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World Wellbeing Week
On the last day of World Wellbeing Week, here is a simple and effective technique to help manage negative thinking. We live in a world filled with uncertainties and it's all too common to be overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. This state of being can often lead to negative views of feeling worthless or unloved. Emotions…
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Suicidal Feelings
If you are struggling regarding suicidal feelings, it can be a difficult and frightening time. MIND is a Mental Health charity that offers support, information and advice, here are some links to their website that might be helpful to you. You are not alone, you are a member of our community and we appreciate you. If you…
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Coping with stress, low mood and isolation – a support thread
What is this thread about? We realise these
are particularly difficult times for all who visit Scope’s online
community. The impact of covid-19 has
been far reaching, not least emotionally, as we all cope and ‘muddle through’ each
day the best we can. As a means of
support, the Community Team have compiled a list of…
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Mental health
One mental health worker I visited told me I have EUPD . I was also given medication to help anxiety too .
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How can my mum not take seriously the possible mental health issue I might have?
hello I'm have been noticed no matter what emotion that i do feel and my mum seem to reactive to even frustrated , angry . no matter what emotion do feel , i do think i do have type of mental heath issue but my mum is not getting it . kept being very dismissed when i talk about anxiety, frustrated .. not really getting…
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Do CMHT have to make reasonable adjustments?
I have a diagnosis of schizoeffective disorder and ptsd, my psychiatrist is based in the next town, there are no outpatient clinics in my town. I cannot travel (i get swamped with voices and get paranoid about people being non human and hostile) but my psychiatrist says if i cannot travel to appts he will discharge me from…
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Autism & ADHD Privately Funded Assessments For Late Diagnosed Women
Greetings Scope Team and members, Im writing this message as I have now decided to privately fund an Autism and ADHD diagnosis for myself. A kind family member has seen my suffering and distress and has offered to pay for me to get formally diagnosed as I just cant wait 2 1/2 years for the NHS to diagnose me. I just…
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Fed up and useless
Im 58 and I feel despair how my life is. I have copd , autism, hypermobility syndrome disorder which effects not just your joints ,but digestive system, gums, teeth, feet ,you name it also fatigue. I'm on antidepressants which the doctor has just raised. But it's not doing anything worthwhile, i had to give up work ,3…
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In dispare
I have helped some recently come through a very bad patch, and because of this I have copied a recent post from her. read this: I had this feeling after a 28 year relationship and everything changed at once. Even when there was so many people around it still felt lonely at times. I had 2 brain surgeries, lost my job after…
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Claim with “back office”???
hi I called about my esa assesment as it’s just eating me alive I can’t eat I can’t sleep I’m non stop shaking. She noted all this down when I called and told me “we have everything we need and your assesment is now with back office.” What does this mean? Am I going to be waiting months now? It seems so unfair that this…
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Not sure what to do
Been under MH Team over 18 months done cbt, and a new thing emotional regulation and coping skills, frequent SH involved they know this and over take medication to SH also they know this completed a phyc review to be told "" discharged nothing else we can do for you" ptsd, severe anxsirty and depression Two months after…
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Feeling anxious following assesment
hi. I had my Lcwra assesment 15/7. I called ESA to inform them I don’t seem to get letters from them and when I do they arrive 8-21 days after posting. The advisor has left a note to DWP about this and asked for them to call me as it’s unfair to leave me waiting that long after a decision. Anyway. I was wondering how long…
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Vitamins
Vitamin D3, Vitamin B6 complex, Omega 3 fish oil, magnesium complex, magnesium l threonate, Creatine Monohydrate 5mg building up to 20 mg before bed
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Hi, my name is Mhoyles! Where can I meet local people?
hello im just reaching out as i suffer with depression and anxiety and im looking to meet up with local people in or around my community so could you please help me with pointing out a few venues in my area that may be able to help
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Struggling really, it’s the anniversary of my mum passing away today
hi, really struggling, it’s been a year since my mum passed away, my mum passed away suddenly. My dad passed away in 2021 but it was a longer process with him, about 6 weeks, but with my mum it basically happened in the space of 3 or 4 days I can’t really remember how long but it felt like overnight my world changed.…
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ESA
How to know if your getting income related esa or contrubtation esa ? And why would contrubtation be diffrent on UC
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How do you deal with people being rude because of your disability?
I am quite fed up of being verbally abused by people driving past me in their cars and shouting at me. The most recent time it was a car full of teenagers or young adults, they drove past me and one of them shouted “my legs work” at me (I was in my wheelchair). Another time someone shouted “Timmy” at me, again driving by…
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Living in pain /invisible illness/mental health
Living with an invisible illness means some days, “just getting through” is an achievement. 🕊️ You don’t have to keep up with anyone else. 🛏️ You don’t need to explain why today’s a slow day. 🌿 Doing what you can — even if that’s just resting — counts. Your worth is not measured by your productivity. You are allowed to go…
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Moving forward
I am under cmht and awaiting to start one to one to be able to progress my fears due to trauma to move towards sustainable independant life . Over coming varriers crated by trauma. The trauma I have has an impact for example I have ptsd and relive the event and has made me housebound. Reliving the event on occassion I have…
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Bad Day
Am having a bad day with my schizophrenia, I keep bring told to "get a drip", but no one wants to help me, I have been left to deal with this by myself by the NHS Mental health as I do not fit into their "quick fix" box, as they quoted me as being "a chronic case". I feel very let down and completely discarded.
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Worried about LCWRA reassessment
hello everyone I applied for PIP back in October and it’s been rejected both at the stage of the form and then at MR. Today I received the tribunal pack and I’ve found it very triggering. It included both of my previous ESA support group/LCWRA forms, one where I was awarded LCW in 2019 then LCWRA back in 2020 under…
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living on my own again
Hi everyone. I'm a 25 year old enby with autism, ADHD and a global delay. I'm living with family at the moment and looking into assisted living. I've been to uni but I stayed on campus, it's been a while since I've lived on my own. I'm nervous about living in the "real world." I want to be independent but I know I need so…
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I'm so tired
I've been feeling very down recently, someone advised I could post here. I'm a mum of two disabled kids and I just feel like I'm at breaking point. Every little bump in the road is sending me over the edge. I don't feel like I can talk about it because compared to others my life is good, but I feel like I'm on call 24/7.…
