Lemongrass I became disabled in 1998 and lost all my confidence due to issues at my last few jobs. I could not hold a job for longer than 2 to 4 (maximum) years. I would get to a point (for various reasons) that I just had to escape or leave. My family never understood and always insisted that I get another job.

I should have been diagnosed and become disabled LONG before I was. This was in my mid-twenties to early thirties. I had lost all my confidence by then and never did regain much of it. I was ashamed because I was the way I was. Now, I am pretty much antisocial with respect to dealing with people face to face but do fine online. Online, people do not see.

Now, I can not afford to have any decent place to live due to the price and availability of housing I can afford. I am stuck in the hell that is the Independent Living Facility - private owners who rent rooms in houses they own. They prey on people who have no other place to go, are vulnerable in some way, or do not want people to ask questions.

I can not get the PRIVATE room I need because I can not pay these ILF owners enough. Where I am now only has three actual rooms with lockable doors and privacy. I am in a small partitioned off space that does not allow any measure of privacy because there is no door. This was done to avoid having to have permits and inspections and the walls do not go...

...all the way to the ceiling. I was basically DUMPED at this place by the owner of the last ILF I lived in where the owner had been trying to evict me since last October without cause. The owner of this house I live in does not want dogs here and does not seem to want to recognize Service or Emotional Support animals. I went round and round about this...

...with the guy that rents the rooms here. After three rounds of not making any progress I stopped it and walked off. I told the guy we were going in circles, not accomplishing anything, could not do this any more right now, and walked off. He left and got in his car and drove off.

At this time, I do not even have a valid ESA letter for Snooki due to new laws that are cracking down on those who write these letters without even having any personal contact with a client. Now, I think the ESA letter must be written by a mental health professional who has at least 30 days of history with somebody. So, I am on a path to get some...

...history with a mental health professional who can write a proper ESA letter for Snooki and me. I do not know what is going to happen to me here in the next 30 days if I can not provide a proper ESA letter for Snooki that proves I need her.

thanks for the background. I’m sorry you are in that position. In my country there are at least some more supportive structures. Are some US states more helpful than others?

In many cases, it depends which state you are in. In my case, that would be altered.