Benefit cuts - mental health

Was anyone else getting angry listening to Liz Kendall stand in front of the nation telling them what people with mental health problems NEED🥴
People with mental health problems already feel pathetic and unheard without her belittling us infront of the whole country.
I scored 4 points on one of the daily living components but as it’s for ‘just’ mental health it won’t matter, right?
I mean who cares about our none problems?
Has anyone written to their MP?
I have wrote out a lengthy email as I feel we should all speak up but I’m not sure it will even do any good😞
Feeling very deflated👎🏼
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A few people here today have said the previous government tried to strip away the mental health element within PIP assessments and the courts stopped them on grounds of the 2010 Equality Act. So far, Labour haven't indicated they will have another go themselves. The 4 point requirement for at least one descriptor is horrifying enough in itself and will face plenty of opposition.
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How dare they decide what people with mental problems need? I doubt if Liz Kendall would be pleased if she got dictated to about what stuff she needs! It's an insult to people with physical and mental problems? There are so many millionaires and billionaires in this country, tax them more, don't take from the people that need it most!
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@mawempathy @tommy2k17 100%!
I have severe anxiety, depression and agoraphobia.
my anxiety prevents me from being able to communicate with people properly and my agoraphobia prevents me from leaving the house so what job are they going to push me into exactly?🥴 as much as they want to downplay mental health it’s not a straightforward illness/disability!
I really hope it’s stopped in its tracks because the whole thing is barbaric!3 -
I have M.E but also agoraphobia, ptsd and anxiety. I am really concerned about more assessments and them being face to face. I will no way on earth be able to do that as I struggle to even get a few steps out of the door, and even then I have to hold on to the wall. My anxiety is through the roof and I had a really bad ptsd attack last night. I still haven't recovered. These people have no idea what it is like to live like this, struggling just to get through each day. I am also really worried for my son who is 25 and has autism and paranoid schizophrenia. All this pressure is really not going to help. Like you, I have no idea what sort of job they would think I could do, between the pain, exhaustion, brain fog, panic attacks, crippling anxiety. I wish they would stop going on and on about "mental health" like it is nothing. Also this 4 point rule is frightening. I really hope there is enough backlash and it all at least gets watered down. All this stress is making all our conditions worse. Please take care of yourselves.
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I just saw these statements from Mind and the Royal College of Psychiatrists
https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/mind-reacts-to-uk-government-green-paper-on-benefit-reform/
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I get LCWRA for my mental health but I tried applying for pip and got rejected with 2 points I’ve sent off a MR but I added stuff that I didn’t fill in on the form like prompting for washing and dressing etc as I wasn’t thinking about that when I filled it in so probably going to be rejected 😞 even though I need help communicating because I say things I don’t mean and can’t get my point across and can’t socialise at all, I should get 4 points there but I doubt they’ll award it as they don’t care and just lie. I had a breakdown trying to get PIP as the job centre told my partner I need to apply for it because he cares for me and does everything even they thought it would be unreasonable for HIM to work or look for work to be rejected anyway and traumatised to boot. so losing lcwra or being reassessed would just finish me off the more the evening goes on the more it’s getting to me. How can it have gone from im so mentally unwell that even my partner is unable to work because I need daily help to potentially losing my LCWRA money and having to look for work myself is just unbearable
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The thing is I wholeheartedly agree working people deserve more. I was working up until my conditions got severe in December 2023 so I know the struggles they face but never in a million years would I have wanted them to take off the sick, disabled and elderly to give to me🥴 nobody with a conscience would be morally ok with that.
I honestly can’t even wrap my head around the whole thing and I have completely lost any faith I ever had in Labour that’s for sure!4 -
It seems ridiculous that someone can be awarded PIP and LCWRA and be considered too ill to go to work, then just because the government decides to change the goal posts, they have another assessment and are suddenly considered fit for work, even though their condition hasn't changed.
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@ElizaRose i don’t think they actually have a clue what they’re doing really.
Putting to one side the fact me and you have agoraphobia, if it was just anxiety and depression alone who would want to employ us? Knowing the risk of sickness because the state we are in right now we would literally never turn in🥴staff being off sick all the time is not acceptable when they have businesses to run.
Pretty sure they’ve not thought it through, honestly🤦🏻♀️1 -
They dont realise how much anxiety stress panic fear they have just caused my mind is racing my anixiety ptsdlevels that are already really high have just risen to epic porporton i suffer with severe anxiety paniic attacks depression agraphobia racing thoughts sleep problems tennis elbow ptsd after my son committed suicide rockkng back and fourth wheni get really agitated rought on also from my sons suicide and the listt goes on what the goverment has done have totally down played mental health that it isnt a serious condition we just over diagnosed by goigle or drs well mental health llness are serious and sometimes deadly my son took his life because he wasnt taken seriously or his symptons werent thought to be life threatening the levels of panic fear worry and people thinkig about suicide that the prime minister has caused tonight and in days to come is disgusting and he must of been told by mental health professionals the impact it will have and could cost peoples there lives and he still went ahead and done it anyway to be told that my money most proberly will be cut and be forced to look for work when most days i cant even look after myself leves me wondering what will happen to me will i lose my home will i be sanctioned because iwont be able to cope with the pressure of completeing there job searches the worry is already starting and it will just get worse and worse
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@sara50 i am so so sorry to hear about your son😞 that is something no mother should ever have to experience.
If you feel up to it, please write to your MP and explain all what you’ve put because it’s stories like yours that need be heard. You have been through so much and fighting every single day to remain strong, you certainly don’t deserve any of this.
They need to educate themselves on the realities of mental illnesses and be held accountable for what they’re putting us all through.Please stay safe Sara, you’re doing so well✨
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Thankyou holly54321 for your msg i will write a letter to my MP i dont think they grasp what they have done or they dont care its been one thing after another with there threats to cut this benefit that benefit and the one they really went after is mental ilness they seem to think nental illness is panic attacks and anxiety that all they have to do is give us a few breathing exercises and a few exercises to cope with the anxiety and we are cured and out to work we go well there in for a shock what happens when people cant even leave the house to make the job interview because there agraphobic or they been up for days and nights because they cant sleep because there brains wont switch of or they are so anxious they become eratic talking so fast nobody can understand them or they cant talk at all or when they get so overwhelmed qith the stress worry vecause they know no ones going to employ them i mean when im really bad i start pulling and twisting my hair talking really fast waving my arms about knocking things over trippkng over nothkng talking really fast say the wrong things and thats on a calm day what about when i havdnt slept for days and nights and when it it all gets to much and people start taking there own lives because they will Mental illness kills not one off them MPs mentioned suicide or anything really just we taking your money get over they say they have been in talks with people who have disabilitys but they havent been talking to people who suffer with Mental illness i keep thinking about all the added strees anxiety we all going through but im relky worried about the ones who are thinking about suicide and the goverment know there be a rise but all they will do is deny it i will stay safe i promise and i will start with writing a letter
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Hi all. I hope you're doing ok today. Thank you so much for being so open about your feelings - appreciate it's a really difficult time the past 24 hours. Can I refer you to The Green Paper Discussion
We'd prefer to keep the conversations regarding this all in one place, so as to protect the mental health of all on the community, so we will be closing this discussion. I hope you understand.
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