He knew that would be a problem. Too much to be destitute, not enough to live. The portal didn’t have a box for “I do this because if I stop working entirely, I will forget who I am.”
This was the trap. Leo knew it. The system wasn’t designed for grey areas. It wanted binaries: Yes or No. Employed or Unemployed. online odsp application
Leo closed the laptop. The silence rushed back in. He sat in the dark, staring at the ceiling. Six to eight weeks. That was sixty days of wondering if they believed him. Sixty days of being judged by a caseworker who had never felt a joint lock up for no reason. Sixty days of being too disabled to work, but not disabled enough to qualify. He knew that would be a problem