I am terrified about my current situation. I have not reported my earnings for two and a half years for SSI.
From half of 2022 to 2023 I was a kinda freelance concert photographer and had a part-time photo gig at a concert venue to say it lightly because the pay was 100 to 150 most of the time. Last month on the job in November 2023 I got 200 for this job. I quit after November. Rarely do I get low pay from bands playing similar to the part-time venue gig 100 or lower. When I got my cola in December 2023 I freaked out because I forgot to report my earnings for 2022 and 2023 I put it off all of 2024 because I was so anxious and fearful.
In 2024 I got a payment of 600 bucks to do a photo gig and I sold some gaming stuff too like games and consoles, not expensive games though. I sold a few things in my photo things and the photos were about 150 bucks. In 2025 my ss increased a little bit and I am getting kicked out of my parents' house by the end of April if I do not have a job by then. I got an offer to do the same gig as last year as well. I got two interviews lined up for this week and next week.
Also, my mom is the representative payee because I think at the time I started to do SSI there were communication barriers and I needed a representative payee. I am a non-verbal person with a disability. The payments go directly to me, not my mom. I do not want my mom to get in trouble with SS because it's my fault for not reporting my earnings, not hers. I do not know what to do now I feel everything is crashing down around me I do not know how to react to it. I feel like I want to give up on life sometimes... I need some advice here thanks...