u/DeviantDahlia

I want to apply for disability but since the waiting period to get approved is so long, I want to make sure I have all the documents they might want/need. Based on the following info, what are the chances I would get approved and what will I likely need to do/provide to prove it?

Context: Years ago I was in an accident (ruled not at fault) which essentially reversed parts of my spine. The damage is visible externally and I have chronic pain because of it. After having a baby, it became even worse. I was also, separately, diagnosed with CPTSD and severe depression. I don’t take the Prozac I was prescribed because I can’t afford them (the prescription is likely expired now). This whole time I’ve been working through it all but recently the depression mixed with chronic pain increase has made me unable to work. I was having mental breakdowns and depressive episodes, and every shift was agony on my body even though the shifts were only 5 hours. Even driving to work gave me anxiety since I developed a fear of yellow lights after the accident (which ik is silly since there were no traffic lights even in sight when it happened). I ended up having to quit. This has happened at every job I’ve had since the accident but I just keep getting new ones because bills don’t stop for my body. But I can’t do it anymore.

With the mix of chronic pain due to a tangible lasting injury, CPTSD, depression, and anxiety, would I likely be eligible for disability? Am I correct in assuming they would probably request: updated x-rays of my spine, a doctor’s confirmation of chronic pain likelihood, and an updated diagnosis from a therapist for my mental conditions? And, is there anything else I’m missing they’d probably want? I do not/have not received ongoing therapy for the mental conditions, or treatment for my back (also too expensive)… would that make me ineligible?

Maybe my most inconsequential pet peeve about the show was the bus stop scene in the finale. Look, I get it on a surface level. It was cute. “Oo you get to see all the real characters next to each other!”

But statistically speaking it bothers me so bad. Every single character important throughout the show, and ONLY every character important throughout the show, all at the same bus stop at the same time. All of them and nobody else.

It’s a very minor thing but I wish they had been more, idk, metaphorical about it? Like maybe a timelapse of a location and all the characters pass through it at separate points? Idk.

This is 2 questions in one post, lol.

1.) My 8mo is a bubbly drama queen who loves to eat and play. But the last few days, she’s been eating and playing in between naps as long as FIVE HOURS. Last night she slept for 13 hours straight. Do I need to be waking her up to eat when she sleeps that long? Is it healthy/normal for a baby to sleep that long?

2.) She is such a good baby and when she gets upset, she gets FURIOUS, but it hardly ever happens. One thing I think she should get furious for but simply doesn’t, is poopy diapers. She won’t let me know she has one AT ALL. We’ve started just calling every poop a “surprise poop” because she’ll just happily sit in it indefinitely. She gets mad about pee but doesn’t care about poop. Is that normal? Because it doesn’t feel like it.

Edit: No advice wanted. I just wanted to vent. We communicate extensively about it - I just needed to express my feelings without having to soften my words so he doesn’t feel responsible because it’s not his fault.

Edit 2: I DON’T WANT ADVICE! I appreciate it but please… I don’t want it. Of course I’ve considered therapy.

I’m a (relatively) happily married 27F with an amazing partner and a beautiful baby. I wouldn’t trade my husband for the world, he’s my best friend. But I hate having s<x with him SO much. It’s not a him problem, he’s good at it and if I suggest any improvements he makes them. I just hate s<x period. It feels tedious and inherently gross.

I can rarely force myself to do it and I’m miserable the whole time, and it’s unfair to him too because it’s his favorite form of intimacy. But I just can not look at it as anything other than disgusting. I don’t want to be alone but I don’t want to “trade” companionship for s*x either. It’s just hard. Idk. I hate this.

Made a venmo yesterday and received one payment ($15) successfully. Since then, all my clients have said they get an error message saying they can’t pay me. The chat bot is beyond useless so I can’t figure out why payments are being blocked. I need to fix this ASAP… why is this happening and how can I fix it?

(Not asking advice)

9 years ago, all 4 of my wisdom teeth grew in and impacted. The bottom right one got an abscess and I was given antibiotics and a date to have the teeth extracted a month later (a little over a month before my 18th birthday). I was on an <18 dental insurance plan, and 2 weeks before the extraction they told me my insurance decided not to cover me because I’d be aging out of it soon.

Well, I just never really got to a place financially to pull them after that. When I was quoted 4k I gave up. The bottom right tooth still gets an abscess maybe twice a year but I get some antibiotics and it goes away in a couple days.

3 days ago it abscessed again but this time it’s… really bad. Like constantly leaking pus and blood. I have an appointment for next week but man. It’s awful. It hurts so bad and it scares me because I know having pus in your mouth can make you septic. Just wanted to vent I guess. This sucks.

Every time I make a post in r/unpopularopinion where the comments are like “finally an unpopular opinion”, it gets removed for being a “r/self style post”. Are we only supposed to share other people’s opinions we don’t agree with, because what is an opinion if it doesn’t belong to yourself? I think the mods get butthurt about seeing a post get upvotes, even though that’s the entire point of their sub.

So many horrible crimes have been solved by voluntary Ancestry tests, where unknown DNA is finally linked to a certain family tree and the criminal can be narrowed down from there. People say “well I don’t want the government to have my DNA”… what are they gonna do, clone you? And then what?? I don’t believe any bad can outweigh the good that it would do in terms of criminal justice.