Posted by KaraS on July 25, 2005, at 15:35:07
In reply to Re: Raving SSI and other Ravens:-) » Sabino, posted by barbaracat on July 18, 2005, at 16:08:21
>>My main disability was fibromyalgia with secondary bipolar disorder. It was the bipolar that clinched it for me. I was concerned that my records might get out and make reemployment difficult ('she's a nutcase!') but the details are not in the public record.
Hi barbaracat,Do you mind if I ask you more about the records of SSI. If I were to look for work and I had been on SSI, could a potential employer easily find that out? I understand from what you're saying above that they couldn't find out the details of a person's condition, but could they find out that I had been on SSI at all?
The fear of that information being available is one of the things that has kept me from applying (aside from having so little motivation in general and aside from not wanting to entertain the notion that I won't be well and able to work soon). Yet I haven't worked for almost 3 years now. I've even been afraid to apply for the short-term general relief for fear that a future potential employer might be able to find that out and make things even harder for me to return to the work world.
(Please forgive me if any of these questions are redundant as I haven't read the entire thread.)Thanks,
KaraP.S. 10 cats? Wow! I have two and between their medical bills and their chewing up my electrical cords, they really take require a lot of money (of course they're worth every penny of it).
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