Hi everyone,
I’ve lurked for a long time, but never posted. I have severe mental health issues, disordered eating, autism and medicated ADHD. This was my first time applying for PIP.
It was incredibly difficult discussing the difficulties I have, but at the end the assessor said DWP would be more concerned about my mental state than anything physical. I understand my mental state is concerning, but I’m so worried now. In all my time scrolling these forums, I’ve not come across someone who has had the assessor indicate this. She said DWP might want to share information with my GP.
I have two small children, and I fight on for them alone. My mind likes to catasrophise. It’s throwing me images of my children being taken away. Why do they make you sit there and tell them all your issues anyway? Why is it fair that I need to verbally back up the medical documents I sent to them as evidence? I suffered severe childhood trauma, including my mums suicide when I was 4. It seems so unfair that I had to bring back so much trauma while someone madly typed on a computer in the background.
The assessor sounded lovely, but at the same time it felt so wrong that she just sat there typing as I spilled out my broken soul. I feel shaken, anxious and worried. :-(
