Hi, guys … I am in a really precarious position right now. I am still unemployed and haven’t heard back from anyone at all yet on any job I can afford to take. I’m getting unemployment but it’s not much and I’m behind on most of my bills including my rent. Today I got a shut-off notice for my water if I don’t catch up with my water bill by the 2nd.
I normally offset my unemployment with donating plasma when I don’t have a job so I can afford groceries, but I’ve failed my hematocrit in four attempts this week so they won’t let me come back to donate until I go to a doctor, which I can’t afford to do. (I’ve been off my antidepressants for a few months for just that reason.)
Aside from the plasma donation and my unemployment, the only other income I have is my Patreon, but that doesn’t pay out until the 1st and I can’t wait that long. (I was going to use it to buy myself a new tablet for podcast and writing stuff as a 40th birthday present to myself since I’m more than likely not getting any presents from anyone else, but I guess that’s not happening now without a miracle.)
I just … I’m in a really bad place financially, which is not helping me mentally. My depression has been on the rocks for some time, but it’s been really bad the past couple of weeks. Not being able to donate plasma, as much as I don’t like doing it, is making it really, really hard on my ability to keep my depression at bay.
If you can help at all, even a little bit, I would really appreciate it. I hate being in the position where I have to do this at all, much less on a regular basis, but right now I’m just trying to keep myself from going to a very dark place and no matter what I do nothing seems to be going right for me anymore. Please, PLEASE help me.
