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mental health18th June 2019by admin2 min5,333

“The cloud turns darker day by day”

We received this message with a poem. Please share it widely as much as you can. It is very hard to read, do not read on if you are already struggling but it needs to be seen by as many … Continue reading “The cloud turns darker day by day”

ESA5th May 2019by admin2 min3,830

Austerity has had a devastating impact on people living with mental health problems

Five years ago, I started volunteering for a mental health charity in my hometown of Stoke-on-Trent. This has given me frequent unsettling insight into the impact austerity policies, enacted by the government since 2010, have had on our members. For … Continue reading Austerity has had a devastating impact on people living with mental health problems

ESA11th March 2019by admin1 min2,699

“Cuts to the NHS meant it took over 9 months to be diagnosed”

I have multiple disabilities. As well as long term mental and learning disabilities, I developed a pain condition over a year ago, which prevented me working for 6 months at it’s worst.  It means I need to use a wheelchair … Continue reading “Cuts to the NHS meant it took over 9 months to be diagnosed”

ESA29th December 2018by admin3 min2,631

My mental health has declined even further

I have been on life long DLA for numerous years for aspergers syndrome which is a life long condition. I was on medium care and low mobility for this. Over the years my physical health has declined. I have found … Continue reading My mental health has declined even further

mental health4th December 2018by admin1 min4,639

“Currently 7 months no PIP. MH terrible. Suicidal twice”

Successful job, chronic pain, disabled at 33. Mental health BOOM. Want to work again, but system keeps knocking me back. 3xPIP assessments in 40 months, 2xESA. Lose benefits=financial crisis=mental health BOOM + pain worsens. Get benefit back, recover, make progress, … Continue reading “Currently 7 months no PIP. MH terrible. Suicidal twice”

mental health4th December 2018by admin2 min5,548

It’s isolating, it’s painful, it’s a struggle. 

PMDD, Major Depression, Social Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, M.E, and PTSD. One of those is bad enough. The impact on daily life is immense, with rest being organised round short activities, and being constantly dosed up on codeine, as many with Fibromyalgia … Continue reading It’s isolating, it’s painful, it’s a struggle. 

mental health21st September 2018by admin1 min3,213

Chronic Illness stopped me working

#ChronicIllness Stopped me Working ,  #Disability #Welfare  Affected my Poor #MentalHealth in a Very Negative Way.  Increased #Medication  to aid me caused Weight issues, my increased weight caused #SleepApnoea. This negatively affected my #Physical and #Mental Health and forced more … Continue reading Chronic Illness stopped me working

mental health20th September 2018by admin2 min2,613

My initial diagnosis in 2010 of melanoma was terminal

My initial diagnosis in 2010 of melanoma was terminal, I applied for DLA and my Doctor supplied the medical form stating terminal. I still received low rate benefit, I asked for an appeal  and had the assessment in the middle of … Continue reading My initial diagnosis in 2010 of melanoma was terminal

carers5th September 2018by admin6 min3,789

My crime is that I am the mother of two vulnerable disabled young adult sons

I sit here on Death Row. The last weekend of Summer – a Bank Holiday weekend. I will spend all the sunny hours, …  into the dusk,..then to night hours, often till dawn, writing my appeals. I won’t be out … Continue reading My crime is that I am the mother of two vulnerable disabled young adult sons

mental health4th August 2018by admin1 min2,913

It took days to recover from the trauma. I couldn’t stop crying

I am having to tell my entire life story of being raped as a child, being put into a house of hell, Chadswell Assessment Centre, which was pretty much the same as Fred Wests house except in Rocester Staffordshire, over and over … Continue reading It took days to recover from the trauma. I couldn’t stop crying

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