Social Security - Round #1

For some reason, Social Security took only two months to deny my disability claim. Two weeks! I really don't get it.

Basically they say there are some things that I can do; things that don't require too much stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, kneeling or climbing. Although they admit that I can't return to the jobs I used to do, they claim I can do lighter and less demanding work.

 

I was very disappointed when I received this letter, because I know I cannot work. The problems with my mind alone prevent me from working, and they continue to worsen. I actually thought, "Well, I guess I'm not disabled. What is wrong with me that I think I'm actually disabled." Well, if I think that and I'm not, then that alone says there's something wrong with my mind.

Then I realized that I don't care what they think. I know what I know, the doctors tell me I have a serious mental illness. It's simply a matter of getting the word to SS in the appropriate manner.I must stop letting the opinions of others dictate who I am, and how I feel. After a lifetime of living this way, change will be difficult, to say the least. But, like they say, it's never too late to change.