Thread by @itscarryl

I was feeling smug that I might finally have sent the #UniversalCredit wanks off to think on my feedback but then I noticed it was 5pm and they’ve probably just logged off instead. Mandatory reconsideration made no difference though at least they decided quickly this time.

So now I get to wait 6 months for an appeal to go to tribunal. I’ve got the local disabled support group and maybe citizen’s advice to help, but probably don’t need to double up. Still, the ‘fairyland says unicorns exist so jobhunt through your suicidal anxiety’ part, um, no.

Unicorns being the job and/or employer that will take my anxious, overwhelmed autistic brain that freezes in the face of any rudeness, they don’t like that cos they can’t improve themselves or accommodate me, of course. Or my can’t walk, stand, bend or lift much 22-year back pain

Or the can’t type or use a mouse very long, and shouldn’t scroll or type much here too arm and hand pain.

No one has yet come up with a workable idea to fit ‘you may be able to do some kind of work’. Not just UC, but their nicer support team, friends, family, streamers I watch

Cos honestly if I could paint or look after cats at the level needed to earn a living, I’d be happy, then I wouldn’t need to deal with an employer, but I would need to do far more than I do now including marketing to even build a business. So still no.

I’d have used “” around those long bits that needed them, btw, but I was hitting the character limit.

Not to mention they putting pressure on doing art doesn’t help me make the art. And if I do spend a whole day doing it, I love it, but then I’m wiped the next day. A few years ago I spent a week writing and got a cold for the next few weeks 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also how many times have I said all this here by now. I overshare in other people’s threads too, though I try to be relevant, and honestly, there’s very little interest in my own tweets here unless there are cat photos. I get people probably do care, but shouting in the wind 😕

I have got the message, though - cat photos and set up a Ko-fi, though even so, I only get likes on cat photos shared in other people’s replies. I do have a cat twitter, but there are pets passing away all the time, it’s sad to read and I stopped months ago.

This brought to you with Lola on my right, Sapphy to my left and Jasper just woken up to come over to me as the other two have had some calming treats. Lola needs them, but the recommended 6 for real calming and she just falls asleep.

It’s really cute to be surrounded by three void floofs, just full of love for the tiny treat packet hidden between the cushion and my leg 😏