Anxious About SSDI Meeting

[Michel]

This morning, I have an appointment at the Social Security office to file for disability benefits. I've been dreading this. I'm anxious about sitting for an hour or more with a stranger and having to try to explain what's been going on with me for the last several years. Also, putting my application together has taken a significant amount of time and energy lately and, once I've filed, this "project" will for now be complete. I think working on it helped me feel like I was doing somethingto put my life back together, apart from my constant work on my mental health. So, I'm also anxious about finding a new way to work on regaining some small amount of control over my life.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Good luck! I know it's a nerve wracking process... I went through it last fall and was approved after about four months.

 

[TLight]

It is sort of an awful experience..........I battled with them for years and years. Finally got approved. Others have had it better.

HOpe all goes well with you..........and remember, you have no reason to be ashamed. We have a physiological disability that happens to be located in our brains, no different from other disabilities that are located elsewhere..........so don't feel ashamed......feel proud that you are taking some difficult steps to take care of yourself.