Cannot escape poverty, what's the cheapest place in the world for me to move to?

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I can't cope and getting depressed again. I can't earn enough money. Had a real go with lots of tries at being freelance, because my health problems make it extremely hard to keep a normal job. Time off for hospital appointments etc.

I'm on my own in the UK and just done. I have a partner is another country but don't have a visa.

Need to move somewhere it's really cheap to have housing and food, I can't cope here anymore. Everyday is a massive struggle worrying how to pay the bills once my savings totally run out. No money is coming in. Not entitled to any benefits apart from Jobseeker's Allowance maybe which I don't bother with because I can't stand the effect it has on my mental health.

I just can't cope. It's too expensive just being alive. I have no family I can go to stay with, there is literally nowhere to go to relax.

It's like being in a nightmare except I never wake up. Constant, constant stress of money I can never overcome. Yeah I can borrow money but have no way of paying it back if I can't earn.

Where can I go??? Where can I find somewhere to rest???? I need to calm down and can't calm down, I'm having nightmares when I'm asleep, I'm not depressed but the impossible financial reality is making me depressed...because... where can it go from here?

It will never get better? Just breathing and eating and sleeping somewhere safe costs too much money? Let alone upkeep of clothes for interviews, reliable computer to try to find jobs, even small fees for retraining???

I just want to go away and escape, I need to escape.

I'm not sure what your qualifications are OP but what about tutoring? there is a big demand most specifically for maths and English with the rate being around £25-30 an hour for a private tutor. If you don't have specific qualifications then it might be hard to get started but if you were good you'd get business by word of mouth. It would require a fair bit of research regarding exam requirements if you were looking at older pupils. Although you'd probably have set times with people, it would be mostly late afternoon/evenings/weekends and there would be a degree of flexibility. It's maybe not enough for a full time income but could be part of an overall work strategy. There seem to be organisations that do it on-line too.

Also a neighbour of mine works as a home based PA for a few different people. She dials into meetings and takes minutes and types them up, sets up meetings, issues out letters (dictated over phone or from context given in emails). She fits this around doing some dog walking and makes a pretty decent living I think.

Please don't get help from anyone making their first claim. Get proper help from advice worker.

Hi all,
Good to see this thread calming down and being supportive again. Peace and love and all that stuff, and Happy IWD as well.

Hope You sort the ESA out and a career you like .
IF You don't want to claim PiP that's fine but You maybe able to get help in other ways though . Access to work support ( check your local council ), access to interviews for council jobs, civil service jobs, working tax credits with disability element if you can only manage part-time work.
It seems your disability limits your day to da activities at some point , at least several hours, during the day or night , the mayority of the days each week though and this type of fluctuation counts for Pip as the activities must be done regularly, safely, repetly, etc , hard to explain you have to read the assessors handbook to know what I mean , the flcutuating conditions where pip is a nightmare to get are the ones when one week ok, another not, or a few weeks ok a few not, etc .You probably also have plenty of evidence if you have such regular appointments each week but you don't need to claim Pip anyway , ESA and HB is OK with a plan to earn more money . PIP often does help with taxi fares and other expensives related to disability though and those than work can get it as well but if you can manage without it that's ok too.

So I have made an application for ESA on the phone. It took quite a long time but at the same time it was relatively straightforward for now.

The woman was really nice, I felt sightly weird at the start of the call but she was honestly lovely to me.

Brilliant I'm so glad you've taken this first step for ema. if you're entitled to a benefit why not have it? Wishing you all the best in moving forward.

GDPR consultancy is a great idea. Supporting companies who market services or charities who fundraise to contact their database to confirm consent for data processing. Good luck OP.

"If you can open a packet of crackers (and frequently do so because pain or exhaustion mean you can't shop or cook) they will say you can take adequate nutrition. It's that simple."

No that's simply not true, pip is hard to get but there also a lot of myths floating around.
It's not black and white if you can or cannot perform tasks. It's about pain, speed , fatigue, reliably, repeatedly.
Anyway I was merely answering your last post to myself. I won't mention pip again.

MyDCAreMarvel that is what was written on my friend's assessment report.

I saw it with my own eyes. The assessor had written down that my friend struggled to make a simple meal but was able to get herself some crackers so scored 0 points on that descriptor.

It's shocking, but true.

so glad you spoke to somebody nice. fingers crossed!

I had the same issue with my esa assessment .. because I make myself toast I am able to feed myself and scored 0 points. The fact that at my lowest point is I'd have eaten nothing else if my dd didn't prepare food was irrelevant.

I wish I could stop repeating myself. This is why you need a proper advisor, they know how to phrase things so you will get the point.
E.g. Someone was asked how they were coping with pain and replied I am ok if I sit down. No points. With advice said I can't stand or walk without pain, and will be unable to walk next day. Max points for walking.

Op - please don't invest in CELTA unless you are sure you would be able to commit to a regular teaching time slot every week. You can't miss lessons for medical appointments/pain except very infrequently.

Can you go into shared accommodation? Fixed price to include utilities?

Speak to an advisor at Mencap, Mind, Scope or any charity related to your illness. They're trained to help you complete the forms in the correct way.

Thinking of you

Have you got any further forward?