It's absolutely disgusting that you have to know the 'system' to get benefits. Some just don't have the energy to fight the system and there is no help available from government. Psychologists don't interfere with benefits and that makes the problem worse. It's just all absolutely appalling.
Aye mate I’m about there myself big book fay universal credit and pip next like where’s the fcking bridge Be quicker and easier than dealing with that mob
CAB know the rules and are empathetic. I think support is needed to apply for PIP, the process is traumatic and causes triggers it can be extremely distressing. The more difficult it is to cope with the process the greater the chances you need and deserve it. Expert help from the CAB helps in several ways, firstly because they can do the form in a much shorter time than alone or with somebody without training. That reduces the distress to a more tolerable level. Secondly it seems that if the PIP assessment staff are aware CAB have been involved it is an indication you won't be fobbed off so easily and the form will be more consistent and accurate. Most people are refused on the first attempt but eventually are successful if not deterred by the obstacles caused by an intimidating system. Some CAB staff are trained so well and have so much practice they can tell you exactly what you need to obtain as evidence and prevent you doing a lot of unnecessary work. It is much easier to meet the deadline if you have help, if you go prepared it's possible to complete the form and post it ( recorded delivery) immediately after your appointment. In some places CAB advice is extremely hard to get, it is so valuable be prepared to go to great lengths to get it. Sometimes in the past they do home visits but I don't know if this is still possible.
Hello Charlie. UNRELATED to this particular video, I just wanted to offer you a heartfelt "THANKYOU" for the advice you've offered across your posts. A few days ago I was awarded P.I.P. at my first attempt. Without your knowledge and selfless dedication to those of us who really need it, I doubt this would have been possible. To everyone reading this, please take Charlie's advice and heed it (especially as it takes a huge toll on her to produce these videos). Pause, take notes, pause, take notes and so on. Once again Charlie, thankyou very much indeed. You truly are our hero. x x
how long did you have to wait? i got phone call interview 4 weeks after applying online. i'm expecting the worst and am ready to go to appeal if that should be the case. i just don't see how they can diagnose and agree with conditions over the phone and not face to face? not that i'm bothered coz what i have is medically proven and i don't lie just to get a bit of help unlike the woman who this week has to pay back about £600k as she said she was disabled but put a photo of her tossing a xmas tree in an event! omg! i can't even pick up a friggin' kettle!
Charlie is angelic; her advice is clear & that is so helpful because the stress makes clear thinking difficult or impossible at times because she suffers from illnesses herself so knows. The assessors ; changed their name prob because 'ATOS' was so associated with causing suicides due to cruel and unfair assessment methods. The Tories ( royals etc) have destroyed this country for non billionaires using poverty, 'pandemics' ( created in labs for depopulation & profit of trillions from 'vxines' with many MPs & PMs having shares in these Pharma companies. Look up.'World Ecnomic Forum' if you want to know who Tories, Royals work for ie not the people but global club of worlds richest who openly say billions of 'Useless Eaters' must die). Sorry if this is worrying but it's what is happening in UK and worldwide ie starting with elderly, ill, disabled, poorer etc genocide. Hancock and Johnson killed at least 40 thou elderly in care homes and laughed about it. Cameron started 'Austerity' ie severe poverty which continues.
I’m going to watch this tonight fill out my pip tomorrow because I have mental health conditions and physical health conditions! Thank you and I pray it works because my esa is not enough for me to live anymore !!!
I watch all of your videos before my Tribunal appeal, did as you said, the Judge awarded me for daily living 11 points and for mobility i got enhanced, All back dated 3 years. so thank you for doing these videos.👍👍👍👍
OMG, im crying watching this video, you really hit the nail on the head. I appreciate the reality check that mental conditions affect me and its not me being lazy. Thank you , I need a friend like this!
Suicidal ideation is the term for thinking about suicide all the time and passive suicidal ideation is when it's there but you're not thinking of how you would take your own life. Great video and very relevant ❤
I have sat a cried watching this video today, my mental health has and still is ruining my life and to of found your channel today has really helped me and I have to thank you so much 💓
OMG I'm in tears watching this. I feel completely trapped with my mental health. I find it hard to do anything and genuinely find it difficult to work as a result of my mental health. I'm so scared to start this journey
Charlie, thank you so so much. Everything your saying is so true. I am ALWAYS in deniel of my conditions. I try to carry on regardless. When I had my 1st ever PIP claim interview, it was awful. You have to openly accept to a complete stranger, how bad your conditions are and it's a massive reality slap in the face. Reality sucks but we carry on and have to keep going. Thx so much Charlie for the video. I know it takes so much out of you. Honestly, you are amazing. I think we ALL appreciate EVERYTHING your doing for us, the "silent". Much love as always xx
Charlie I didn't apply for PIP fir years because of the horror stories. I finally applied last October with the help of a friend who helps people apply for PIP. Well just over 2 weeks ago I had a telephone assessment and less than 2 weeks later I got a text informing me I have been award it. I struggled with my mental health for years and last year it became obvious I wasn't coping with work, yet again. SSP is not enough to live off. I cashed in my 2 small work pensions to help me through this. Such as relief I don't have to worry so much now.
You’re absolutely right. I did not want to take PIP, fealt guilty after getting cancer and suffering terrible anxiety and agoraphobia. Always thought I was taking something I did not deserve. I agree it makes you realise your disability too. You are amazing and so clear in your communication and giving your time to educate others is so selfless, I big thank you xxx
@@chelloman-gd1oc What has spelling got to do with anything here? Have a heart. And since we're on the subject of disability- some people have dyslexia, so that's a deeply inappropriate thing to be rude about here. Just... who the hell reads such a heartfelt message of kindness and thanks and opening up about their conditions, and decides to just be a dick to a person talking about their cancer because of a damn misspelled word? Get your fucking priorities right. His message made me smile, yours made me angry.
I applied for PIP regarding my anxiety and depression yesterday following one of your other videos, I wish I had found this one first. Fingers crossed everything goes okay
Ohhh Charlie I’m so emotionale watching you as your 1 amazing women who is so genuine & really care about others while you’re dealing with enough shit in life but still post information 2 help everyone else in such a straight unique way so we understand the pip situation so wanted 2 say a huge thanks 4 your brilliant hard work & hope things in your life are doing ok as you deserve happiness sweetheart 🥰 x
I was awarded Enhanced PIP (No Mobilty) without a face to face Assessment for 6 years, and have been on it for the past 20. My condition is Schizophrenia and EUPD. The best thing you can do is get your Lead Practitioner and / or Shrink to send a supporting letter. And send your clinic letters. That was it for me! Maybe i just got lucky. Last Face to face was over 30 years ago.
Agree. My last assessment was 7 years ago. Nothing since. My assessor looked about 17 & incredibly embarrassed to be there. All she did was read my form back out to me while I agreed that it described my health. Pointless.
I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 1.5 years and i just found out i can apply for PIP. I hope i get pip it will make my life easier as a schizophenic
wow, I'm so happy to have found you. I've been wanting to apply for PIP for my memtal health difficulties for years. You have taken a lot of the fear out of it, so thank you.
I totally understand your situation! Opening mail makes me feel like I'm having a mild heart attack 💔. Definitely triggers my CPTSD. Anyway, hope you doing okay, my friend 👍💯🌟
Hi, I'm currently on a five year award for P. I. P, which ends next year. I'm dreading having to explain in depth my ptsd, anxiety, trauma, depression etc all over again. Could you do an episode to do with requesting a paper based assessment and the legal grounds for it please. By the way, the advice you give is superb, concise and sincere. Thank you.
I wrote on my claim form that I need a paper assessment due to my struggles with anxiety, ADHD working memory and overwhelm/ slow processing talking with people. And they just accepted that, no legal requirement.
I have comorbid bipolar and adhd. Plus all the other symptoms that comes long with these - depression, anxiety, manics, panic attacks. I have tried getting PIP 4 times now and honestly, it has left me feeling completely alone. I will be watching this to see if it can help me.
Hi Charlie- I wanted to just thank you for the time and effort you have put into this upload and it has really helped me to be able to support my partner with his PIP telephone assessment today. All the best ❤
Your spot on I've lost all hope I was super honest in my firm I sent a long sa about my condition that took me over a week to rite out due my illness I've had anxiety and depression for years now I told them this and was brutally honest and got nothing 😡 I don't know what I'm going to do!
I did not originally think I deserved PIP for my Mental Health. That there were people out there who deserved it more than me. My husband begged and begged for me to apply. So I eventually did. I filled the forms out and after many appeals, but before going to the tribunal, I actually was awarded PIP, I felt guilty at first, but don't just think of yourself (I always put myself down), but think how much this is affecting the family and how much they do that you used to do, or just cant manage. My Mental Health was affecting our finances in a huge way. It really helps if you get PIP. If your Health is impacting your finances, or you cant afford to do the things that would help you, then you should apply for PIP.
I was so worried about my form and then somebody suggested i phoned Help the Aged as they would help me. A lady came round to my house and filled it in for me on my direction but she knew exactly how to word it - she was brilliant and so reassuring. I have just received the enhanced rate 2 weeks after my phone interview AND got it backdated 6 months so got a life saving payment into my bank. This might be an idea for some of you. Good luck x
I wish I had this video before I had my pip telephone assessment but at least I'm more prepared but I've learnt a lot from you Charlie I mentioned told the health pip person doing my assessment that I have various health issues that if I could work I would be I don't feel ready both physically and mentally xx
Similar! They are trying to say I'm ok(I am most def NOT I KNOW my own body!) It's somatic and i am feeling lije its deliberate bcoz its ME!(Long story!) I feel vindicated and targeted tbh this in of itself is making my already ill health both emotionsl n phisical worsen 😐
read my comments on this page - a 19 minute phone call from docs and i'm sobbing and he tells me to "google it". gps get experience with hands on doctoring but all they want to do is send you a questionnaire by text but don't want to see you. even medication requested have been TRIPPLED by gp without even seeing me!
@@TinaLouise73does this woman actually help people of is she charging people to guide them through the applications ? That’s what I would like to know.
Charlie. Thank you so much. I received my pip form about 2 weeks ago. The questions are very similar but there are no points listed. PS. I'm drugged up in the a.m. from my epilepsy meds and wrote all that down on the form to do with reading etc. because nothing goes in Maybe that will help?! The fact that you're discussing the answers rather than answering questions is the huge help. Here's hoping! They're obviously listening to you because the "Moving around" section gives the length in metres and... in BUSES!!! Thank you again.
Watching this has brought tears to my eyes I applied for pip for anxiety and depression only to be made out to be a lier they pretty much said there is nothing wrong with me , when I received the form back stating this I sat and cried . Now I'm on here because I have been told to apply for it again and I'm going to have to force myself to do it my anxiety is so high 😩
Charlie I have found your channel very helpful as I am due my review assessment in two weeks. But more especially because I have been in denial about my disability for twenty years, no wonder I have had such trouble with getting Pip . It has made me cry and made me angry but I am finally coming to terms with my condition and not living in la la land expecting to wake up tomorrow completely healed. If I get my Pip great if I don’t I will appeal, I have to I can’t manage without it but either way I am not ashamed of myself or my conditions anymore and I have you to thank for that ❤
If you get 4 points for needing social support when communicating with others, you should get also get the full 12 points for preparing and following journeys. If you cannot go anywhere alone, then you need a PERSON to be with you when outside the house, whether that's going to the doctor, or going to a show. If having someone with you makes you able to do these things, then it's at least 4 points in the communicating question and 12 in the journey one. The DWP will not make that connection themselves, though, you have to make it for them.
I have come to your site searching to help my son to claim pip for his mental health adhd, but you spoke about mental health with suicidal thoughts , with your explanations you have triggered good results in my head in 5 minutes than others therapy I have been through with no progress, I do not hide from this but fully try to understand why these thoughts have come along, I have always said when I understand mental health I would like to help others, you are the person I wish to be like in making sense from the beginning Thanks Dave
Excellent video, as someone who has multiple conditions and worked in Mental Health, this is great a clear explanation of how having an illness and the system works. Totally agree that it is how you communicate your disability. The point about learning to understand and accept disability is important as many are in denial and the system takes advantage of this, even knowing this I still think I can do things when I spend most of my time in bed due to my multiple conditions due to pain, fatigue and mood. Good point on SCAR process which is comparable to STAR process when knowing how to evidence competencies which is effectively is the descriptors.
I'm watching this to help my son fill in his pip review. I don't have mental health issues but I wouldn't be able to plan a trip to Loch Ness on my own via public transport!
Thank you for sharing this! Is it best to list every single condition separately, such as ADHD, fatigue, depression, etc, or, list the ones that affect you the most and then say, e.g. ‘because of ADHD I have fatigue which causes me to stay in bed’? Also, I’m not quite sure if when addressing points for each section I need to mention how each condition affects it, e.g. ‘Every day, I can’t prepare food because my ADHD distracts me and I have to be prompted’ and also say, ‘My partner has to prepare food for me because I experience fatigue due to my conditions (combined)’? Maybe I’m overthinking things - typical! Thank you for the help :)
you are a lifesaver, i went through your content wishing for some advise on mental health and this has made my life so much easier as a young claimant. thanklyou!!!!
Thank you so so much for doing this and sharing your knowledge and gifts. I'm so sorry for the haters comments you've received, you are deserved of so much love and support. You are amazing!
Thanks Charlie I've picked up points watching this hun thanks for doing this for people with mental health issues like myself much appreciated chick xx
Yep, i have ASD and anxiety/depression. I have left those dwp chat rooms, because it is filled with people who don't understand pip ( or navigate it), i do have the doc (about my ASD diagnosis (i keep that with me).
Hi 👋 two of my sisters have the same condition as you and are both in wheelchairs in their 40s! So I totally feel for you, it’s not how you look it’s how you feel, my sisters look fabulous most days but the pain I see it in their eyes and just think it’s such a cruel illness, I really hope you have more good days than bad, god bless ❤
omg! you are so correct as we put on a front to the world to look normal yet a school mum said to me do you have bipolar as ur so fast some days & seem erratic yet I can see ur not intoxicated & other days u talk so low I can't hear you! I was stunned and embarrassed at this time yet she hugged me and said ur doing well ur a great mum yet I have the same condition that's how I new!!❤
Loved your mental attitude lol wish more people would cut the bullshit out like you ! Hopefully your advice helps me it gave a little hope when I had none! So thank you for that
Sorry to inform you 😢, sometimes sharing, speaking to psychologists is a no no for most😮🎉 Even sonething as simple as making or answering a phone call causes me extreme stress.
Thankyou so much for this, just lost my husband of 36 years was his full time care for most of these years, and not sure which way to turn I have had to arrange a funeral and try to navigate the paper work am not even processing my husband passing on top of this the job centre are ringing me, also worried about my roof, it’s all shocking
I didn’t even realise I had brain fog I thought that was normal hopefully it will help me in my tribunal your videos are really helping me to understand this better
Ive got chronic fatigue and joint pain left from a major viral infection 2+ years ago . Some days its a nightmare some days are much better but knowing a bad day in just around the corner is what can be difficult
I would argue that mobility is relevant with mental health. Being acutely depressed can have a MASSIVE impact on mobility. An assessor told me that I was “choosing” not to get out of bed and mobilise. That infuriated me. I’m waiting for them to make a decision, but I will be appealing and have readied myself to go right the way through to tribunal. The process has been humiliating and frustrating so far.
This is becoming more helpful the more I watch, so ignore my email and the message on your other video. From the bottom of my heart, and through tear-streaked cheeks I say a massive THANK YOU, Charlie. I don't feel as scared to tackle the review questionnaire now. Just one thing more - I don't know if you are aware, the review has to be done on paper, written. I enquired about an electronic version (because I struggle doing anything to do with my turning my right wrist for long periods, and I have not actually filled in the form myself before), and they only seem to have that available for the new applications.
PIP? It is soon to change. It is alleged that money payments is going to be replaced by vouchers. This is in talks at the moment and the DWP has not confirmed this. If cash payments are replaced with vouchers then what is the point in claiming? I sure do hope PIP payments are not changed.
Charlie, you are a better person than me, I'm not happy for the haters, I wish they could experience a week of what we have to go through! Although I do have to say, until I experienced ME and fibro, and everything else on top of that, I never thought about what other people were going through unless it was very visible.
I'm still waiting after 12 months for my first assessment for ADHD. I'm 34 and struggled all my life with mental health, attention, focus and just simple things being difficult for me. I'm signed off work through a health assesment and my GP so I need to apply for pip to help. I will use your advice and hope for the best. Fingers crossed!
I've just asked for a referral to mental health for a diagnosis of possible cptsd and the gp I spoke to said to me "you do realise you have to have had a major trains to get cptsd so what what was yours?"!!!! How to freak someone out - and this was on the phone with someone I've never spoken to before. I feel for you!
I personally wouldnt think that was allowed although exactly the same has happened to me by some rather nasty assesor who wasnt a dr. I was so traumatised and triggered by the question my throat closed up and i couldnt answer and had an emotional break down and anxiety attack and because i didnt physically answer the s.o.b failed me. I won my appeal without having to sit infront of anyone
I have a friend with such severe OCD and contamination phobias that you wouldn’t believe. On lots of medications but they cannot be treated or helped, they will not refer for any further treatment or therapy as she is considered incurable and unable to be helped after a long residential psychiatric treatment in hospital for many months which made her more unwell rather than better.
Take it your still on DLA Legacy benefits then? Try PIP - you will get paid more. Just get a letter from your primary Nurse. I swear it works out better.
Sertraline excerbiated my seizure disorder so I had to stop taking it 😐 it made me feel emotionally numb n "dumbed down" whuch had its uses but the clenched jaw n broken teeth due to the absent seizures and auras made me have no choice but to stop taking sertraline
You are who I have been looking for forever. I have alsorts goin on. I have just got a note now in 25 year's I have been told I "could get pip" not my initial thoughts. Though. My day to day life is the ptsd Trying to explain that. Is hard!
I didn’t have to fill in one form! If they identify you as having problems and you don’t fill the form in, they directly refer you for the assessment. I was working part time & was awarded the UC disability payments because of my mental health issues 👍
hi charlie. had my phone call on monday and spent the entire 90mins crying. left me feeling even crappier that i actually do feel! it's so draining emotionally and then having to wait 4 months for an outcome? the interview was the total opposite of facebook isn't it? facebook just tells us saddos how wonderful and enriching their lives are and how rich and successful they are whilst the capita phone call just makes you go over all the things you used to do but can't now. with my gp telling me (on a phone call ) to "google it" after a 19 minute phone call that says it all really doesn't it? i kept telling capita to get the recording from the docs to listen to it if possible because i think even she seemed a bit taken aback at the google comment. we are being treated like elephants in the wild - just get on with the pain and go die quietly in some corner.....
physically exhausted getting to the toilet & doing dishes required a 4hr knap this was coz my anxiety was followed by a acute b12 condition this left me with polymyalgia rheumatica and my body & mental health deteriorated drastically and i had to accept help and reach out
Good for you .. You can get help Been trying to get help for my son .impossible no help for mental health .. Yhe waiting lists are 6months to be assessed then another 6 for appointment. The nhs is under so much stress mental health facilities are unavailable . I am a nurse so I know what I'm talking about
You are a treasure.After reading your post I decided to reapply for PIP.I have sent an email to my G.P and attached proof of the reasons I shouldn't have been cut off in September.Another point I want to make is that females should never be interviewed by gentlemen working for the DHSS or Citizens Advice Centre about management of bowel & bladder issues .My assessment in the DHSS office by the male officer took place in the public area.He was very polite and I felt he was feeling very uncomfortable.There are plenty of interview rooms available in DHSS offices.Next time I require help with completing my Claim Form from CAB I will send an email in advance detailing my preferences.Why ,? Cos I am Worth it!!!!😊
I scored 11 points for pip but nothing for incontinence cus I was too embarrassed to speak to my doctor. I'm now diagnosed with diverticulitis so don't know if that will help
As someone with severe anxiety, depression, autism and ptsd, I need my winnie plushie to be with me in order to carry out basic functions like eating, bathing and going to the toilet. (She sits next to me if my hands are full but I then can't walk away without her) Since I'm not able to complete these actions without her would she count as an aid or something? I mean asking me to function without her would be like asking my mum to read something without her glasses, it wouldn't work. Also love to everyone going through this process, your not alone.
What about refusing medication? ? ? I have severe mental issues with aggression and violence but I won't take the meds.. ( I did win pip and have been on since last yr ) but I stopped taking meds after a wk because of side effects..... I don't touch any pharma drugs at all for anything... You start on 1 drug that leads to 2 then leads to more and majority of the pills are for side effects, my psych meds hhad side effect pills for the side effect pills, thats 3 meds i would of been on jist for the 1 pill let alone what other issues the pills would have given me and gotten me put on more. ( This is a personal opinion about meds and if ppl want to take the meds then good for them )
That's like me, I developed agoraphobia and health anxiety back in 2013 on top of anxiety and depression and haven't taken meds since 2015 because I believe they are no use and toxic to the body...I also have a massive fear of doctors and hospitals aswell. If they try to use that against me..I believe its a good case for discrimination against my mental disorders and therapy choices.
Thanks Charlie for great advice. Just a quick exert from my assessment. Said about my daily routine, I get up and make a coffee which proves I can lift a milk bottle and remove the lid, I don’t take milk in my coffee 🤔next I sit and watch television for 2-3 hours, due to my mental health I stopped watching television in 2010 and haven’t had a TV for a decade 🤷🏽♀️ My title is Miss and my pronoun is she but in one sentence I was referred to as he and she? Send you lots of positive energy, keep up the great work.
Hi Charlie. Please Could you do a video regarding the new reforms the prime minister wants to legislate and had primarily focused on welfare (including PIP) and getting back into work for people with mental health illness(es)? My daughter has many friends who won’t apply for PIP bc they don’t think they’d win their claim because of the stigma with mental health. Also, you mention in your videos about having the diagnosis in writing. My daughter couldn’t even get a GP phone call and when she went online to book an appointment, non available. Ordered one a few days later and is waiting 2 weeks. She has mentioned to me that a few friends who have long Covid have been ridiculed by GP and other healthcare professionals and this goes hand in hand with mental health. I’m so glad that you do these videos which help so many of us with our visible and non-visible conditions and illness.
I'm on ESA and I'm really worried if I make a claim for pip and I don't get approved because they feel borderline personality disorder and anxiety aren't serious enough and I'll loose my ESA as well as being denied😥 my anxiety gets so bad I can't even go out of the house without my mum or sister being there with me
I disagree with budgeting. I'd suggest saying that you need promting to make budgeting decisions. It's not about spending money you haven't got, it's about paying bills that need to be paid, making sure your money is going in to the bank to pay those bills .' I recently failed to be bothered to check and I'd not been paid for 4 months which caused a knock on effect of bills bouncing. I needed prompting to check it. I needed assistance to sort it and I really need weekly assistance to check it and I just don't bother. ' It could also be that you don't understand the value of money. But that's not depression. You can get 2 points here.
57:11 - “Due to my Dyslexia & ADHD, I frequently misread even the basic of instructions due to my poor attention and literacy skills. For example, I may read “Take one pill twice a day” as “Take two pills once a day”, or I may not understand the instruction at all and just disregard the task altogether.” To me, that should score 4 points, although I could be wrong.
Ive been turned down twice and I believe it is because of the way I answered the questions. I wrote things like "I can read and understand text but I have to read several times and come back to it later because of slow processing issues and dyslexia...." They simply said "you have said that you can read and understand text." 0 points. ☹️
Nothing to do with mental health, but I recently had an assessment for PIP. I had read that these assessments last about an hour. Mine lasted nearly two hours. I can't help but wonder whether this is a positive sign? I have no idea of what the result might be, but it was very thorough.
I finally plucked up the courage to call for a pip claim form, however my anxiety got the better of me when the recorded phone message said the call would last about 15 minutes. I couldn't understand why it would take that amount of time to request a form, I became overwhelmed and had to put the phone down 😔
Hi this video was so straight forward my partner is dyslexic and has had an assment done where it mentions audio processing disorder in turn this affects his mental health his job realitions but has been told he don't qualify he is struggling so much
Same I have been a hated on bullied victim my entire existence and i got nobody at all so lonely and it's all bcoz the adoptive mother PURPOSELY turned my adult kids against me all bcoz i didn't live my life as SHE thinks I shuddof! Evil b she Is! And her husband bullied me emotionally and phisically all my chikdhood and adolescent life it made me hate men afyer he use to attack me and try n choke me I had to bite him once September 12th 1986 I was 13 years old at the time he NEVER dared to try n kill me again and thst method of abuse was told to him to do to me via a CHILD MH SLYchologist during the early 80s! I deal with that which has attributed to my CPTSD and anxiety now at 50 years old its been a contributing factor to my MH my entire life as it all started wen I was a year old I self harmed by head banging at thst age! Before I even knew wot SH was! I cud tell u s m more but not in YT comment section 😐 but i guess u can get an idea of just how evil n damaging forced adoption is to us adult former victim of a forced adoption as children
I've been suffering from. My illness is for twenty-five years and not cleaned pip. I'm so ashamed of my condition so embarrassed. Im hurt myself all the time. By banging into doors falling over and I can not be reliable or consistent with anyone any longer. I'm so ashamed.
I have cptsd, fnd, atypical migraine and sleep disorder. Watched a few of your videos and went in very prepared so I thought. Didn’t get a single point on assessment. Reading the decision they’ve blatantly Cherry picked some of the things I said and totally ignored the rest which gave what I said context. Totally immured most of the things I said. Now I’m left unable to work more than a couple hours but they’ve said in not so many words there’s nothing wrong with me and I don’t suffer from overwhelming distress.
It's absolutely disgusting that you have to know the 'system' to get benefits. Some just don't have the energy to fight the system and there is no help available from government. Psychologists don't interfere with benefits and that makes the problem worse. It's just all absolutely appalling.
This is why the come over on boats and get housing and bennifits not like the ones who have lived here yet get flogged off
Aye mate I’m about there myself big book fay universal credit and pip next like where’s the fcking bridge
Be quicker and easier than dealing with that mob
CAB know the rules and are empathetic.
I think support is needed to apply for PIP, the process is traumatic and causes triggers it can be extremely distressing. The more difficult it is to cope with the process the greater the chances you need and deserve it.
Expert help from the CAB helps in several ways, firstly because they can do the form in a much shorter time than alone or with somebody without training. That reduces the distress to a more tolerable level.
Secondly it seems that if the PIP assessment staff are aware CAB have been involved it is an indication you won't be fobbed off so easily and the form will be more consistent and accurate. Most people are refused on the first attempt but eventually are successful if not deterred by the obstacles caused by an intimidating system.
Some CAB staff are trained so well and have so much practice they can tell you exactly what you need to obtain as evidence and prevent you doing a lot of unnecessary work.
It is much easier to meet the deadline if you have help, if you go prepared it's possible to complete the form and post it ( recorded delivery) immediately after your appointment.
In some places CAB advice is extremely hard to get, it is so valuable be prepared to go to great lengths to get it. Sometimes in the past they do home visits but I don't know if this is still possible.
I agree every word you've said.
Hello Charlie. UNRELATED to this particular video, I just wanted to offer you a heartfelt "THANKYOU" for the advice you've offered across your posts. A few days ago I was awarded P.I.P. at my first attempt. Without your knowledge and selfless dedication to those of us who really need it, I doubt this would have been possible. To everyone reading this, please take Charlie's advice and heed it (especially as it takes a huge toll on her to produce these videos). Pause, take notes, pause, take notes and so on. Once again Charlie, thankyou very much indeed. You truly are our hero. x x
how long did you have to wait? i got phone call interview 4 weeks after applying online. i'm expecting the worst and am ready to go to appeal if that should be the case. i just don't see how they can diagnose and agree with conditions over the phone and not face to face? not that i'm bothered coz what i have is medically proven and i don't lie just to get a bit of help unlike the woman who this week has to pay back about £600k as she said she was disabled but put a photo of her tossing a xmas tree in an event! omg! i can't even pick up a friggin' kettle!
Congratulations 🎉. Glad it went very straight forward for you!👍💫💯
So pleased for you. It gives us hope
Charlie is angelic; her advice is clear & that is so helpful because the stress makes clear thinking difficult or impossible at times because she suffers from illnesses herself so knows. The assessors ; changed their name prob because 'ATOS' was so associated with causing suicides due to cruel and unfair assessment methods. The Tories ( royals etc) have destroyed this country for non billionaires using poverty, 'pandemics' ( created in labs for depopulation & profit of trillions from 'vxines' with many MPs & PMs having shares in these Pharma companies. Look up.'World Ecnomic Forum' if you want to know who Tories, Royals work for ie not the people but global club of worlds richest who openly say billions of 'Useless Eaters' must die). Sorry if this is worrying but it's what is happening in UK and worldwide ie starting with elderly, ill, disabled, poorer etc genocide. Hancock and Johnson killed at least 40 thou elderly in care homes and laughed about it. Cameron started 'Austerity' ie severe poverty which continues.
I struggle to explain my condition of c.o.p.d.
I’m going to watch this tonight fill out my pip tomorrow because I have mental health conditions and physical health conditions! Thank you and I pray it works because my esa is not enough for me to live anymore !!!
I watch all of your videos before my Tribunal appeal, did as you said, the Judge awarded me for daily living 11 points and for mobility i got enhanced, All back dated 3 years. so thank you for doing these videos.👍👍👍👍
Congratulations 🎉 I'm so pleased for you! I know it must have been a heavyweight removed from your shoulders! Well done.👍💯🌟
Im still waiting to be assessed for Bipolar cancer I still send my form in
OMG, im crying watching this video, you really hit the nail on the head. I appreciate the reality check that mental conditions affect me and its not me being lazy. Thank you , I need a friend like this!
Suicidal ideation is the term for thinking about suicide all the time and passive suicidal ideation is when it's there but you're not thinking of how you would take your own life. Great video and very relevant ❤
I have sat a cried watching this video today, my mental health has and still is ruining my life and to of found your channel today has really helped me and I have to thank you so much 💓
OMG I'm in tears watching this. I feel completely trapped with my mental health. I find it hard to do anything and genuinely find it difficult to work as a result of my mental health. I'm so scared to start this journey
Charlie, thank you so so much. Everything your saying is so true. I am ALWAYS in deniel of my conditions. I try to carry on regardless. When I had my 1st ever PIP claim interview, it was awful. You have to openly accept to a complete stranger, how bad your conditions are and it's a massive reality slap in the face. Reality sucks but we carry on and have to keep going. Thx so much Charlie for the video. I know it takes so much out of you. Honestly, you are amazing. I think we ALL appreciate EVERYTHING your doing for us, the "silent". Much love as always xx
Charlie I didn't apply for PIP fir years because of the horror stories. I finally applied last October with the help of a friend who helps people apply for PIP. Well just over 2 weeks ago I had a telephone assessment and less than 2 weeks later I got a text informing me I have been award it. I struggled with my mental health for years and last year it became obvious I wasn't coping with work, yet again. SSP is not enough to live off. I cashed in my 2 small work pensions to help me through this. Such as relief I don't have to worry so much now.
You’re absolutely right. I did not want to take PIP, fealt guilty after getting cancer and suffering terrible anxiety and agoraphobia. Always thought I was taking something I did not deserve. I agree it makes you realise your disability too. You are amazing and so clear in your communication and giving your time to educate others is so selfless, I big thank you xxx
Pity you never learnt to spell.
@@chelloman-gd1oc What has spelling got to do with anything here? Have a heart. And since we're on the subject of disability- some people have dyslexia, so that's a deeply inappropriate thing to be rude about here.
Just... who the hell reads such a heartfelt message of kindness and thanks and opening up about their conditions, and decides to just be a dick to a person talking about their cancer because of a damn misspelled word? Get your fucking priorities right. His message made me smile, yours made me angry.
I applied for PIP regarding my anxiety and depression yesterday following one of your other videos, I wish I had found this one first. Fingers crossed everything goes okay
Ohhh Charlie I’m so emotionale watching you as your 1 amazing women who is so genuine & really care about others while you’re dealing with enough shit in life but still post information 2 help everyone else in such a straight unique way so we understand the pip situation so wanted 2 say a huge thanks 4 your brilliant hard work & hope things in your life are doing ok as you deserve happiness sweetheart 🥰 x
I was awarded Enhanced PIP (No Mobilty) without a face to face Assessment for 6 years, and have been on it for the past 20. My condition is Schizophrenia and EUPD. The best thing you can do is get your Lead Practitioner and / or Shrink to send a supporting letter. And send your clinic letters. That was it for me! Maybe i just got lucky. Last Face to face was over 30 years ago.
Insanity of the system
Agree. My last assessment was 7 years ago. Nothing since. My assessor looked about 17 & incredibly embarrassed to be there. All she did was read my form back out to me while I agreed that it described my health. Pointless.
I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 1.5 years and i just found out i can apply for PIP.
I hope i get pip it will make my life easier as a schizophenic
I am under treatment for schizophrenia
wow, I'm so happy to have found you. I've been wanting to apply for PIP for my memtal health difficulties for years. You have taken a lot of the fear out of it, so thank you.
With C-PTSD I can not open mail unless someone is with me, I will leave it in the mail box for days because fear this is a trigger for me.
I totally understand your situation! Opening mail makes me feel like I'm having a mild heart attack 💔. Definitely triggers my CPTSD. Anyway, hope you doing okay, my friend 👍💯🌟
@@asadzeethree2726 doing good today I hope you're having a good day too.
Thank you, sending love and care for being such a awesome human being
Wow life saver I’ve just watched your big video and I’ve just seen that you’ve done this,my problem is mental health you are doing such good work ❤
Hi, I'm currently on a five year award for P. I. P, which ends next year. I'm dreading having to explain in depth my ptsd, anxiety, trauma, depression etc all over again. Could you do an episode to do with requesting a paper based assessment and the legal grounds for it please. By the way, the advice you give is superb, concise and sincere. Thank you.
I wrote on my claim form that I need a paper assessment due to my struggles with anxiety, ADHD working memory and overwhelm/ slow processing talking with people. And they just accepted that, no legal requirement.
Have chronic illness and have a 22 yr son disabled too just won my pip renewal assesment
I have comorbid bipolar and adhd. Plus all the other symptoms that comes long with these - depression, anxiety, manics, panic attacks. I have tried getting PIP 4 times now and honestly, it has left me feeling completely alone. I will be watching this to see if it can help me.
I love you Charlie! You make me laugh so much - along with all the help you're giving us thank you ❤❤❤
Hi Charlie- I wanted to just thank you for the time and effort you have put into this upload and it has really helped me to be able to support my partner with his PIP telephone assessment today. All the best ❤
Your spot on I've lost all hope I was super honest in my firm I sent a long sa about my condition that took me over a week to rite out due my illness I've had anxiety and depression for years now I told them this and was brutally honest and got nothing 😡 I don't know what I'm going to do!
I did not originally think I deserved PIP for my Mental Health. That there were people out there who deserved it more than me. My husband begged and begged for me to apply. So I eventually did. I filled the forms out and after many appeals, but before going to the tribunal, I actually was awarded PIP, I felt guilty at first, but don't just think of yourself (I always put myself down), but think how much this is affecting the family and how much they do that you used to do, or just cant manage. My Mental Health was affecting our finances in a huge way. It really helps if you get PIP. If your Health is impacting your finances, or you cant afford to do the things that would help you, then you should apply for PIP.
Charlie, you're a genius! Thank you for all the wonderful videos and the invaluable advice.
I was so worried about my form and then somebody suggested i phoned Help the Aged as they would help me. A lady came round to my house and filled it in for me on my direction but she knew exactly how to word it - she was brilliant and so reassuring. I have just received the enhanced rate 2 weeks after my phone interview AND got it backdated 6 months so got a life saving payment into my bank. This might be an idea for some of you. Good luck x
I wish I had this video before I had my pip telephone assessment but at least I'm more prepared but I've learnt a lot from you Charlie I mentioned told the health pip person doing my assessment that I have various health issues that if I could work I would be I don't feel ready both physically and mentally xx
Even though my problem isn't primarily mental health, this is still helpful. My biggest problem, im undiagnosed... they have zero idea whats going on.
Similar! They are trying to say I'm ok(I am most def NOT I KNOW my own body!) It's somatic and i am feeling lije its deliberate bcoz its ME!(Long story!) I feel vindicated and targeted tbh this in of itself is making my already ill health both emotionsl n phisical worsen 😐
read my comments on this page - a 19 minute phone call from docs and i'm sobbing and he tells me to "google it". gps get experience with hands on doctoring but all they want to do is send you a questionnaire by text but don't want to see you. even medication requested have been TRIPPLED by gp without even seeing me!
@@TinaLouise73does this woman actually help people of is she charging people to guide them through the applications ? That’s what I would like to know.
Charlie. Thank you so much.
I received my pip form about 2 weeks ago. The questions are very similar but there are no points listed.
PS. I'm drugged up in the a.m. from my epilepsy meds and wrote all that down on the form to do with reading etc. because nothing goes in Maybe that will help?!
The fact that you're discussing the answers rather than answering questions is the huge help. Here's hoping!
They're obviously listening to you because the "Moving around" section gives the length in metres and... in BUSES!!!
Thank you again.
I have to say some buses are longer than others anyway eh 😊
Many thanks, dear Charlie, for talking with me. Soon I will start taking with y as well))). Keep well and good luck to you.
Watching this has brought tears to my eyes I applied for pip for anxiety and depression only to be made out to be a lier they pretty much said there is nothing wrong with me , when I received the form back stating this I sat and cried . Now I'm on here because I have been told to apply for it again and I'm going to have to force myself to do it my anxiety is so high 😩
Charlie I have found your channel very helpful as I am due my review assessment in two weeks. But more especially because I have been in denial about my disability for twenty years, no wonder I have had such trouble with getting Pip . It has made me cry and made me angry but I am finally coming to terms with my condition and not living in la la land expecting to wake up tomorrow completely healed.
If I get my Pip great if I don’t I will appeal, I have to I can’t manage without it but either way I am not ashamed of myself or my conditions anymore and I have you to thank for that ❤
If you get 4 points for needing social support when communicating with others, you should get also get the full 12 points for preparing and following journeys. If you cannot go anywhere alone, then you need a PERSON to be with you when outside the house, whether that's going to the doctor, or going to a show. If having someone with you makes you able to do these things, then it's at least 4 points in the communicating question and 12 in the journey one. The DWP will not make that connection themselves, though, you have to make it for them.
I have come to your site searching to help my son to claim pip for his mental health adhd, but you spoke about mental health with suicidal thoughts , with your explanations you have triggered good results in my head in 5 minutes than others therapy I have been through with no progress, I do not hide from this but fully try to understand why these thoughts have come along, I have always said when I understand mental health I would like to help others, you are the person I wish to be like in making sense from the beginning
Thanks Dave
Excellent video, as someone who has multiple conditions and worked in Mental Health, this is great a clear explanation of how having an illness and the system works. Totally agree that it is how you communicate your disability. The point about learning to understand and accept disability is important as many are in denial and the system takes advantage of this, even knowing this I still think I can do things when I spend most of my time in bed due to my multiple conditions due to pain, fatigue and mood. Good point on SCAR process which is comparable to STAR process when knowing how to evidence competencies which is effectively is the descriptors.
I'm watching this to help my son fill in his pip review. I don't have mental health issues but I wouldn't be able to plan a trip to Loch Ness on my own via public transport!
Thank you for sharing this! Is it best to list every single condition separately, such as ADHD, fatigue, depression, etc, or, list the ones that affect you the most and then say, e.g. ‘because of ADHD I have fatigue which causes me to stay in bed’? Also, I’m not quite sure if when addressing points for each section I need to mention how each condition affects it, e.g. ‘Every day, I can’t prepare food because my ADHD distracts me and I have to be prompted’ and also say, ‘My partner has to prepare food for me because I experience fatigue due to my conditions (combined)’? Maybe I’m overthinking things - typical! Thank you for the help :)
It's all about how u word it " every day this affects me everything this lady is saying is 100 💯 accurate
you are a lifesaver, i went through your content wishing for some advise on mental health and this has made my life so much easier as a young claimant. thanklyou!!!!
great video, i thought i had many points, covered, but i had a lot more to add as well. 10/10.
Thank you so so much for doing this and sharing your knowledge and gifts. I'm so sorry for the haters comments you've received, you are deserved of so much love and support. You are amazing!
Thanks Charlie I've picked up points watching this hun thanks for doing this for people with mental health issues like myself much appreciated chick xx
You are amazing! Probably just saved my life. Thank you ❤
Yep, i have ASD and anxiety/depression. I have left those dwp chat rooms, because it is filled with people who don't understand pip ( or navigate it), i do have the doc (about my ASD diagnosis (i keep that with me).
Hi 👋 two of my sisters have the same condition as you and are both in wheelchairs in their 40s! So I totally feel for you, it’s not how you look it’s how you feel, my sisters look fabulous most days but the pain I see it in their eyes and just think it’s such a cruel illness, I really hope you have more good days than bad, god bless ❤
Thank you for keeping us informed xx
omg! you are so correct as we put on a front to the world to look normal yet a school mum said to me do you have bipolar as ur so fast some days & seem erratic yet I can see ur not intoxicated & other days u talk so low I can't hear you! I was stunned and embarrassed at this time yet she hugged me and said ur doing well ur a great mum yet I have the same condition that's how I new!!❤
Loved your mental attitude lol wish more people would cut the bullshit out like you ! Hopefully your advice helps me it gave a little hope when I had none! So thank you for that
Sorry to inform you 😢, sometimes sharing, speaking to psychologists is a no no for most😮🎉
Even sonething as simple as making or answering a phone call causes me extreme stress.
Thankyou so much for this, just lost my husband of 36 years was his full time care for most of these years, and not sure which way to turn I have had to arrange a funeral and try to navigate the paper work am not even processing my husband passing on top of this the job centre are ringing me, also worried about my roof, it’s all shocking
I didn’t even realise I had brain fog I thought that was normal hopefully it will help me in my tribunal your videos are really helping me to understand this better
Thank you Charlie. Hope you’re well?
Great info. Keep spreading the love.
Ive got chronic fatigue and joint pain left from a major viral infection 2+ years ago . Some days its a nightmare some days are much better but knowing a bad day in just around the corner is what can be difficult
I would argue that mobility is relevant with mental health. Being acutely depressed can have a MASSIVE impact on mobility. An assessor told me that I was “choosing” not to get out of bed and mobilise. That infuriated me. I’m waiting for them to make a decision, but I will be appealing and have readied myself to go right the way through to tribunal. The process has been humiliating and frustrating so far.
This is becoming more helpful the more I watch, so ignore my email and the message on your other video. From the bottom of my heart, and through tear-streaked cheeks I say a massive THANK YOU, Charlie. I don't feel as scared to tackle the review questionnaire now. Just one thing more - I don't know if you are aware, the review has to be done on paper, written. I enquired about an electronic version (because I struggle doing anything to do with my turning my right wrist for long periods, and I have not actually filled in the form myself before), and they only seem to have that available for the new applications.
I would love to speak to you.
I suffer from depression and anxiety.
I have been declined pip twice and only saw your CZcams pages, just today. X
PIP? It is soon to change. It is alleged that money payments is going to be replaced by vouchers. This is in talks at the moment and the DWP has not confirmed this. If cash payments are replaced with vouchers then what is the point in claiming? I sure do hope PIP payments are not changed.
Charlie, you are a better person than me, I'm not happy for the haters, I wish they could experience a week of what we have to go through! Although I do have to say, until I experienced ME and fibro, and everything else on top of that, I never thought about what other people were going through unless it was very visible.
Brilliant videos, you're doing a great work here! 👏🙏👍
I'm still waiting after 12 months for my first assessment for ADHD. I'm 34 and struggled all my life with mental health, attention, focus and just simple things being difficult for me. I'm signed off work through a health assesment and my GP so I need to apply for pip to help. I will use your advice and hope for the best. Fingers crossed!
Quite simply, THANK YOU 🙏
Hi Charlie! I wish I seen this video before I sent my forms out!
I have C-PTSD, and when having the PIP assessment, I was asked what caused me to have C-PTSD. I felt ashamed having to answer the question
I've just asked for a referral to mental health for a diagnosis of possible cptsd and the gp I spoke to said to me "you do realise you have to have had a major trains to get cptsd so what what was yours?"!!!! How to freak someone out - and this was on the phone with someone I've never spoken to before. I feel for you!
I personally wouldnt think that was allowed although exactly the same has happened to me by some rather nasty assesor who wasnt a dr. I was so traumatised and triggered by the question my throat closed up and i couldnt answer and had an emotional break down and anxiety attack and because i didnt physically answer the s.o.b failed me. I won my appeal without having to sit infront of anyone
I am proud of you! @@luvfunkyhouse
Don't listen to that Dr CPTSD is very serious and not a lot is known about this condition in this country. Please be strong. @@Charis88848
I had to tell the assets during COVID tim pip assements I had to give details of how my sexuql abuse affected me eveey dwy
DWP withheld my medical history from PIP for over a year, it was only when the appeal judge asked if anyone had anything to say DWP piped up.
I have a friend with such severe OCD and contamination phobias that you wouldn’t believe. On lots of medications but they cannot be treated or helped, they will not refer for any further treatment or therapy as she is considered incurable and unable to be helped after a long residential psychiatric treatment in hospital for many months which made her more unwell rather than better.
I am diagnosed bipolar, ptsd, psychosis, tourettes, ocd and have sensory processing problems and i was awarded low rate care for two years
Take it your still on DLA Legacy benefits then? Try PIP - you will get paid more. Just get a letter from your primary Nurse. I swear it works out better.
Sertraline excerbiated my seizure disorder so I had to stop taking it 😐 it made me feel emotionally numb n "dumbed down" whuch had its uses but the clenched jaw n broken teeth due to the absent seizures and auras made me have no choice but to stop taking sertraline
I live alone i use Alexa to prompt me to drink ect. On a set routine does that count as what i use for a prompt
You are who I have been looking for forever. I have alsorts goin on. I have just got a note now in 25 year's I have been told I "could get pip" not my initial thoughts. Though. My day to day life is the ptsd Trying to explain that. Is hard!
I didn’t have to fill in one form! If they identify you as having problems and you don’t fill the form in, they directly refer you for the assessment. I was working part time & was awarded the UC disability payments because of my mental health issues 👍
hi charlie. had my phone call on monday and spent the entire 90mins crying. left me feeling even crappier that i actually do feel! it's so draining emotionally and then having to wait 4 months for an outcome? the interview was the total opposite of facebook isn't it? facebook just tells us saddos how wonderful and enriching their lives are and how rich and successful they are whilst the capita phone call just makes you go over all the things you used to do but can't now. with my gp telling me (on a phone call ) to "google it" after a 19 minute phone call that says it all really doesn't it? i kept telling capita to get the recording from the docs to listen to it if possible because i think even she seemed a bit taken aback at the google comment. we are being treated like elephants in the wild - just get on with the pain and go die quietly in some corner.....
Thanks for this video I'm sending it to my daughter ❤
physically exhausted getting to the toilet & doing dishes required a 4hr knap this was coz my anxiety was followed by a acute b12 condition this left me with polymyalgia rheumatica and my body & mental health deteriorated drastically and i had to accept help and reach out
Good for you ..
You can get help
Been trying to get help for my son .impossible no help for mental health ..
Yhe waiting lists are 6months to be assessed then another 6 for appointment.
The nhs is under so much stress mental health facilities are unavailable .
I am a nurse so I know what I'm talking about
You are a treasure.After reading your post I decided to reapply for PIP.I have sent an email to my G.P and attached proof of the reasons I shouldn't have been cut off in September.Another point I want to make is that females should never be interviewed by gentlemen working for the DHSS or Citizens Advice Centre about management of bowel & bladder issues .My assessment in the DHSS office by the male officer took place in the public area.He was very polite and I felt he was feeling very uncomfortable.There are plenty of interview rooms available in DHSS offices.Next time I require help with completing my Claim Form from CAB I will send an email in advance detailing my preferences.Why ,? Cos I am Worth it!!!!😊
I scored 11 points for pip but nothing for incontinence cus I was too embarrassed to speak to my doctor. I'm now diagnosed with diverticulitis so don't know if that will help
Ya go won't help sorry listen to this
It hasn't been called d h ss for years and decades
Don't goto cab they're us less
As someone with severe anxiety, depression, autism and ptsd, I need my winnie plushie to be with me in order to carry out basic functions like eating, bathing and going to the toilet. (She sits next to me if my hands are full but I then can't walk away without her) Since I'm not able to complete these actions without her would she count as an aid or something? I mean asking me to function without her would be like asking my mum to read something without her glasses, it wouldn't work. Also love to everyone going through this process, your not alone.
What about refusing medication? ? ? I have severe mental issues with aggression and violence but I won't take the meds.. ( I did win pip and have been on since last yr ) but I stopped taking meds after a wk because of side effects..... I don't touch any pharma drugs at all for anything... You start on 1 drug that leads to 2 then leads to more and majority of the pills are for side effects, my psych meds hhad side effect pills for the side effect pills, thats 3 meds i would of been on jist for the 1 pill let alone what other issues the pills would have given me and gotten me put on more. ( This is a personal opinion about meds and if ppl want to take the meds then good for them )
That's like me, I developed agoraphobia and health anxiety back in 2013 on top of anxiety and depression and haven't taken meds since 2015 because I believe they are no use and toxic to the body...I also have a massive fear of doctors and hospitals aswell.
If they try to use that against me..I believe its a good case for discrimination against my mental disorders and therapy choices.
Thanks Charlie for great advice.
Just a quick exert from my assessment.
Said about my daily routine, I get up and make a coffee which proves I can lift a milk bottle and remove the lid, I don’t take milk in my coffee 🤔next I sit and watch television for 2-3 hours, due to my mental health I stopped watching television in 2010 and haven’t had a TV for a decade 🤷🏽♀️
My title is Miss and my pronoun is she but in one sentence I was referred to as he and she? Send you lots of positive energy, keep up the great work.
I'm going be helping my hubby fill his form in to apply for pip
I'm dreading it charli
There's nothing to worry about, just keep it simple and, esure that you make it clear that you have to help him with EVERYTHING.
@@markbeaver5321 thank u
Hi Charlie. Please Could you do a video regarding the new reforms the prime minister wants to legislate and had primarily focused on welfare (including PIP) and getting back into work for people with mental health illness(es)? My daughter has many friends who won’t apply for PIP bc they don’t think they’d win their claim because of the stigma with mental health. Also, you mention in your videos about having the diagnosis in writing. My daughter couldn’t even get a GP phone call and when she went online to book an appointment, non available. Ordered one a few days later and is waiting 2 weeks. She has mentioned to me that a few friends who have long Covid have been ridiculed by GP and other healthcare professionals and this goes hand in hand with mental health. I’m so glad that you do these videos which help so many of us with our visible and non-visible conditions and illness.
I'm on ESA and I'm really worried if I make a claim for pip and I don't get approved because they feel borderline personality disorder and anxiety aren't serious enough and I'll loose my ESA as well as being denied😥 my anxiety gets so bad I can't even go out of the house without my mum or sister being there with me
I disagree with budgeting. I'd suggest saying that you need promting to make budgeting decisions. It's not about spending money you haven't got, it's about paying bills that need to be paid, making sure your money is going in to the bank to pay those bills .' I recently failed to be bothered to check and I'd not been paid for 4 months which caused a knock on effect of bills bouncing. I needed prompting to check it. I needed assistance to sort it and I really need weekly assistance to check it and I just don't bother. '
It could also be that you don't understand the value of money. But that's not depression.
You can get 2 points here.
Agree, got 2 points for Son with autism because he is very anxious about spending money on essential items
My son has keratoconus and this affected his mental health. He wasn't awarded anything yet he had proof of appointments and support he needed.
57:11 - “Due to my Dyslexia & ADHD, I frequently misread even the basic of instructions due to my poor attention and literacy skills. For example, I may read “Take one pill twice a day” as “Take two pills once a day”, or I may not understand the instruction at all and just disregard the task altogether.” To me, that should score 4 points, although I could be wrong.
14:51 Thank you for all your advice ❤
Ive been turned down twice and I believe it is because of the way I answered the questions.
I wrote things like "I can read and understand text but I have to read several times and come back to it later because of slow processing issues and dyslexia...."
They simply said "you have said that you can read and understand text." 0 points. ☹️
What if you think of things you didn’t think of at the time you completed the form but have already sent it off?
You dont actually have to have someone to prompt you,its if you NEED prompting
Nothing to do with mental health, but I recently had an assessment for PIP. I had read that these assessments last about an hour. Mine lasted nearly two hours. I can't help but wonder whether this is a positive sign? I have no idea of what the result might be, but it was very thorough.
Thank you so much to explain to us I applied last year and i m on depression anxiety and ptsd last 13 years and I didn't get pip
Thank you for this video. I am in somewhat a similar situation as yourself. Very good advice :)
Thank you very much for all the information. ❤❤❤
I finally plucked up the courage to call for a pip claim form, however my anxiety got the better of me when the recorded phone message said the call would last about 15 minutes. I couldn't understand why it would take that amount of time to request a form, I became overwhelmed and had to put the phone down 😔
I say how can you know what’s good or bad or if there is anything better . Do I need more . ? I’m not in for the fight to say no .
I don’t trust .
Hi this video was so straight forward my partner is dyslexic and has had an assment done where it mentions audio processing disorder in turn this affects his mental health his job realitions but has been told he don't qualify he is struggling so much
Avoidance is a symptom of C-PTSD for me it is a question of survival
Same I have been a hated on bullied victim my entire existence and i got nobody at all so lonely and it's all bcoz the adoptive mother PURPOSELY turned my adult kids against me all bcoz i didn't live my life as SHE thinks I shuddof! Evil b she Is! And her husband bullied me emotionally and phisically all my chikdhood and adolescent life it made me hate men afyer he use to attack me and try n choke me I had to bite him once September 12th 1986 I was 13 years old at the time he NEVER dared to try n kill me again and thst method of abuse was told to him to do to me via a CHILD MH SLYchologist during the early 80s! I deal with that which has attributed to my CPTSD and anxiety now at 50 years old its been a contributing factor to my MH my entire life as it all started wen I was a year old I self harmed by head banging at thst age! Before I even knew wot SH was! I cud tell u s m more but not in YT comment section 😐 but i guess u can get an idea of just how evil n damaging forced adoption is to us adult former victim of a forced adoption as children
I have diagnosed Crohn’s disease and a bi-polar mood disorder, have spent time in crisis centres. I go to work everyday but I struggle.
I've been suffering from. My illness is for twenty-five years and not cleaned pip. I'm so ashamed of my condition so embarrassed. Im hurt myself all the time. By banging into doors falling over and I can not be reliable or consistent with anyone any longer. I'm so ashamed.
I have cptsd, fnd, atypical migraine and sleep disorder. Watched a few of your videos and went in very prepared so I thought. Didn’t get a single point on assessment. Reading the decision they’ve blatantly Cherry picked some of the things I said and totally ignored the rest which gave what I said context. Totally immured most of the things I said. Now I’m left unable to work more than a couple hours but they’ve said in not so many words there’s nothing wrong with me and I don’t suffer from overwhelming distress.
Ive learnt so much from you thank you