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Advice on benefits

I’m not really sure how this all works yet, but I’ll keep trying. I was really looking for advice on benefits and how far (if at all), the system has come to recognising and accepting mental and invisible illnesses.
I don’t get PIP, but have recently put a claim in. They refused it for me the last time it got reviewed 2018/19. It went right through an appeal and court tribunal. Still failed. (Removed by moderator). I’ve had so many emotional breakdowns and stress related issues within the month of trying to fill in my PIP form. I’m so lucky to have a partner who pretty much helped me through all of it.
went through the appeal and then tribunal in 2018/19. Still came out with nothing. I’ve barely left my house for the last year and then prior to that, I was almost bed bound by some kind of illness that zapped me of everything. Considering I’m the greatest insomniac, all I did through those times was sleep
I don’t get PIP, but have recently put a claim in. They refused it for me the last time it got reviewed 2018/19. It went right through an appeal and court tribunal. Still failed. (Removed by moderator). I’ve had so many emotional breakdowns and stress related issues within the month of trying to fill in my PIP form. I’m so lucky to have a partner who pretty much helped me through all of it.
went through the appeal and then tribunal in 2018/19. Still came out with nothing. I’ve barely left my house for the last year and then prior to that, I was almost bed bound by some kind of illness that zapped me of everything. Considering I’m the greatest insomniac, all I did through those times was sleep
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housebound and so much dependent on husband and mother for chores/shopping etc. I also applied for PIP in 2019 but was refused after the face2face. I was so dejected that I didn’t appeal. I’ve now reapplied in June 2020 and will try my best not to give up.
That's not unusual, waiting times depend on backlog in your area and all areas are different.