Worrying about benefits being stopped.

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I have this fear that if I get refused benefits I'll be made homeless and that is a huge worry for me considering I was moved pillar to post as a child in care with no stability.

I feel like me being well and continuing to abide by my treatment plan I'm going to be found fit for work and lose everything.

This is the longest time I haven't been sectioned. I have lots of input from learning disability services, support package in place and funding for day centre placement plus I live in 24/7 supported living.

I get High Rate DLA and Support Group ESA. never been to a medical either for ESA of DLA before. I'm diagnosed with Mild LD and Schizoaffective Disorder and have a monthly depot. I know I get lots of support and my staff tell me I shouldn't worry but I can't stop worrying about it.

Do other people worry about their benefits being stopped?

[not_so_insig]

Yes I worry about this too. Do you have any professional help? My old cpn said that she would back me all the way and so would my psych. But I am without a psych and my nurse doesn't know me that well so I am scared that they will agree. I just end up refusing meds which will end up me trying to commit suicide.

I am worried that I am doing too well and that because I don't hear voices very much that I will be found fit for work. Also my pip is up for renewal next year and I am scared that I won't get it. I need the money to survive.

[Steel Maiden]

I worry at times. I have classic autism, OCD, ADHD, visual impairment, chronic basilar migraines, visual vertigo and several other conditions. I am not experiencing as many behavioural symptoms now, but if I'm triggered to have a meltdown, say by overload, I can have extreme challenging behaviour. Last year I got sectioned by the police and they needed five officers to deal with me as I was having an extreme meltdown in public.

I am only partially verbal. That, with my other difficulties and conditions, mean I am not ready to work. Also, although I have very high intelligence, I am otherwise developmentally at a 13 year old level. I can't even go shopping alone, fill in a form or use a bank. So how can I just go and work.

It is scary.