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No. It's what this person came to, assuming the letter was legit.
Exactly, it is what a person who suffers from mental illness that happens to be unemployed came to. The overwhelming majority of mentally healthy people press on.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are quite a few people feeling that way. Imagine having no income at all, no unemployment, having your utilities shut off, losing your home and all of your possessions, and having nowhere to go.
This country is a disgrace.
But hey, keep outsourcing American jobs overseas! Keep bailing out the rich! Keep increasing that wealth for the top 1%!
Exactly, it is what a person who suffers from mental illness that happens to be unemployed came to. The overwhelming majority of mentally healthy people press on.
You're 100% wrong. Not everyone who commits suicide is "mentally ill". This could be someone who's life just unraveled due to job loss.
They get laid off, start to "eat" into their savings, due to age and the economy send out hundreds and hundreds or resumes and get nothing.
Maybe a couple of interviews that go nowhere and they see their bank account dwindling.
There living in a nightmare with no end in sight.
To assume they're mentally ill is both ignorant and callous on your part.
Exactly, it is what a person who suffers from mental illness that happens to be unemployed came to. The overwhelming majority of mentally healthy people press on.
Wrong!! I used to be happy before I lost my job and have thought about ending it myself. I just feel hopeless that I am never going to work again.
Imagine for a moment, you lose your job. You work aimlessly trying to find another one. You read up on interviewing, invest in new interview clothes, network, and exceed your state's job search requirements. You even go back for some training. Despite all your efforts, you are frequently bashed and called lazy by the outside world. Your friends and family agree with the outside world. You lose your friends.
Now, imagine losing your home, pets, savings account, health insurance, and moving back to your home state so you can hear the endless bitching by your own family about you being lazy despite all your efforts to find a job.
Hopelessness eventually settles in and suicide just seems like the only way out.
For me, I'm 131 weeks unemployed. My 93 weeks of UI was very helpful. But I'm one of the lucky few 99ers that still has income from $1095 monthly SSDI and full Medicare A & B and Medicaid health insurance. Back in 2001 I qualified for SSDI due to my mental illness. I was depressed for years living on SSDI back in 2004 but then I had a premonition that my SSDI would help me in the coming economic depression. Luckily we have no mortgage, I pay no rent, and my parents pay all the bills and property tax.
I can see where a lot of 99ers without income would be very depressed. My SSDI keeps me happy and I can buy good groceries and fast food and enjoy Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, etc.
If you commit suicide you will go to Hell which is a much worse condition.
There are people who live in worse condition than this! People in the Philippines have no welfare, food stamps, SSDI, or unemployment benefits. Sometimes there is gov housing for the poor. So if you're unemployed in the Philippines you have to rely on family and relatives.
For me, I'm 131 weeks unemployed. My 93 weeks of UI was very helpful. But I'm one of the lucky few 99ers that still has income from $1095 monthly SSDI and full Medicare A & B and Medicaid health insurance. Back in 2001 I qualified for SSDI due to my mental illness. I was depressed for years living on SSDI back in 2004 but then I had a premonition that my SSDI would help me in the coming economic depression. Luckily we have no mortgage, I pay no rent, and my parents pay all the bills and property tax.
I can see where a lot of 99ers without income would be very depressed. My SSDI keeps me happy and I can buy good groceries and fast food and enjoy Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, etc.
If you commit suicide you will go to Hell which is a much worse condition.
There are people who live in worse condition than this! People in the Philippines have no welfare, food stamps, SSDI, or unemployment benefits. Sometimes there is gov housing for the poor. So if you're unemployed in the Philippines you have to rely on family and relatives.
What do you do with your $ 1000 a month check if you have no rent, no health insurance and no bills to pay ?
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