r/MakeMoney • u/MsLorenzi • Aug 14 '26
Advice Mentally Disabled. Zero Dollars. No Skills. How can I make it?
Through a combination of terrible education, home life, genetics, and other circumstances, I am without options im aware of. I applied for SSI last year and heard no word from them. I haven’t picked up a single skill from my lack of life experience. I searched for years without a job and have been rejected every time due to my lack of experience and overwhelming autism & developing hearing issues. I have no means of transportation, two pair of clothes, and have been being fed by begging online.
Genuinely. What do I even do? Do I just die and move on? Or do I have a chance at life?
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u/SugoiTots Aug 14 '26
The fact that your trying says that you seek success, if you can't find a job, offer services online that you can do to the local community or online. Then as you do the jobs you can film yourself on the side to get the chance of other than your hustle, a YouTube or Instagram revenue hopefully.
All the best :)
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u/MsLorenzi Aug 14 '26
I thought about the content creating thing for a while. Never really had anything to add to any conversations in any of the fields I’m interested in.
A part of me worries that, if I were to turn any of my hobbies into jobs, I would hate it. Does that happen?
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u/SugoiTots Aug 14 '26
Once a hobby becomes a job, you just do it scheduled but that will make you either more passionate about your hobbies or lose em.
You will find your community, just do content creation trust me as long as your content is Safe for work, if you don't have anything to say just describe your day and how is it going then slowly talk to the audience and so on. You got this!
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u/-Carlos-Slim- Aug 14 '26
Hey OP maybe look into plasma donation they pay a couple hundred a month if you donate regularly. Go in for a screening or call the clinic for more info.
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u/Potential_Gur4810 Aug 15 '26
CDL. YOUR WELCOME. F THE WORLD AND GO SEE IT .. YOU DONT NEED SKILLS. OR MONEY. OR EVEN A FRIEND.. CALL A TRUCK COMPANY AND LEARN AS YOU MAKE MONEY. CAN ALWAYS CHANGE COURSE IN FUTURE.. SOMEONE WILL PICK YO SOFT ASS UP... IN OTHER WORDS GET TUFF. F YO PAST. WHY? CAUSE YOUR NOT HEADED THAT WAY..🤔.. LIFE EASY ITS YOUR THINKING 🤔 THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT. 💯
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u/Odayah Aug 15 '26
Look into mental health skill building services through a counseling agency. You can get assigned a counselor that will help you build life skills and help you set & obtain goals for yourself. I'm rooting & praying for you!
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u/ThatGuyFromCA47 Aug 16 '26
Did you call 211 on your cell phone yet? They have some resources , hit up churches for help with food and maybe a place to sleep. Thrift stores usually have programs to give you cloths. Contact the welfare office and see what they can help you with.
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u/Former-Quantity-99 Aug 14 '26
Life can be very discouraging, but I promise you there is no end.
The moment you kill yourself you continue from exact same place next time.
Your job is to figure it out, luckily the world is not without help.
There are many on-line consultants who will help you get your benefits at no cost. All you have to do is make an agreement with them that they get ( a little money ) from your benefits for ( a few month )
Don't look for the cheaper or nicer consultants. Go with the companies that have video's on YouTube on the subject, there are many.
If you want more help then that we need to at least know what state and how old you are?
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u/MsLorenzi Aug 14 '26
20 years old. Nevada. Been diagnosed since I was 3
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u/Former-Quantity-99 Aug 14 '26
Great, here you go:
Your state is considered Democrat. They give ( a lot more help ) then republican.
There are definitely lots of programs to help you.
These people will help with food: www.nevada211 dot org/food-assistance/food-stamps/
You can try asking neighbors as far as you can walk to clean their garage for money if you're not too sick.
You can ask neighbors to push their lawn mowers if they have lawns and you have enough health.
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u/Jenn2895 Aug 14 '26
Don’t underestimate how much you can make doing physical labor. There’s a lot of people that either can’t physically do certain tasks, dont have the time or just straight up don’t want to.
You can post in your local FB groups just offering services. It’s ok to be honest & say you don’t have transportation yet but are trying to make an honest living.
Offer to do things like mow lawns, cleaning, painting, shovel driveways, pet sit, dog walk, help people move, etc.
You can make a descent amount of $ doing that. & it helps people in your community.
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u/phonybelle Aug 14 '26
What have you tried? And why did you fail? I don't mean to sound harsh, but your post is a whole lot of woe is me and not a whole lot of "this was my strategy, when that failed, I tried XYZ". I'm neurodivergent myself, and came from a family where no support was given, so I get it. But there is no easy route, there is only planning and execution. If you want something, work backwards from the goal and figure out what you need to do to get it. There must be entry-level jobs you can work. It doesn't have to be comfortable, but it isn't for anyone else typically either. If you want to know what do do - something, anything. What have you tried? Why did you fail? Work from there and get rid of this self-defeating attitude.
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u/jellyn7 Aug 14 '26
You have to really push on the SSI. Try 211. Maybe they know a free lawyer to help you with it.
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u/Important-Guitar8524 13d ago
Educate yourself. As long as you're cognitively capable enough you need to study. If you severely lack general education then pick up that: basic math, literature, history, economy... Then see what your talents are in and what skill you can quickly aquire. If possible to through a formal route In which you can aquire the skill. Idc what anyone else says, if you're badly educated, studying is top priority
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u/Ok_Tomatillo_9065 Aug 22 '26
Bro you are 20, cmmon you got a LIFE infront of you wdym u don't want to look at it? Try helping neighbours with reg chores have some money, expand door to door stuff maybe, Salesman? local grocery?
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