Mental health

Strawberry1

Sorry to hear about the unexpected hospital trip @Nightcity .

Hope all goes ok

Thinking of you and your mum .

Let me know how things have gone please .

Im plodding on the best I can .

Thank you for your kindness

Every time your kind

I start filling up

I think its because its Alien too me .

Best wishes always

Strawberry1

Crying alot again

Nightcity

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1089416#Comment_1089416

I'm sorry you're having one of those times 🫂

mums home she's fine for now, thanks for always caring you're one of the nicest people I've met in 23 years online and I really mean that.

Strawberry1

I appreciate your support @Nightcity

Glad your mum is back home safely

Glad all is well today .

I appreciate the compliment .

Hope you and your mum have a peaceful evening .

Look after yourselves

Strawberry1

Hope everyone has a reasonable evening

Look after yourselves

Take care and keep safe

Lots of love and hugs sent if thats ok

Strawberry1

Rest as well as you can tonight

Happy dreams everyone

God bless

Mary_Scope

Good morning @Strawberry1, hope you feel well rested this morning. How are you doing?😊

Strawberry1

Morning @Mary_Scope , Im sleeping alot probably more than i should be .

Thank you for your kindess and support

Still feeling a bit low

Getting there slowly

Hope you are ok

Please take care

Strawberry1

How do people get Pip for mental health ?

Do alot of people have a support worker ?

Just curious

I know i went on a course a while ago and it was said people can get Pip if they have Autism

I dont know enough about all of this .

Sorry for intruding

Strawberry1

I could have got this All wrong

So I apologise if I have .

Many thanks

micronicle

I have just been told I'm no longer eligible for PIP, it seems to me that it is increasingly difficult to keep PIP. I never got PIP for depression as I tend to cope with it and manage to just keep it kind of hidden. It's a hidden depression that I experience within. I'm sure it affects my day to day, I know that it does. For depression to be classified as a disability I was reading earlier, it must significantly impact your day to day living so much so that there might be a need for a carer to help one cope with it. I probably kick myself in the teeth when it comes to expressing any depressive disability, it's kind of masked by my not being able to work due to heart failure, which is another hidden disability I experience. I do not like to claim these disabilities as part of my being as such and thus I tend to distance myself from claiming it as 'mine'. I avoid saying things like 'I have disabilities' in favour of saying 'I experience disabilities'. It might seem like a small thing but to me it is an important way of coping. Unfortunately, this kind of coping, cost me the PIP I was receiving because of the heart failure. Any way. @Strawberry1 You can get PIP for depression if it is significant enough and generally persistent. ! You might consider asking organisations such as Benefit Answers or getting help to fill out the PIP claim form from CIL 'Center for Integrated Living' I think it's called. There are people who can help. I'm tired of fighting the benefit system and am trying to raise up my spirits and find a new way of living with disabilities. That is why I joined the Scope Community today.

Strawberry1

Welcome @micronicle , they are definately making things more difficult for people who are trying to claim

Ive just been turned down too .

I got mine for mental health and mobility .

I mask my depression alot too

What people in the real world see is not me in the home

Alot of people mask I think .

So sorry to hear of your heart failure

Are you getting treatment for that

Strawberry1

I will look into those you have suggested @micronicle .

Thank you for your help .

I myself feel like you about fighting but i dont have a support worker and i dont have my autism diagnosis yet

Ive been diagnosed with adhd

And i do have depression and anxiety .

Glad you joined the forum

There are lots of helpful people here

I hope you find your way around ok and make some lovely helpful friends .

Thank you so much for your kindness , support and time it really is appreciated .

Please take care of yourself

Best wishes always

Strawberry1

Can i just Thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all support given

Very very gratefull

Thank you so much

Strawberry1

I dont know if i will do anything about PIP .

Im not sure I fit the criteria any more

And just based On Autism

I dont think i stand a chance anyways .

Its getting harder and harder to deal with the DWP

Strawberry1

I really need to get my head in gear and get some stuff done in the house

Strawberry1

Struggling to find the initiative to start

WhatThe

Welcome to the MH thread, micronicle 🤗

Hello again Strawberry 🍓

Strawberry1

Hi @WhatThe , how are you ?

WhatThe

Did some decluttering then the day ran out 😆 I'll get to the Christmas boxes soon!