Lucien Rollins
Nov 8 · 6 min read

Mental illness can be disabling. Whether your depression manifests as a lack of motivation, or your anxiety keeps you up all night, mental illness has a negative effect on your life. But with most Social Security disability applications being denied the first time, many people disabled by mental illness still have to work during the long process of applying for aid. Other people with mental illness choose not to…

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