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Said 'No input from mental health team' on my pip decision and mandatory reconsideration.

Morning. As I have 'no imput from a mental health team',this went against me at my assessment for pip and at mandatory reconsideration stage,so have to appeal. I've had numerous therapy in the past,one to one,CBT,seen psychologists and psychiatrists,done the homework,kept diaries,written down my thoughts,challenged negatives with positives,done to do lists and positive lists and nothing has helped. IAPT have said that if I can't help my self,they can't help me if I'm not willing to engage. When I went there feeling suicidal and really needed help,the help wasn't there,had to wait over a year. Then I attended half the sessions because I was going round in circles and feeling more stressed than when I went in. The trauma is so deeply engrained that I can't get past it. The bullying at school,college and work,friends turning on me,even in adulthood,a girl following me when I was a child,being molested once as a child and I feel so thick having a learning difficulty. Has anyone else had this problem? I feel descriminated against because I don't have counselling. I still have chronic anxiety(diagnosed by a doctor),endogenous depression(diagnosed by a psychiatrist),OCD(diagnosed by a doctor) and a learning difficulty diagnosed at primary school and by an occupational therapist and acid reflux(diagnosed by a doctor),which causes frequent nausea,sore stomach and reflux,had an endoscopy and on anti emetics. I struggle with learning,certain sounds,smells,crowds,changes to routine. I can't be far away from home,go out for the day,on holiday,to the supermarket,stay at a mates house,go on public transport and unfamiliar places stress me out as well as not being able to understand how to get there. I wear pads because I never know if I'm going to wet myself due to anxiety. Despite this,they say I don't have any problems or limitations. How am I suppose to get this across at a Tribunal if I have 'no imput from a mental health team?' They said that everything is a true account,but then score me zero,then 2. 😐 😡 I'm confused and stressed. Sorry for the long rant.
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The thing with PIP is you have to find the specific 'task' that your problems affect within the descriptors. Struggling with change and wearing pads because of incontinence aren't actually of any relevance to PIP...though they would be to ESA. Have you looked at the descriptors to work out which ones you should fit? I assume you're aiming for 11d (can't follow a journey without assistance)? If so, who would you take with you? Parent, carer, friend, etc? Maybe one of those could write you a statement explaining why you have so much difficulty going out, how they help you and what would happen if you went out without them?
Also, here is some information about the tribunal process.
Like @OverlyAnxious has said, are you aware of the criteria that you need to meet? Here is some information that breaks down each descriptor.
I hope this helps! If you have any further questions then please do let us know.
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It looks like some of the things there were obvious errors made by the assessor and would be easy for the tribunal to understand was wrong, not having passed your CBT due to learning difficulties for example.
The recent IAPT letter is a bit of an issue but I don't know what you can do about that. Just hope that you have enough evidence and can explain well enough for them to realise it's not accurate. The earlier ones from 2013 wont be relevant as they're too old.
It's good that you've got notes on the descriptors this time so hopefully you'll be able to better explain how your conditions affect you at the tribunal. I think you have explained well enough in that post to be awarded something myself...although as we have similar issues I may be biased!