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Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by jraph »

ratg13 wrote: post #186
skeeter2020 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Q: My life is falling apart on all fronts and I'm struggling with physical and mental health issues; what should I do? A: Read this book. Only on HN...

Bashing people trying to help is usually a reddit thing, but here we are. This website is a text based medium. Literally the only thing that can conveyed here is information. Books, as you are aware, can contain even more information and advice than this website. If the person was looking for something other than information and advice, they would be looking elsewhere.

I have an intuition that there's a reasoning problem in this comment but I can't point out what exactly this time.

Verbal clues and facial expressions are also pieces of information, so the fact that HN is a text-based medium does not set it apart from other communication mediums only because it conveys information.

People going to HN to ask for help probably do this because they are familiar with this community, not necessarily because it is text-based and probably haven't rationalized this aspect that much.

Anyway, good luck to OP. I don't have any insight on this matter.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by Agingcoder »

agumonkey wrote: post #155
skeeter2020 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Q: My life is falling apart on all fronts and I'm struggling with physical and mental health issues; what should I do? A: Read this book. Only on HN...

HN bashing can only go so far, every where people have the same prototypes of answers, HN, reddit, boards, public transportation :)

I didn't read it as bashing, but as a joke

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by epgui »

TimPC wrote: post #89

I’m sorry you live in one of the worst countries in the world to be disabled in. While this can be challenging everywhere, the US is especially bad at providing adequate support, both financially and otherwise. What might help you is looking for a job with part time responsibilities and part time wages and investing full-time into that job if you need to to keep up. If this is viable for a tech role you’re likely to…

> I’m sorry you live in one of the worst countries in the world to be disabled in.

The US is such a bad country by almost any fundamental metric... I think it's just a matter of time before its economic privilege implodes.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by KennyBlanken »

solardev wrote: post #35
geocrasher wrote: post #12

My friend, I am very sorry. Focus on what you can do right now . The first thing you can do is work hard to find joy in every day of life. Yes, it exists, and yes, you have to look for it. This will help you turn around your depression. My wife found joy every day even though she was terminally ill, and I'd be remiss not to point you to the same place where she learned to find it: https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teaching…

Hey, FYI, I initially flagged your post because I thought it was spam... thought JW had moved into the online version of door-to-door Watchtowering with drive-by evangelism. But I was wrong, and I'm sorry. You're just a regular part of this community and your wife happens to have religious beliefs that helped her through tough times. I apologize for jumping to conclusions, and I'm posting this response mostly so othe…

Jehova's Witnesses aren't a legitimate religion. They're a cult, and the parent comment to you is engaged in predatory behavior exactly of the sort any cult is known for.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by rand846633 »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #109
whitepoplar wrote: post #18

I'm not sure what the cause of your chronic pain is, but I would highly recommend reading John Sarno's "The Mindbody Prescription." I've dealt with chronic pain for years and it's the only thing that's had any effect. Please, please , don't write it off until you've read the book. Note that Sarno's work focuses on back pain, but it applies to all types of chronic pain (including migraines, which he discusses in the b…

Everybody should read Sarno's book. It's a short read and even if it doesn't help your back pain it will probably alleviate something else. My partner and I both had pain that disappeared from reading Sarno. Back and wrist pain are gone.

This might sound snarky I apologize. How do you know that you pain disappeared from reading a book, when it could have been random coincidence?

Or to phrase it the other way: I have had some or the other sort of pain in my life, and these pains did, rather randomly leave. Would I have read a book or done some random ritual at this point in time, I might now misattribute the relief to the random ritual.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by RickJWagner »

TimPC wrote: post #89

I’m sorry you live in one of the worst countries in the world to be disabled in. While this can be challenging everywhere, the US is especially bad at providing adequate support, both financially and otherwise. What might help you is looking for a job with part time responsibilities and part time wages and investing full-time into that job if you need to to keep up. If this is viable for a tech role you’re likely to…

Yes, the pain would clearly be much less if OP were elsewhere.

It's why the US border is clogged with people trying to get in. They hate the better care elsewhere, obviously.

Yeesh.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by whitepoplar »

m00x wrote: post #190
whitepoplar wrote: post #18

I'm not sure what the cause of your chronic pain is, but I would highly recommend reading John Sarno's "The Mindbody Prescription." I've dealt with chronic pain for years and it's the only thing that's had any effect. Please, please , don't write it off until you've read the book. Note that Sarno's work focuses on back pain, but it applies to all types of chronic pain (including migraines, which he discusses in the b…

While it might be a possible reason for OP's pain, a lot more often, it's actual physiological issues. I read this book and it did nothing for me. I had actual medical issues, and I kept going to different doctors and physios until I found one that found the issue and solved it. OP needs to go see a sports physio and neurologist.

What were your medical issues?

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by qsdf38100 »

jaredklewis wrote: post #168
throw6746 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Summary linked in the comments: https://web.archive.org/web/20101210060431/http://podolsky.e... > Here is my summary of what I think is most important in Dr. Sarno's theory: > 1. The mind and the body are linked. Classic example: the placebo effect -- your mind thinks it's gotten a pill that's gonna fix your body, and what do you know, believing that leads to your body fixing itself. > 2. Not only can the mind-body c…

I have no opinion on the book or author in question, but I’m not clear on why you are so dismissive. The ability for psychological expectations to cause physical pain and even physical symptoms (like those of an allergic reaction) is relatively well established science.

He stated exactly why he was dismissive. You merely reassert the author main point, but fail to address the counter arguments he gave.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by TimPC »

RickJWagner wrote: post #206
TimPC wrote: post #89

I’m sorry you live in one of the worst countries in the world to be disabled in. While this can be challenging everywhere, the US is especially bad at providing adequate support, both financially and otherwise. What might help you is looking for a job with part time responsibilities and part time wages and investing full-time into that job if you need to to keep up. If this is viable for a tech role you’re likely to…

Yes, the pain would clearly be much less if OP were elsewhere. It's why the US border is clogged with people trying to get in. They hate the better care elsewhere, obviously. Yeesh.

Well he’s already mentioned his disability will be denied by the state and that he will have to appeal. Most countries don’t have a default policy of assuming disability claims are fraudulent and doing everything in their power to minimize them. So there is that.

The fact that you have one border with one country that is significantly behind you economically and people cross that border to try and find a better life is not evidence you’re the best place ever. Maybe Mexico is a hellhole and America is thoroughly mediocre but still better than a hellhole. Most people in most parts of the west won’t trade their rights and benefits for the American side of the equation. The world is watching in disbelief as your Supreme Court sets you back 50 years on basic bodily autonomy, freedom from religious coercion, or the ability to have environmental standards. People of the world mostly don’t want to trade their rights for whatever rights Christian Facists deem acceptable.

Re: Ask HN: I'm disabled and out of money. Now what?

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Post by iamzaceffron »

bartread wrote: post #46

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