Tessa Schlesinger
2 min readMay 5, 2021

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And I have overcome every single one of those things that you mentioned. You don't realize that I have lived a far worse life than you, and that I actually have lived in America.

Here's some of my story. I also have Asperger's Syndrome and an Auditory Processing disorder, So I am life long disabled.

https://tessaschlesinger.medium.com/how-i-overcame-42-years-of-chronic-abuse-84dcd4885ed6

It costs less than $300 to fly to Germany from South Africa. As you're living on $27,500 a year in Houston, I'm damned sure you can afford a one wy ticket to Europe. However, it wouldn't get you anywhere, because you don't have permission to live anywhere other than America. Fortunately, I have the ability to live in 32 countries. And, of course, before I voluntarily surrendered my Green Card, I was able to live in America.

As I lived in America for 11 years, I know exactly how expensive it is to live there. However, your perception that living on under $28,000 is difficult is a sign of not knowing how difficult t is to live on nothing in America.

I've lived in Campbelltown in Scotland which had 7000 people, in Olvera in Spain which had 5000 people, and in George, in South Africa (also a small town). So, please, loneliness is a result of a particular kind of mindset. Ask any psychologist.

I worked night shifts as a casino workers and a hotel worker. I've had long commutes many times in my life.

You spent your money early because you thought you wouldn't survive? Good grief. What a lot of faith you have in Jesus. Unfortunately, I didn't have any money to spend. Every bit I had went on paying the rent and providing food for my daughter. It's damned difficult surviving when one is disabled.

Stop with the sob stories. I've lived through far worse.

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