Lack of motivation?

Andywheels56
Online Community Member Posts: 54 Contributor
Is it possible to score points in the pip activities and use a lack of motivation because of a mental health issue as a reason. If your anxiety is so overwhelming and you suffer extreme fatigue during the day then you cannot surely be expected to do certain activities reliably during the day. I am thinking of
1.Preparing Food
2.Taking Nutrition
4.Washing and bathing
6.Dressing and undressing
8.Reading
!0. Making budgeting decisions
1.Preparing Food
2.Taking Nutrition
4.Washing and bathing
6.Dressing and undressing
8.Reading
!0. Making budgeting decisions
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Not for 8 / reading. Motivation doesn’t count here0
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HI,May i ask if your condition has changed since the last time you posted here? There was a rather large thread a few months ago and in this thread you were given a huge amount of advice.2
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Hi @poppy123456
I would say yes my condition has changed since I last posted on here. Although my original application for pip was solely based on a hearing complaint I believe that my mental state has definitely been affected during the past 6 months. Anxiety and depression are now a huge factor in my life to such an extent that I now suffer panic attacks if I have to go out. Lack of sleep is a big issue because of the tinnitus, I find I cannot do any activity that requires a degree of concentration for even a short amount of time before I start to get extremely tired. I don't bother with personal hygiene, I eat basically **** food, have lost all interest in physical activity. Only go shopping very early in the morning when nobody is around.
I know I was given a lot of advice in my previous thread and it was greatly appreciated, but I let my previous application lapse. Have since been onto the dwp to start a fresh application and they are sending the forms out.1 -
When filling out the forms make sure you put as much relevant information as possible about how your conditions affect you. Adding a couple of recent real world examples of what happened the last time you attempted that activity for each descriptor that applies to you. Who was with you, where it happened and a detailed explanation of exactly what happened.
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Hello
Have filled out the pip form and I think I've done a decent job of it this time, putting a couple of real world examples for all the descriptors that apply mainly regarding lack of motivation.
I have a question. Could those same arguments be used in a mandatory reconsideration for new style esa. I know I didn't do a very good job of filling in the esa50 form and I scored 0 points in total. I was placed in the wrag group because I mentioned something about harming myself. Now I know more about how my condition affects me could I use lack of motivation for say :
11. Learning how to do tasks
12. Awareness of hazards or danger
13. Starting and finishing tasks
14. Coping with changes
15. Going out
16. Coping with changes
Think also I should have scored something for Activity 7 - Understanding Communication. I know it is not in the PIP descriptors but it's in the esa ones.
Any advice greatly appreciated
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