People applying for disabilty come from a wide variety of work backgrounds. Become disabled can be really bad for the ego and for some people even soul crushing. One day your independently supporting yourself and/or loved ones and then you're not. If the job was a decent or well paying job or one that someone had done for a long time and took great pride in the blow can be even that much greater. As Americans we like to say that honest good work is honorable. That's not real