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That's easy for you to say mental health has wrecked my life since I was 12 it's not as easy for some people give a tablet do therapy some people's minds are hard wired and full of alot of trauma Alot of people's brains are not designed for this society's structure and because it's invisible we are gaslit sick of defending myself feeling useless as I cannot do what other people do so they have to be careful who they target because some people will not be able to control themselves in work environment or around people need to stop the stigma of mental health and demonising it yes some people with anxiety depression could do part time some people who have adhd autism could do also that's if they had treatment from a young age anyway can go on and on
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I've had no treatment for my AuDHD and I'm working, I'm extremely lucky. But every person is different and our disabilities affect us in different ways, this is what the government needs to keep in mind. My autism and mental health issues will be very different from the next persons even with the same labels, it's not a one size fits all situation and some people will just not be able to work, no matter what adjustments are put in place.
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The thing is, governments are aware of the reality on the ground, but choose to paint a picture that suits whatever is the current narrative, and what they can get away with. The "strivers v skivers" of Cameron and Osborne sells very well with the public; a convenience they are glad of when it comes to cutting budgets.
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It's a very sensitive subject and could cause so much divide everyone has thier own life journeys this is correct
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Yes change the questions on forms and that's it a majority are able to go to work in thier eyes but in reality pushed onto job searches myself and alot of people won't be able to go and just disappear as far as goverment concerned
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I do apologise if my comment has upset you @Catherine21 - it wasn't meant to cause offense and i do have insight into how serious mental illness can be - i myself have been hospitalised with psychosis and have received ECT treatment and my Mum was a suicide due to a psychosomatic illness.
I don't think the government will be looking at claimants like yourself at all - or any claimant that has a long term severe mental health issue.
In fact i don't know what they'll be doing as I am not in government (obvs!!)
I have mentioned on Scope before an experience I had where i joined a popular parenting forum after my 16 year old overdosed. Following that OD, we did get her privately assessed for autism as we have many family members with autism and CAMHS were so useless(wanting to start her on anti-depressants straight away) when she'd not been diagnosed with depression and actually they'd never spent any amount of time finding out what the problem was.
When i went onto this parenting forum and mentioned she had been diagnosed as autistic, fellow posters were immediately advising me to apply for PIP for her!!
Even when i strongly said this was not a path she was anywhere near going down, they continued until i gave up and closed my account. It became clear to me that the parents I was talking to on there were not doing anything that might help their young people get back into society or back to school - they were at a loss, weren't getting any support from services or their kids' schools and are now stuck with teens at home full time, in mental health crisis, on meds and going down the benefit route. Egged on by each other.
Now - my daughter was fortunate in that we could afford a private diagnosis and that, with us having experience of both autism and anti depressants, we knew right away not to get her on anti ds and to address the root cause.
18 months down the line she is much happier out of school, at college and working at weekends. She will be ok as long as she guards against another autistic burnout.
She could have easily started down a long path of medication and battling on never knowing she was autistic, dropping out of education and work. And - suppose she had come from a poor home where money was tight - and suppose i had got her onto pip - she'd be another long term claimant at home full time with a life-long condition. We can do better than this for our young folks - and all folks. Surely!
Please don't get me wrong about anti depressants either-my hubby has been on citalopram for many years and he'd likely not be here without them. Marvellous for depression. Just not as a first line treatment for my daughter. She was never depressed.
So yes - having experienced a severe psychosis first hand - i do not at all under estimate the devastating effect it can have on one's life.
Apologies again
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Oh sorry gosh you have been through it glad your daughter doing well sorry I scan over posts and just got on defence I do apologise hope your having a good day x
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No worries at all @Catherine21. I didn't want you thinking I am just a non-disabled person coming on to the forum to stir up trouble as that's not the case at all.
Main reason I am on Scope is my son who really is disabled by autism. And - though he has a little supported employment - he will definitely need the benefit system all of his life. So I am on your side!
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@Ranald - 250 000 million is equal to a ¼ trillion, right?
That is the figure for ALL social security spending, including pensions, which explains why so high. But it is widely quoted as being the figure so it must be right. Lots of internet sources have that quoted - i just picked out this one as it looks to be from a reputable source.
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Pensions make up the largest percentage, but I wouldn't argue that the State Pension is a benefit. You're not wrong of course, about what you heard on Peston.
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I've just read again so sorry for everything you have been through your so right for fighting for your daughter to have an independent life because once labelled and caught in the system very hard to repair from that I was left to fend for myself from a very young age I take my hat of to you x
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