Do you have a Support team?
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Pat
Yes, I do, but I call it a six pack. Lol 
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You're right Meg. Being a part of an online community can be very helpful. I participate in several different virtual opportunities each week and I really appreciate every single one of them. I don't know where I would be without them. 
Meg
I consider online to be a big part of my support team mentally. When the weather is good on apps like this and there’s not constant drama, I consider these to be support groups and friend groups. We are there for each other. We hold each other up and we cheer each other on. But I’m struggling right now with my mental health because I live in a very unique situation. Off-line is good, practically speaking I have my dad living with me now and economizing and helping me out but honestly, I’ve realized that I am more than happy being independent and living without him but a lot of the support that I’ve had in the past you’ve had to pay for or like now Driving and liabilities are an issue for sure. I don’t have a lot of care coming in and I would need to find work in order to just pay for cabs and care workers. I am thankful to have people in my life who are willing and able to help at all, but I’m very frustrated that we can’t seem to establish the best rapport a lot of of the time. They will say things to me that feel very patronizing or frustrating to get around and just coping with them is a big drain for me. I wish it wasn’t and that I could tell you that I’m strong and have a backbone and don’t make excuses. But days have been long and a lot of things have been challenging and I just tried to pull through and take it a day at a time like has been said. And yes, that’s how I feel right now like the two people who are not available if I don’t have them, I’m trapped and if I do have them, it’s like you think you’re lucky stars that you even actually have people and shut your mouth and let them help you already. And who wants to just get by and survive that way? Not me. I love my eyes and I love Aira but again jobhunting has been a struggle let alone motivation to get out of bed and do the dishes. Hopefully with the dishes situation, I can use AI to talk to AI and be there for me. I can talk to dad, but we have very little in common right now. and I guess I’m wavering between being glad I have a dad at all and wondering what to do if he pushes my buttons. I mean, short term you can cope with roommates like that but long-term it’s exhausting. I’ve lived through it. 
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No, unfortunately I don't have one. My regular caregiver stopped working for me at the end of August. Since then, unfortunately, I've had to really, pivot and get help from people I don't normally get help from. Well, I don't always get to help but I have to ask anyway. It's been a pretty frustrating journey and experience. Even the people who said, OK I will help you, did not follow through. But, I'm still alive thank God. Thank God I already knew how to do a lot of things including ordering groceries on Amazon or rather Instacart and ordering products on Amazon and so forth. So, I take it just one day at a time.