By skyforbes I'm in New York State.
Last year I saw a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for free through my community college for a psychiatric assessment.
I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (Moderately Severe) and Social Anxiety Disorder (Severe).
Since then, i've been seeing a therapist at the college… and now my medicaid is covering an intensive outpatient program that i'm in.
I have held down the same retail job for 11 years, being there part time (64 hours a month / 16 hours a week), and a large part of the reason why i've been there so long is because of my anxiety and depression preventing me from looking for other employment.
I'm about to graduate community college, i'll be job searching soon, Hopefully quitting my part-time job now for a real job, and I know i'm going to struggle a lot.
I'm just so sad as well because I fear these work requirements are going to take away my resources. I'm going to struggle a lot without a therapist or extra support. Its harder as well when I have recurrent depressive episodes and I wont be able to get support through that.