J Gonzalez Blitz
Sep 1, 2018 · 1 min read

But official diagnosis of anything costs a lot of money.

Not necessarily. I got mine after being brought in to a city hospital while declared “indigent”. I’m currently on SSD/SSI and have Medicaid. I’ve been in group sessions through social programs for mentally ill and addicted here in NYC with people coming up from shelters or in halfway houses after Rikers who had diagnoses. (google BRC NYC if anyone is curious)

The myth that you can only get a proper diagnosis if you have money can be harmful if it discourages people who need help from seeking it because they think they can’t afford it. Or if they would benefit from being on disability. (And the myth that anyone who has a diagnosis had a lot of money to get it is kind of…wut?)

I liked the story though, cuz it’s pretty true for growing up just feeling kind of apart from everyone and not having a certain idea why, just a sense of it.

    J Gonzalez Blitz

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    Multi-discipline artist. Appears in Drawing Power anthology from Abrams Books, WW3 Illustrated, Tales From La Vida, etc. jennydevildoll.wordpress.com/