation, but I am praying that this is enough to start qualifying for SSI. At least until/unless Trump and the Nightmare Squad kill the program. It's been a long struggle for my family, and an expensive one when I lost my ability to bring in income to help with bills and expenses. I can now apply for a TANF check until my SSI gets approved, or at least that is my hope. I *should* qualify since I have zero income of my own, I am not married, and I am basically living on the charity and kindness of the people who take care of me.

Of course, that doesn't help much right now, so if anyone is looking for a kid to "adopt" for Christmas, my teenage son could use some DU love.

LyricKid is an incredibly talented young guitarist--a total natural who has taught himself and grown leaps and bounds in skill and talent from the first moment he ever touched a guitar, roughly 2 years ago. He has a beaten-up six-string acoustic guitar, but I can't afford to buy him what he wants most--a good quality 12 string acoustic or acoustic/electric hybrid guitar. I can't even afford to get him a crappy one, to be honest. And that is literally the ONLY thing he has asked me for. He says he doesn't mind getting something small and inexpensive, but it's breaking my heart. He puts up with so much and I have so little but love to give him...he deserves better than me.

There's one on Jet.com for $138 that LyricKid said he would like, but I know that it's just the cheapest one he could find. Still, it's better than no guitar at all! So if someone would like to get that for him, please PM me. I can prove my disability and lack of income if needed.

Also, if anyone knows anything about the programs that train and pay for service dogs for PTSD patients, please let me know? My psychiatrist thinks that a service dog might be extremely good for me, but I don't know much about the process of applying for one. It needs to be a *service* dog trained to stop flashbacks, interrupt nightmares and terrors, and to keep me warm, assisted, and safe through my severe panic attacks. I am not looking for an "emotional support" animal or a "therapy" animal. Those don't have the training and credentials I need.

Thanks all, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS

EDIT: I have $200 donated toward his guitar. I have found a Fender 12 string guitar online for $250. If anyone else can spare a $50, let me know!

Link to guitar: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-cd100-12-string-acoustic-guitar

Further edit: My Paypal address is [e-mail]. Feel free to send donations there. Anything more than what we need for his guitar will be put toward buying him a hard case and extra strings for it. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!