Just for some perspective, since I was not able to get a Work Comp claim settlement, now, my total monthly income is what I used to make in a single day. The WC claim would have hopefully provided double what I am receiving from SSDI.

So, be glad you can work and hold down a job.

A try to go light on your friends. It is tough enough to get family to help out with our struggles. Friends have their own lives to live. Helping them move or helping them when they are sick or laid up with a non-head injury is entirely different than the help we need.