Constant worry

TK1
TK1 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
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Does anyone else suffer from constant worry and psychological stress? If so, how do you cope?


I am age 62 with no support. I don't have much quality of life and cannot stop worrying about everything. For example, I have to move from ESA to UC by the deadline next week but really scared about the whole process after reading stories about people being migrated.


The rhetoric around disabled people, along with the upcoming benefit cuts, is not helping. PIP and ESA are my lifeline but the govt has made me feel like a burden on society.

The intense anxiety is so overwhelming. Any advice appreciated.

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  • TK1
    TK1 Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 5,282 Championing

    It is very overwhelming I will be the same when moving from esa to uc No wonder we feel so anxious its been constant bombarding since tories now labour I got bad when suank doing speech really bad and I promised myself I wouldn't get like that again I feel for me it's the unknown so start imaging the worst case scenario's very imaginative mind how I deal with it is day by day some days better than others it's alot isn't it coming on here helped me so much and understanding the media is also not our friends try to be easy on yourself sometimes I say to myself is you been through worse than this and then think at some point this will come to an end also started doing gardening just to keep mind busy I wish you luck I ne asking you for advice when my migration comes goodluck

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 1,949 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited April 21

    Hi @TK1 I'm really sorry to hear how you're feeling. As someone who often has anxiety, I can completely empathise with this post and how you're feeling. I'm going to pop you an email imminently - please keep an eye out for it. 💛

  • SadOldPanda
    SadOldPanda Online Community Member Posts: 23 Empowering

    If it helps my managed migration from ESA support group went without a hitch, I'll send you a message with some info that will help put your mind at ease

    Only thing you can do about the benefits changes is deactivate all social media, if you feel to check the news do it once a day for a limited amount of time. We all have a tendency to keep checking what's going on on and reading all this awful stuff from government and individuals which is driving us nuts. I've seen it described as digital self harm which is pretty damn accurate.

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