And Submerging Again

I think I probably haven’t mentioned this anywhere else – after something like two and a half years in the process, I have my final¹ appeal for Social Security disability later this month. The irony is, the anxiety produced by the hearing may very well prevent me from effectively communicating why I need disability. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can be dysfunctional enough to demonstrate how dysfunctional I am but not so dysfunctional that I botch the whole process. This is a delicate balance I refer to as the Nugent² Point.

Anyway the whole thing has kicked me right back into survival mode, which means I’ve been spending as much time as possible hiding from everything. I’ll try again later.

1. Theoretically, this can continue to be appealed all the way up through the federal court system. In practice I don’t think it ever goes much beyond this point one way or the other. I could be wrong. ↩︎
2. For those who may be unfamiliar with the story ↩︎