Help Us Overcome Financial Hardship

Hi everyone! First off, I want to say thanks for taking the time to read this. This is extremely difficult for me to talk about and it means more than you know.

I am currently raising money for my father and myself to better our current living situations and catch up on past due rent.

My mom (my dad‘s wife) passed away due to alcoholism back in 2019. Growing up with an alcoholic mother and a father trying the best he can left me with major & severe mental health issues, and it has become hard to balance surviving and taking care of myself in my adult life.

My father and I have always taken steps to better the position of our lives compared to what they have been. Whether that’s filing through the state for help, rental assistance, electricity assistance, Food Share, we have always been on the low-income side of things.

I have been providing for my father for years after my mom passed away into my adult life, and it’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to endure yet. I am exerting myself in places I shouldn’t, and I don’t know how to get out now other than asking for financial help.

No one here is to blame. He is not a bad person. He didn’t come for money, we didn’t come for money. He’s been through terrible things and it’s not an excuse but right now we are struggling severely.

We are currently $1200 past due on July‘s rent and August rent hasn’t been paid either. We have a plan to try to get July‘s rent covered before 12 August and August rents covered before the end of August. (Aside from any help we get here)

I just lost my job last week due to a chronic foot condition that limits what I can do and how often I can work. I filed for disability but I haven’t worked long enough to get it. I’m applying for jobs like crazy and government assistance but everything takes so long.

For the past year, every day I’ve woken up with panic attacks, scared and anxious about where my future is headed and how to get out of this mess that I live in. With this goal being completed, I can take the necessary time to work on my mental health, find a job that will accept my limitations and not feel like I don’t want to wake up anymore.

I would love to have personal conversations with the people that know me about this if anyone would like as well.

I’m not sure how to possibly write everything I want to say, but I am in need of some help now. It’s super hard to admit and I know what people say about other people asking for money, but this is my last option. Thank you