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.
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Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 10 months agoExactly. I sometimes grapple with an urge to slightly exaggerate my issues to make sure I get a fair assessment.
520@kbin.social 10 months ago
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.
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.