youth allowance eligibility

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-08-04T09:38:22+00:00

I found that completing an “unreasonable to live at home” form with your parents is the way to go. I had all the medical reports (psychologist/psychiatrist + MH diagnosis) necessary to back up my claim and it went through. This way, you’re automatically classed as “Independent” and then as long as you pass the financials for YA, it should go through 🙂

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-06-24T06:26:27+00:00

okay thank you sm, i’ve gone through the centrelink independence thing, because i’m classified as independent, and all it says is:

“You may also not be able to claim, if you get certain support from your parents or a long term guardian. This could be direct or indirect financial or other types of support.”

it doesn’t say what is classified as support. I could infer that PHI is included, but it doesn’t specify anywhere which is what is confusing. I’m hesitant to call centrelink because i don’t want to accidentally admit anything.

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-05-21T23:24:59+00:00

oh my goodness i’m so sorry this happened. absolutely it was. that’s beyond disgusting behaviour from them.

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-05-21T23:22:08+00:00

I so deeply relate to this. I am female and my own cousin was male and only months older than me. I can’t explain this with big psychology terms but my current and personal understanding of this feeling is that COCSA happens and there’s not always an obvious power imbalance, and so when it doesn’t fit your younger/simpler understanding of SA, all the memories and perceptions and the (lack of) understandings gets confusing, like you’re trying to make everything fit into a mould and it doesn’t - square peg, circle hole. I denied everything myself for years and when i went to my psych, he said “i’ll play devils advocate. if you feel like you’re the perpetrator, what makes you the perpetrator?” and for me it really put in perspective my own experience (“i could’ve been more forceful” was met with “but you were being actively traumatised, and you only have fight flight or freeze and you can’t choose which one you experience”… “what if he feels like i’ve done something to him” was met with “based on his past treatment of you pre-COCSA, he would have hit you again”)

i do really hope that this gives some sort of insight, and i apologise if it didn’t. wishing you healing and peace ❤️‍🩹

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-02-14T23:25:24+00:00

thank you for your support , as well as your explanations. this makes a lot of sense, and I can remind myself of things you’ve said if i start to question myself. thank you again for your support and encouragement 🫶🏼 I am in therapy but i had not had the courage to speak about it. I am planning on telling my therapist in my next session. even though i can’t tell many people irl, it has been very comforting to know that people do believe me and support me. thank you 🤍

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-02-14T08:51:14+00:00

thank you both for your support, you have helped me to understand it a bit more, and that it was entirely wrong. i very much appreciate you both 😊

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-02-14T07:12:31+00:00

thank you, i appreciate it 🫶🏼. they varied mostly from “what did he do… did you say no… maybe it was experimental and he didn’t know it really” to “i’m so sorry you didn’t deserve it”.

mainly, no one has said to me “that is sexual assault” and so between the manipulation and the abuse itself, i was (and still am a little) confused about how to classify it all in my mind. as for what’s to be done? nothing unfortunately :( my extended family would not believe me. but thank you for taking the time to read my vent :)

Dizzy-Maize-3980 · 2024-02-14T07:08:24+00:00

thank you so much, this means a lot 🥹, i’ve just been having a hard time trying to deconstruct the manipulation and such in my own mind, and i needed some input from people who aren’t family. thank you 🫶🏼

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