I’m reaching out for help from my community, family, and friends during this extremely difficult time in my life.

This kind of help is not something I would ask lightly of; however, I am drowning in debt due to medical issues that affect my ability to work. I'm still figuring it out, but may need to go on disability for mental health with ADHD and Bipolar 1/a psych hospitalization 5 years ago/a spiritual emergency that I am still deeply in the process of trying to figure out the right meds for and integrate all this, as well as a twice-injured back/scoliosis/hypermobility. This physical injury is the core of my problem right now, holding me back from moving right in everything I do. My bones and joints move with gravity so easily that I am cracking myself awake for hours each morning just to stand up straight, and then I am painfully managing dislocations in my bones/joints/collagen related tissue throughout the day. Any stretch lasts about 20 minutes to an hour before my body tightens back up again and shrinks in pain.

I’m working however much I can, but I’m struggling to catch up on bills, day-to-day expenses, and make ends meet while also trying to take care of my health. This is making me feel like an extreme burden on my family, who are poor Polish immigrants who lost everything coming here in 83, and are themselves of retirement age and disabled struggling hard to make ends meet for the rest of their lives. We can't afford to replace out AC for 10 grand even.

These donations would help me for the next few months so I can take care of my persistent health issues, and not be on the brink of sui**ide for feeling like a financial burden on those around me, because I cannot yet find a niche in which I can work with my newfound limitations and health problems.