That’s a good way of describing it. I’ve ibd and the nurse has told me to tell them how things are when it’s at its worst.
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520@kbin.social 10 months agoYou know what the most ironic thing is? They do this under the guise of rooting out benefit cheats but if anything they just train people into being capable of benefit fraud. Because you have to think like a benefit fraud just to get what they publicly say you are due.
VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 10 months ago
Exactly. I sometimes grapple with an urge to slightly exaggerate my issues to make sure I get a fair assessment.
DessertStorms@kbin.social 10 months ago
A benefits adviser who was supporting me a while back gave me some really good pointers to consider when answering these forms:
Can you do X safely and repeatedly?
Can you do X on bad days?
If the answer to either of those is no, the answer to the question is a no.
I know it's hard not to because I do it myself, but try not to feel the guilt they try to force on us. We are NOT the ones who are a drain on society, those who frame us as such are. We deserve to exist, and if to do that we need to claim benefits, then that's that, and it's nothing to feel guilty or ashamed of.
520@kbin.social 10 months ago
Honestly, just do it. Just recount your worst days. The DWP are looking for reasons to deny you, you don't want to give them one by recounting a less-than-worse day.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 10 months ago
As long as you can do it without an undue risk of getting caught, I see no reason not to. It sounds like you’ve already been gaslit into feeling guilty for asking for what’s owed to you, so I assume you’re actually downplaying your symptoms when you think you’re reporting them accurately.