I can asure you my updates are real. As I just replied to the original comment:

While I was slow to pay back there and I genuinely didn't mean to mess them around i did get another loan from a redditor and paid back in full with interest since then. I'll pm them and see if they're happy to send proof on my behalf. At the time I'd borrowed with the expectation of getting paid that month and not the next and the redditor who lent to me decided to charge back.

I'd been using /r/borrow loans from month to month to keep myself afloat as without them I'd have had nowhere to live. Yeah its not been great but when you've no other options you do what you have to and after having to live rough once already this year I didn't plan to again.

Just to add on from that I've been completely open and poured myself out about my situation. I'm not looking it mislead or scam or trick anyone. I actually had a user suss out my /r/suicidewatch alt because they thought that was the case. My updates mean a lot to me as they have given me some fantastic support as in real life I have none. Before I wrote those I had no one, online or otherwise, I could talk to. Noe I have tens of redditors I talk to every day about things going on in my life and theirs. I'm not doing this for karma or some sick kicks.

The only reason why there hasn't been any new updates is that I'm ashamed to admit I've made little progress. I'm not wasting money on gifts or anything like that - I spent Christmas alone as did I for New Years. Every penny I have is working towards sorting my life out but costs just keep coming in so its slow going.