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JMCKUSICK

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Thu May 22, 2025, 11:15 AM Yesterday

I'm really really scared [View all]

I surely thought that the close divide in the House would derail this bill as I really expected the moderates to control the outcome, not the crazies. We all know this is going to sail through the Senate after some grandstanding by those who will vote for it anyway.
I'm struggling with so much uncertainty, I can't work but no one seems to give a shit from the SSA to Congress. I feel like I will be one of millions that will be discarded to the curb and forgotten about.
I've struggled with self esteem my whole life, abandonment issues, bouncing from home to home as a child to the point that I have no idea the names of a single family I lived with before coming to the USA.
Every time I feel like I've made progress in trusting and allowing myself to get comfortably close to others, moments like this happen, a lightning bolt from the sky reminding me of my true place in society.
I have fought like hell to "outperform" what little was expected from an uneducated, lonely, lost person who can only be defined by external forces because nobody ever really allowed me to define myself through support, encouragement and embrace.
I've been sitting here all morning trying not to cry, trying to keep this despondency at bay, knowing this day was coming but praying it wouldn't.
Medicaid has literally saved my life, and the medications I now have to take are just as critical to my ongoing health. My pain levels since the FAA on May 9th, has been off the charts, I obviously aggravated my spinal injuries that weekend and that's not helping either.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-john-mckusick-overcome-health-and-financial-struggles

I am placing my GoFundMe link here because July will be here faster than we all care to admit and while I consider you all my family, I feel like the Ocean currents of life will relegate me back to tumbleweed status where my life's shortened span will be lived aimlessly and helplessly wandering wondering why this is my destiny. Even before my Heart Surgery, during my down days I wondered if I'd be better off dead, because we all knew this was coming and if I wasn't such a coward, i would have stopped this train a long long time ago.
I'm sorry, I feel like I'm falling down a deep hole called destiny.
Most people are too busy to stop and help, much less ask what they can do.
Even good morning messages, as poor as they may be, are the easiest things to pass by in our rush to encounter the day..
I can't stop crying and I can't stop feeling how inevitable this destiny is for so many of us. I wish I could just fall asleep and wake up in whatever nightmare my soul has to face next.

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I'm really really scared [View all] JMCKUSICK Yesterday OP
... SheltieLover Yesterday #1
Thank you for the Hug SheltieLover. JMCKUSICK Yesterday #18
I got bdamomma 21 hrs ago #43
Thank you bdamomma. JMCKUSICK 21 hrs ago #46
Here's another MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #45
Thank you MustLoveBeagles JMCKUSICK 21 hrs ago #47
I doubt it'll pass thru te Senate as is. There's talk of splitting it into 3 bills... brush Yesterday #2
I got a AARP membership invite JMCKUSICK Yesterday #3
as of now any one over 65 will get a 4K deduction NT Tickle Yesterday #6
How so? I keep hearing SS benefits are going to be cut. brush Yesterday #8
Not for Seniors, so I have heard NT Tickle Yesterday #33
We've heard the exact opposite. brush Yesterday #39
Lol. 4k. haele Yesterday #13
it works for me Tickle Yesterday #34
an extra $4000 deduction would translate into a reduction of tax owed by $400 to $500 at most. Wiz Imp Yesterday #36
That $400 will be the increase on food. Meadowoak 16 hrs ago #51
Yep. The whole thing is an attempt to fool the public into think they're getting a much better deal than they really are Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #57
Right haele, JMCKUSICK 17 hrs ago #49
I saw that when I googled AARP JMCKUSICK Yesterday #29
A major part of my fear JMCKUSICK Yesterday #19
Agree debm55 22 hrs ago #41
Oh John. Your despair is testimony that you are a deeply sensitive, smart and caring person. Hold steady to your worth. Nanuke Yesterday #4
Thank you Nanuke, JMCKUSICK Yesterday #21
Thank you bdamomma 21 hrs ago #44
I'm scared for you too Arazi Yesterday #5
Thank you for your support Arazi JMCKUSICK Yesterday #30
I don't think he'll mess with senior benefits Tickle Yesterday #7
I'm 58 and have been waiting on SSDI for 21 months and counting JMCKUSICK Yesterday #9
It took me 21 years to get approved synni Yesterday #11
I'm so sorry, I can't JMCKUSICK Yesterday #31
you'll be getting one hell of a check! Tickle Yesterday #35
Best of Luck getting your SSI Cha 15 hrs ago #55
Ditto SuzyandPuffpuff Yesterday #10
Speaking of fighting, I was so disappointed to JMCKUSICK 16 hrs ago #50
I'm scared too XanaDUer2 Yesterday #12
I know you can relate XanaDUer2 JMCKUSICK Yesterday #14
My heart goes out to you, John. Love, Debbie. debm55 Yesterday #15
Thank you Debbie JMCKUSICK Yesterday #23
Right there with you mvd Yesterday #16
The thing that I'm also JMCKUSICK Yesterday #25
I really hope you are wrong about the Senate. SSJVegeta Yesterday #17
For obvious reasons I hope so too SSJVegeta. JMCKUSICK 22 hrs ago #42
Just hours after House passage, senators are already talking about big changes. Wiz Imp Yesterday #20
I sure hope you're right Wiz Imp. JMCKUSICK Yesterday #22
oh, make no mistake, Whatever eventually gets signed into law is going to be really awful Wiz Imp Yesterday #32
They can go shove this big beautiful bill straight up their big beautiful asses! Initech Yesterday #24
A bit of good news, gab13by13 Yesterday #26
We need four right? JMCKUSICK Yesterday #27
It's a start, gab13by13 Yesterday #28
That's true gab13by13 JMCKUSICK 23 hrs ago #40
So sorry sending you hugs Meowmee Yesterday #37
Thank you Meowmee, JMCKUSICK Yesterday #38
I'm scared, too Delmette2.0 18 hrs ago #48
We are comrades in arms Delmette2.0 JMCKUSICK 16 hrs ago #54
Do you or can you qualify for SSI or SSDI? Hopefully, these cuts will be watered down to get through the senate. Doodley 16 hrs ago #52
I applied in August of 2023 so it's 21 months and counting, I got denied JMCKUSICK 15 hrs ago #56
They nearly always deny on first application. I recommend asking a no-fee-unless-you-win disability lawyer to help. Doodley 5 hrs ago #58
John, for what's worth... Alephy 16 hrs ago #53
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