I've never been on these forums before, so I'll introduce myself, I'm 34
and about to have my 35 birthday. My mum has terminal lung cancer and
will be dead in a matter of months according to doctors. I suffer sever
sleep aponea, ADD, chronic depressi...
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I've never been on these forums before, so I'll introduce myself, I'm 34
and about to have my 35 birthday. My mum has terminal lung cancer and
will be dead in a matter of months according to doctors. I suffer sever
sleep aponea, ADD, chronic depression and anxiety. Years ago, back
before they shook up the DSP rules, I was doing consecutive WFD programs
one after another. This was after leaving a job I was good at becasue my
family was moving state. Over the course of these programs I became very
depressed because of the futile activities people are requried to do.
Eventually I broke, and got put on DSP. From then on I was put on and
rejected from almost every job network because of the 'funding' related
requirements, and not being helped with actually getting work or work
experience. I could search for jobs on my own, but was usually rejected
after a time for lack of experience. I've got two Cert IVs in IT, the
newest which is 4 years old, yet I am so desperate for work that I apply
for anything despite my level of education. Nothing helps, I've been
trying 7 years and nothing helps. I was put on medication some time ago
which allows me to function at 80% of any other employee, but now
centrelink has reduced my capacity to work and I can't tell them I'm
able to because a) the medication isn't PBS covered, and I'm allergic to
what is b) if I lost DSP I would lose the medication and be unable to
cope up too and if I got a job because it's what gives me the ability to
function at 80%. In a few months I will only have my sister, other than
that I will be completely alone, my other closest friend online also has
cancer and she will be gone soon too. I know this sounds trivial, but at
my age there is no real assistance, no help, I've been put on the scrap
heap of society and if I only had a chance I feel I could get off it. It
feels like life is becoming completely meaningless, and I'm about to be
hit with a tidle wave of loss, and I just wish it would stop/slow down
so there was more time to fix things. So..... Anyway....... that's me...
Anyone else on DSP that really wants to join the real world but has been
sidelined with no assistance?