I'm 23. Just been diagnosed with an illness for which I'll have to take methotrexate probably for the rest of my life - the doctors have told me that the damage to my knees from this is already pretty severe and causes a lot of pain while walking, but the government isn't interested. I can walk for a little while, therefore I can stand and run around for 8 hours working some retail job.
I just got a degree but my prospects in that area aren't too high. I was fine when I started the degree (relatively, anyway) and most of the jobs within the area are very active OR require extra education, which I can't afford. I've applied for hundreds of jobs relating to admin stuff sitting at a desk and even though I'm good at interviews it all comes back the same - not enough experience in the area/with the programs. I don't have the money to live away from my parents right now which we all desperately want - I'm 23 and they're both retired and understandably don't want a moocher living in the house. I don't qualify for benefits that would allow me to live on my own, especially not in a place where I can have my own toilet (which I need for other health-related reasons). I don't really get what I'm supposed to do here. Obviously, I won't be able to take sick leave every other day when I inevitably overdo it working 8 hours a day in a full time job and I can't control when flares happen or when I need to run off and throw up from the pain.
I don't want to be on benefits for life, but I don't really see what other option I have. It's all looking ridiculously bleak and hopeless. And yeah, I know plenty of other people can manage with this - I really, really can't. I could barely handle university which was only two lectures a week.
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