I don’t see step family every day but know that if I need them I can call them. It feels good knowing they’re near at hand .
I would be much worse off if I didn’t have their support. That was certainly the case when I was living at my old address, and we lived miles apart from each other.
They’re going on a much needed week’s break to Spain on Friday , and already I’m feeling more anxious. My stepdaughter is arranging for the person who comes in to clean to come for 30 minutes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday rather than 45 minutes on Monday and Wednesday.
I wonder how many of us only live ‘independently’ because we have a lot of support to do so.
My family all live in South Australia, so i don’t really have physical access to them (i live in Queensland). But i do keep in touch with them regularly. However, i do have my partner, and i feel that i am somewhat reliant on him. He does the cleaning, he does the cooking and he organises things for us to do. The only thing i do is work full time. However, working takes up so much of my energy and motivation that by the time i finish work or the weekend comes around, i have no motivation left.
I would not live independently if not for my mom and my dad.
I get the maximum social security disability for mental illness, and still it’s about the cost of my rent. And we thought we were getting a great deal on the apartment in a reasonably priced neighborhood.
I end up paying half the rent with Ssdi. My parents pay the other half. They also pay other expenses such as cleaning service to come every two weeks.
If my parents were lower middle class, I’d have to live with them or at least move and find a part time job. I don’t know how I would have survived without my parents. Although I can function decent independently now, I still would hate to give up my security blanket my parents.
I rely on my parents economically but for the other things, I take care of myself. Since I stayed in a boarding school since young age, I learned how to laundry, wash, clean and etc. But I hope I become independent economically as well soon.
I want to live independently, but my illness won’t let me. I’m really sad because of it.
Every time I have pain, I have to call my mother to give me medication to stop the physical pain or apply those vibration pads that you put on the skin for pain.
My mother says that I am a burden. I think I am, too.
I live with my parents, so I’m very reliant on them. They don’t charge much in rent, and I pay it with my SSI and job. I’ve been thinking about getting my own apartment nearby, but first I have to save some more and establish myself more at my job. But without my parents, I would be homeless right now
I rely on my mom for emotional support, but in Nov-Dec I went 3 weeks without talking to her and I was lost. The irony is the less I tell her, the better our relationship. In Nov she gave up on me and it was a huge heartbreak so I only talk to her about neutral subjects.