No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1162203 |
| Date: 2025-04-08 16:36:55 |
| Nickname: ConstantlyPushing |
| Age: 42 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: Fibromyalgia, CFS, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, Recurrent Depressive Disorder, OCD |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Enhanced |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: Slim |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: The more I push my body, the more it seizes up and hurts. The pain becomes agonising and it pulsates through all my limbs, particularly my ankles, feet, knees, wrists, elbows, shoulder blades, neck, lower back... so basically my whole body. I look fine, but my body is like an old clunky Victorian machine that needs oiling constantly, although the oil doesn't make any difference. I get so frustrated as I just want my body to work 'normally' so I can lead a 'normal' life, go to work, have my own home etc. Basically, the things 'society' deem 'normal', as lets face it, anything else, and the government class it as 'inactivity' and 'undignified'. All this pain and distress causes my anxiety to get really bad, to the point that I am constantly thinking of suicide. When I go past places, I see them as suicide opportunities, such as cliffs, train tracks and bridges. Then I get more depressed because of this doom loop - try to function, stiffen up, unbearable pain, crash, extreme tiredness. Then anxiety, anger, distress, depression, despair, suicidal thoughts and plans. That is basically my life. I never asked for this. The government need to realise that a lot of us disabled folk had great careers prior to disability and illness. There is nothing we would like more than to go back to those days, where there was 'dignity' and a sense of achievement, as well as owning nice things and having somewhere nice to live. They should also appreciate that disabled people deserve dignity, whether they can or can't work, even if they were never able to work, as well as realise a lot of us don't need to go on basic 'training courses' or learn how to 'write CVs' in order to be able to work. We already know all that, thank you very much. It is our bodies that are stopping us from working. It is almost as if they deem all Ill and disabled people as stupid. It really annoys me. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: Around £840 a month, taking my income to basic UC (£400ish) and the mobility part of PIP (£300ish) IF I even qualify for that component at review. So I'll have £400 to live off each month, as I use the mobility component to run a car; I live very rurally, so it is impossible to survive without a car here. Obviously £400 a month is not enough to run a home or a car, so I will likely lose the car anyway and become very isolated without access to healthcare, medication or the outside world. If I was to stop my medication, my mental health would be severely effected and I would likely commit suicide, as this has happened when my medication has stopped in the past and I have attempted many times due to the mental distress I suffer without the medication. I have already given up my tenancy in preparation for the cuts, as I know I won't be able to afford to stay. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I just get very scared that if I take on a job, I will crash, like my body always tends to do. Then my employers will be unhappy with my performance and I will likely be pulled up for this and lose my job over time. I lost my last three jobs because of this problem, as well as my homes. I really would like to work again as I loved being busy and enjoyed the career I had, so I will try and hope for the best... I am fortunate to be able to move in with family, so at least that takes the pressure off a little as I cannot take losing any more homes and the upheaval and cost of moving, especially with physical disabilities. I feel for other people that do not have this option though. |
| Anything else to tell us: These plans are so ill-thought through. What on earth are this government thinking? People are going to become homeless and destitute over this. The streets will begin to look like skid row in the USA, although they are already going that way. It disgusts me that our 'leaders' are happy to see this happen to decent people through no fault of their own. Councils will go bankrupt as they will not be able to afford the extra care costs that PIP will no longer pay for, people will lose access to medication, so we will see more terrible distress on our streets and suffering. Also, disabled people won't be spending money in their local communities, so local business will suffer. When the public see all this with their own eyes, they will realise that the benefits system wasn't doing such a bad job, after all... You reap what you sow. |
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