It's a popular saying from a certain commercial portraying feeble and frail people who've taken a tumble and can't get up. Fortunately for them, they have a device hanging around their necks they can conveniently press so they can get the help they need. Well, that's the metaphor of I've found myself in, but unlike them; I have no device that's a beacon of comfort, relief, or assistance of any kind.
For me, it's more like I've fallen through the cracks and have become oblivious to the outside world and the bureaucratic agencies that are supposed to lend a hand when in need. Well, I've found out they are all just an apparatus of futility and frustration.
You see, I was involved in a car accident; getting hit from behind while stopped at a red light - minding my own business trying to stay afloat in this rat race in route to work. Well, from that one incident my life has been turned upside down on a sinking ship with a small pocket of air - we all know that you only have so much oxygen left before you succumb. Well, that "pocket of air" I thought I had are these agencies that supposedly help you in your time of need. I mean, I've paid my taxes for these departments of inefficiencies - I mean of support - that you go to for such circumstances that I've found myself in. So I lose the car, lose the job, apply for unemployment since I qualify - wait, I don't qualify, I mean I did but don't anymore. You see if you get injured and can't work then you don't qualify for unemployment. So I try to get help from these other agencies, but guess what? You guess it, I don't qualify. I don't have any money coming in but because my wife who suffers from a genetic disorder gets a disability check, means I no longer qualify for assistance.
My air, it's getting thinner...gasp! Believe me, I tried everything possible that the government has for such assistance for people like me, but every turn I get denied. Denied for unemployment, denied for Medicaid, denied for the Affordable Care Act, denied for Cash Assistance and denied for EBT(food stamps). Well, I was able to get some EBT and I say some since it's barely enough for a week and it's supposed to be for a month. I had to go show them that they themselves denied my unemployment, but only after calling them three times and going to their office twice - so efficient they are...insert sarcasm.
My pocket of air is shrinking every day and like I've said I've fallen but can't get up; not because I'm just a lazy don't want to do nothing, freeloader looking for handouts from the government, no it's because I'm not those things I can't seem to get anything. I looked online to see how people qualify and this system makes it so hard for hard, honest, working people who go through unfortunate events. They'll help you though if you have a drug addiction, or in abject poverty, or an illegal alien in need of help. But for me who has a brain injury and did everything right - somehow I get it wrong.
I've tried to see if I can get disability like my wife but the wheels of government move so very s-l-o-w. I applied but I won't get considered for another 5 months since that's how backed up they are - at least that's what I was told at the SS office. I'm sure they will initially deny me as well. As for a settlement, that won't happen soon either since I won't be able to see a neurologist for my head injury until March and the accident occurred in September!
I'm not looking for handouts, but I'm at my wit's end. Shouldn't the government have some type of subsidy for people like me who fall through the cracks? Well, I guess I have to start selling my belongings on eBay again. Anyone would like to buy some classic Technics floor speakers in excellent condition?
I'll be laying down where I've fallen if you need or bother to find me. 😂😂😂
