/hikki/ - Hikikomori

>>5979

Any tips? Social worker or not? Did you live with parents while you were waiting for ssi? Anything i should avoid doing?

>>6184

also keep in mind this guide may not get you far, he's basically says what every other neet/hikki would; "research your 'illnesses', and fake it convincingly." you may encounter someone who can read people well or knows mentally ill people and then your fucked. its happened to me, just expect it.

>>5997

>Any tips.

If you have real long documentation history, then, you are more likely. Lived with someone to make things easier of us for both. Thats what I did.

Professional Tip: Follow the basic rule in all life, to not actively f-up. Do not disquakify yourself, and then, you can have the good success If you were qualifiable. So, don't mistake, give them information. And dont lie wildly because they may talk to doctors you have had or send you to. If you have kied, doctors may be able to see this and tell SSA.

Most important. Ceep Calm and wait it out, reapply as necessary.

>>6189

Have you or anyone ever heard of anyone getting dropped for good after 3 reappeals/judge in a more liberal state like california? Ive been out of work for 8 yrs and have all sorts of problems, admitted myself to hospital once and thinking of doing it again. Once they recommend me to therapists and reaources maybe this will boost my chances.

I really wonder if there is a hidden law or rule where psych ward admission twice or more qualifies you like Uncle Remus guide claims

I have an interview coming up on the 20th (over the phone). Apparently they're gonna ask me a shit-ton of questions, and they explicitly told my mom that she can't help me at all.

>>6200

> they explicitly told my mom that she can't help me at all.

That's fucking bullshit well either way hope it goes well for you anon.

>>6199

As a hikki (for 6+ months) intermittentaly over many year. I don't have any examples of others in my life in any states. However, california and "like california" can mean very differently depending on if difference is liveral about social politics or about gibsmedats (i support). West virginia for example is not huge liberally state, but has many disabled on SSI and Social Security.

If you have a disability that should qualify you, if you seek treatment consistently while reapplying and waiting for hearing, and accumulate documantetion, and especially if you have disablety lawyer, thenYOU SHOULD GET THE MONEY. the system is designed to support us. that's what its there for.

give them all the reason to approves you and then they will. They arent punished for approving too many people, they have no reason AGAINST approving you as long as you seem legitimate and give them documentation to justify their approving youmen.

>>6212

Thanks fellow neet, i have been unployed for 8+ yrs, and at my breaking point. Ill be turning myself into the psych ward tommmorow and see where things go from there.

If any other cali neets have ssi advice id appreciate it so i can get out of my psychotic house

>>6215

> i have been unployed for 8+ yrs, and at my breaking point. Ill be turning myself into the psych ward tommmorow and see where things go from there.

Be sure to give us an update when you get out anon.

i got it for agoraphobia and social anxiety. when they asked me to go visit them i refused and made them send doctors to interview me. whenever they asked for me to go somewhere i told them i was homebound and they needed to arrange somebody to come to me. all i had a was a long history of being a shut-in and i got it. i got sent to the psych ward as a teen once because i was a shut-in and the police got called to remove me and placement in the psych ward was the first step to start the process.

if you've an actual hikikomori with a history of being a shut-in then agoraphobia and social anxiety is easy to get it. i legitimately didn't give a shit if i got it or not and simply refused to leave anywhere to try to get it. now i live by myself and the last time they even reviewed my case was like 5 years ago. it was just some doctor who came and asked me some questions and left. besides that i just fill out paperwork they send me once per year. the place i'm living hassles me constantly with shit while ssi/ss is totally chill

>>6274

I had a job that paid pretty well. I was fired and became a real hikki after a while after many failed attempts at finding a new one. I kinda gave up on finding another job now… But the unemployment money will run out eventually so it's not like I can stay like this forever.

>>6281

That's something I'm working on now. I just hate interviews. I seem to either do really well or really poorly on them.

>>6282

>That's something I'm working on now. I just hate interviews. I seem to either do really well or really poorly on them.

Same here actually.

>>6326

>>6326

I had to do something similar to get unemployment insurance. It's $681/week. All I had to do was fill out a bunch of stuff and do the phone interview and then they told me to wait a week before I was finally approved. You should just have a doctor sign that you are unable to work. I had to do that to get disability in the past when I was still employed. Submitted a bunch of stuff to the life insurance company including diagnoses and medical records.

Donald J Trump sends me $750 a month to not leave the house.

I have two appointments, examinations, coming up. On the 17th and 21st, and I'm nervous as hell. And I think I'll actually have to leave my room those days but my mom is calling tomorrow to see if they'll come to me.

My mom is telling me how I'll have to act a bit "off" for them in order to get approved but fuck man, most of my issues aren't expressive ones, they're internalized. The only way they're expressed is through my lack of hygiene, i.e no showering for weeks and my hair is ratted and I haven't shaved. I want this money for both me and my mom but man, 2 appointments? I'm so nervous I might not have to act on the day of the appointments, I'll probably just naturally have a mental breakdown.

Fuck.

>>6719

Social Security cancelled the two appointments as they decided they had enough information to make a decision on my case based on my medical records (for which there are a lot). Hopefully this is a good thing as all my illnesses are documented and such. It's a relief not having to go to those appointments but I'm still worried. I'd be happy with just $200 a month, if I could just get that I'd be able to help my mom out.

i get 1000€. my dad helped me apply

I have an interesting situation in which I have been seeing a mental health facility on govt'd bux for almost two years now. My first diagnosis was schizoaffective and when I asked for the financial assistance they said they had career fairs, which was a hard pass. Now my new diagnosis is bipolar and my schizoaffective is cleared, but it would only take 4 months of monitoring to apply for SSI. I applied once but they wanted stuff from me that I would have to call people to get so I let the application expire. Apparently, they will help me now with my new psych whereas my old psych knew nothing about financial benefits? Will report back if I get it.

>>5979

(I know it's been a while since you posted but in case you're still around)

I'm not asking for specifics since obviously you're talking about characters from your novel, but could you at least point to general directions or domains you imagine those fictional characters would be working in ?

Would it be based on opportunity, on commercial business, on exploitation of information..? I'm interested because I'm wrting a novel too.

I got approved today. I'm financially and medically approved, specifically. Now I'm waiting on a call to tell me how much exactly I'll be getting. It took 4 months to get to this point. It's such a relief.

>>6762

Holy shit, I get $2000 USD in payback and from now on $500 monthly…. I'm in shock.

>>6763

Which part of it is shocking? Sounds pretty standard to me.

>>6762

Also, congrats my guy.

>>6763

You might get more backpay in 6 months or so. They like to stagger it.

Also, you have to keep your balance under 2000 but there's a grace period after getting backpay. I don't remember how long. Several months at least.

Jesus fucking Christ.

I'm happy for you guys who were successful, but I've been trying to get back my SSI for 10 years now.

> TEN. FUCKING. YEARS

I was initially granted it for depression/anxiety as a teen only for them to discontinue it for no good reason once I turned 20.

And not only am I still mentally ill, but I'm at least 5x worse than I was back then, with physical problems now too. I also had four strokes and an aneurysm that almost killed me, and I can barely walk or speak from the brain/nerve damage.

What the fuck am I doing wrong?

>>6788

>Sounds pretty standard to me.

I'm 21 and have never held a job so I've never had any sort of income. It's just strange is all.

>>6790

>Also, you have to keep your balance under 2000

Thanks for the tip

>>6793

>ten years

>What the fuck am I doing wrong?

Yeah, what are you doing exactly? You know the form you have to fill out that has questions and writing sections for you? Well, for any question that wasn't a simple answer, I typed out a very long and detailed response and attached a paper full of answers. I think in total I had 4 or so pages full of written responses. I had a so-called "witness" I put down, which was my mom. So in addition to me filling out this form, she got her own form sent from Social Security and wrote answers down for every section and wrote similar to me but did her own thing of course. And of course I have numerous diagnoses; avoidant personality disorder, social phobia, bipolar I disorder, and neurodevelopmental disorder. I think the main thing is you need a written diagnosis of something more significant (to the eyes of social security) than depression and social anxiety.

If you have to, anon, twist the truth a bit; not lie exactly but stress certain things, emphasize, exaggerate your issues.

This is just how I went through it, and it seemed to work out though maybe I'm just a rare case, I don't know.

Legally blind in leafland. almost 900 dollars a month.

1070 USD month in sweden.

>>6799

> I typed out a very long and detailed response and attached a paper full of answers.

Same anon here. I actually did this as part of a fair hearing request, and you know what happened?

I got a response from the judge, dismissing everything I said. Her reason being that since I was "intelligent enough" to write all that, that I couldn't possibly be disabled.

> The fucking cunt actually dismissed all of my mental and physical disabilities just because I didn't sound retarded enough.

>>6953

It's all over.

I have just a month till I have to go to their program orientation.

This will be my final days as a shut in.

6 years was not enough.

>>6756 here with an update

The facility actually kept my schizoaffective diagnosis only adding bipolar to it. I was on heavy antipsychotics and they did dangerous things to me. I gave the doctor the finger when he didn't believe I wasn't schizoaffective and discharged myself from the facility. No autismbux for me. Going to look into a new psych tho, fuck this last guy.

Anyone familiar with getting on public housing in the U.S? How do I do it? What's the process? I'm on SSI right now, getting $500 a month.

>>7007

>How do I do it? What's the process?

Section 8

I don't know the specific details but you have to apply and then it's basically a lottery system. IIRC something like a 2 year wait on average

>>7035

How did you “play” it up I’m curious?

>>7096

Avoiding eye contact, strongly accentuating my anxiety by taking overt deep breaths and needing to physically stand up from my seat every now again, being very vague & tense with my body language in general, being as stupid, clumsy & incompetent as possible when it came to any testing involved, which itself was basically limited to just a single IQ & personality test filled with random logic, visual, & auditory problems to solve that, granted, I would've done pretty badly on either way. I can recall on how one section asked me to describe my favorite hobbies/past times and I just wrote in big crayon letters how I "liked Chrono Trigger because it has nice characters & a good story". When I was asked to expand on that, I just shook my head and said "No, sorry. I can't.". Hilarity being that I'd never even fucking played Chrono Trigger and still haven't, in fact. Just seemed like a good autistic thing to write at the time to, again, ham it up a little. Maybe none of it made any difference in the end, but enh. Who can say. Still couldn't hurt to keep in mind for other prospective hermits seeking disability, though. Every little bit helps.

>>7100

Funny story and thanks for sharing. I'm a bit worried about the Chrono Trigger part because it's a detail that could give your identity away and put your autism bux in peril.

>>7100

Ct? That's fucking hilarious, you shoulda picked a game from your generation. Maybe I'll do the same on my ssi assessment your in the USA right

can someone please help me, how do you actually get in the process of getting a diagnosis, i forced myself to go outside and to a psych but all he did was give me a prescription for anxiety medication because i seemed anxious and sent me away and now i feel horrible and stupid because it was a complete waste of money and time

>>7731

I just told the therapist the symptoms, what was going on with me, because I went there specifically to get diagnosed, so that my family would leave me alone. Maybe it will help, but there is a lot of luck involved. Depends on the person that you talk to.

>>7736

thanks anon