<prompt> Human: Hello,I am a 26 year old guy making 1500 per month after taxes. My mother used to be a very active and hard-working woman but became depressed and unemployed ever since she broke her leg in 2009. Since then, I , as her only child, have been paying most of her rent and expenses in conjunction with my grandparents her parents. I used to pay her rent every other month, but I am fearing that soon it will become a monthly expense driving up my rent costs to 1000 per month. I live in a technically illegal, dirty-ass 400 closet room with no windows, no maintenance, bedbugs and squatting neighbors. Because of the squatters, my landlord has disclosed that he has begun the process for evicting the entire floor, treating me as collateral damage. This will probably take a few months but, technically, right now I am a paying squatter. I want to upgrade my living situation to at least something decent and not illegal, but my mothers expenses are hindering my efforts to progress. Her rent is 600 in addition to food other small expenses so I do not have enough money to put up deposit 1st months rent for any place. I feel like I am being punished as if I had an unplanned pregnancy in my 20s except that I did nothing to deserve it. I have not had a medical care since college. I have not had a girlfriend since college. I have not bought new clothes except without winter stuff Id die in 2-3 years. I have become estranged from most of my friends because I cannot afford to do most of the things they do and as a result Im become more and more of a depressed social recluse. Recently, my grandfather passed away and neither of us could afford to go to the funeral. My mothers family will have trouble paying their contribution of my moms expenses making me her sole financial caretaker. Is there anything that I can do to give myself some financial relief during a time when Im supposed to be building up my career like the rest of my friends? Ive done none of that and Im getting dangerously close to becoming a failed 30 year old with no job upgrade prospects. I know a guy who knocked up a Japanese chick during study abroad, was pressured to marry her, and is struggling financially but hes still doing better than me because he gets benefits for making a child and at least he has the joy of new life. With my case, its just a death spiral of depression. I love my mom but I cannot help but feel like Im just waiting for her to die so that I can start my life which is a fucking horrible thing for a son to think. What can I do about this? If this is an inappropriate place to post this, can someone suggest a better place?EDIT: Its probably important to mention that we are immigrants, we arrived in the US 2006 so theres no history before that. Assistant: Is she at least on disabilityfood stampssubsidized health insurancereduced price internet, etc? Get her on all the stuff your taxes pay for before shouldering the load yourself.Human: She used to be but I dont know what her status is with all the stuff right now. I doubt that she even knows herself. Is there some way that I can get access to her info or apply for stuff on her behalf?  <response>: Of shes that depressed that she really cant do it herself you might be able to declare her incompetent maybe?, but the real answer is probably to force her to sit down and do it together. If she wont even do this much you shouldnt be helping her because she doesnt want help. 