What to do in the meantime?

[Quivz]

I have been in therapy for severe anxiety for about a year and a half now. I have yet to perceive any improvement. I understand it may take a very long time to see any, but that raises the problem of what to do now. I am unable to maintain any sort of work, but after assessment by centrelink i don't qualify for disability. Therefore i had to go on newstart (which is for job seekers), but i struggle to meet those requirements as they mostly involve activities which induce my anxiety, not to mention the ever present threat of succeeding in getting a job which i am unable to do, which will cause me to quit or get fired, which will disqualify me from newstart. And if it is a really long haul for me through treatment, how am i supposed to live. Will i just have to come to terms with being broke and dependent on others for food and shelter through the best years of my life? I've tried to find ways to make money from home, but haven't been able to make a cent. What do other people do? Is there some solution i've overlooked.

[Simona]

You are not alone.

I too wonder what happens to people like me in the end.   I sell on Ebay and so far that's it.  My partner supports me and that is what saves me from the Centrelink.  

i have delivered phone books last year and was selling make-up beauty stuff door to door.  Some people just hid inside and pretended not to be home and i would haveto yell 'i know you're in there' because it was pretty rude of them.

[Simona]

Hello : )

I have more things to add.   

You can clean peoples houses while they are at work.  Or walk dogs. You can also weed peoples gardens. Or you can just do what I did delivering phone books but that's pretty hard yakka to do alone unless you're fit like me.  Also you can deliver advertising stuff  like those very old people. I don't do that because 2 people are already doing that and 1 of them has that motorized scooter and I don't really like him because he raced me last year while I was doing the phone books.  Like he always had to be in front and he'd stuff all his paper rubbish in the mailbox leaving no room for my phone book

But I hope I helped you out with ideas anyway.

also I don't make a habit of yelling to strangers but people pretending not to be home while crashing about inside can hurt the feelings.  I'm actually very friendly and helpful  and I didn't really yell much.  Mostly I would just sing it out  : ) I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea