Sitcom-style record of what my life has turned into volume 13

🕯️ INTRO — This Is Not a Breakdown, It’s a Record 🌫️📖

(Opening frame / reader orientation)

Sets context, intent, and emotional grounding before the story begins.

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🌫️ PART 1 — Twelve Weeks of Hell: When Survival Becomes a Schedule ⏳🌧️

(Situational collapse)

Six weeks → twelve weeks

Caregiver lock-in

Missed meals

Cancer center chaos

Housing fear

“I’m screwed” moment

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🧾 PART 2 — The Appeal Question: A Door That Feels Like a Trap 🔑🧠

(System collision)

SSI denial

Appeal confusion

“Penalty” language

No ride / no access

Homelessness ≠ disability realization

Rushed interviews

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🕳️ PART 3 — Lazy, Broken, or Just Misunderstood? 🧠🔥

(Identity damage)

Internalized blame

Lifelong lateness

PC/console self-invalidation

“No evidence” panic

Burned school records

Option 1 + 2 denied

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🌑 PART 4 — Dark Night of the Soul: When the System Starts Living in Your Head 🌫️🕳️

(Psychological turning point)

System voice becomes self-voice

Shame replaces anger

Exhaustion reframed as failure

Identity erosion

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🔥 PART 5 — Phoenix Rising: Naming the Pattern Without Self-Blame 🐦‍🔥✨

(Clarity without denial)

Capability ≠ capacity

Hyperfocus ≠ work readiness

Never-working as evidence

Lifelong pattern named

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🎭 PART 6 — Sitcom Remix: If This Were a Show, It’d Be Absurd 😂📺

(Deflection + truth via humor)

Laugh-track logic

Bureaucratic absurdity

Emotional release without minimizing harm

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🌱 PART 7 — Grounded Closing: I’m Still Here 🌤️🕊️

(Stabilization)

No false hope

No resolution fantasy

Survival, presence, self-recognition

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🌒 OUTRO — Still Here, Even If the System Isn’t Ready 🌱🕯️

(Final landing)

Story ends without erasure

Truth named

Silence refused

Endurance acknowledged

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