Hey guys I'm a 22 year old woman who is barely keeping her head above water right now. I had to leave home at 18 years old with no job experience or higher education. My mother was an abusive alcoholic who severely stunted me by not giving me any tools to enter the real world with. I was incredibly sheltered, wasn't allowed to hold a job or learn to drive or do any of the things teenagers do to prepare them for the real world.
For the past 4 years I have been learning how to navigate adulthood on my own and I'm barely keeping it together at this point. I live in Fl where a shitty one bedroom in a bad neighborhood runs 600 to 800 dollars a month. I work two jobs and pick up odd jobs here and there and I still barely make enough to make ends meet. I'm just not sure where to go from here honestly. I have a mouth full of cavities and some mental health issues that need addressed but I just don't have the money or the time to get any help.
I should add in Fl you cannot get any government assistance without having a child which I do not. I'm scared I'm heading for a mental breakdown and I don't know what to do. I'm scared of ending up on the streets and that seems like where I'm going to be in the next month or so if I can't figure out what to do. Have any of you been in a similar situation? What can I do to help myself?
Submitted May 23, 2017 at 04:22PM by Helpmeimdrowninghere http://ift.tt/2reJOBa
