The Mental Debt Struggle...

Keedie

Thanks @Cherryfudge, I'm trying to learn to give myself some grace. x

daisy_1571

Agreeing with cherry, definitely do the form brutally honestly because that is what it needs. Its going in written in stark bits of information to help the people who don't know you from Adam but who need this info to help them make their decision. Therefore it has to be cold, hard facts. Absolutely no point telling them your walking is fine if that's only because you limit yourself to only walk 7 steps because its painful to walk 8. The 7 ok steps aren't the point of the form. Its comparing your 7 steps against the average healthy person who can walk several miles before looking for a seat. Im sorry that completing the form will be hard as it will force you to look at your current state of health but once you have completed it, thats it out the way for another cycle.

Once its done, give yourself a little time to reset and then go back to seeing life as positively as you can, its a lovely character trait for you and others around you, it must help you on the bad days and the good days so keep that aspect. You are more than your illness, more than your bad days, more than the sum of your difficulties. You are mum, daughter, auntie, sister, friend, colleague, customer, client, online engager, chatter to random people you meet and etc etc. I don't get the impression you would judge someone else, dont be doing that to yourself, as you say, give yourself grace

Dxxxx

Newstartforme

Hi keedie , there will be people on here more knowledgeable than me but I think you would possibly be eligible for a council tax discount due to your house being adapted for your disability (bathroom) ? It's definitely worth checking that out as it may cancel out the rebate you are going to lose for single person discount. Good luck xx

Wanna_Bee_Free

Hi Keedie,

Sorry to hear you've been struggling. I've always found your posts on here so positive and encuraging. Thank you! Good luck with the form. I am getting in touch today to say don't forget to take a scan or copy it before it goes off. I am so grateful to past me this week who took a copy of my father's blue badge form 3 years ago.

Have a good week! xx

liselle

Yes exactly.I knew someone who suffered from terrible back pain.Her job, which she loved, involved standing all day.She would go in to work for one day and then have to spend the next 3 days in bed.She sadly had to leave the job eventually after her husband said she had to give it up for the time being, at least.I assisted her to do a staggered return to work.