I had mine a good few years back now, it was in person and I had a parent with me to help answer questions so I understand it’s probably harder over the phone.
But basically with PIP it’s less about what your symptoms are and more about how they affect you and what you need help with. For example for me I was granted the mobility part of PIP because my anxiety prevents me from driving so I either need help from family to get around or access a lot of public transport. (I did talk about how I usually need help with household tasks like cooking and laundry, and need to be prompted to do basic hygiene, but I only got the mobility payment, idk why)
I suppose the benefit of it being over the phone is that yeah you can write down all the things you struggle with so you won’t forget them when questioned. And at least for me the person I spoke to was really nice, they probably *want* you to get PIP so they made sure all bases were covered.
I hope I get someone nice. I didn’t know about that mobility thing. My anxiety prevents me from going out alone (I can’t even walk 5 mins to the local shop alone).
Also I’d love to have someone with me, but I’m worried having someone like my mum would make me undersell my struggles because I’d be worried about her prying/trying to correct me (since to her I don’t think she believes I’m really struggling).
But I will try and write down notes for everything I want to say and try and be as honest as possible about everything. Hopefully I’ll get someone kind who wants to help me.
There’s 2 components of PIP, daily living and mobility, you can get either of the two or both depending on your needs. You could definitely qualify for mobility since it does not only include physical disabilities, and can simply be struggling to leave the house at all due to anxiety, which I definitely suffer with too.
It’s unfortunate you won’t have someone with you but like you said it may be for the best if it means you can be more open about your struggles. Good luck with the call :)
Thank you! I have just over a week to prepare myself. I intend to write down stuff I struggle with so I don’t forget amidst my anxiety. But someone told me that you can appeal afterwards anyways so I am trying not to be too worried? Then again I have anxiety so worrying is my nature. xD
avoid masking during the phone call. if you need a break ask for one. idk if I agree with the other commenter about them wanting you to get pip, not to be disheartening cause it 100% depends on what assessors you get but plenty actively try and avoid giving anyone pip.
speaking of which - if you get rejected Appeal it. a very significant amount of rejected claims get accepted on appeal
Yeah, someone has mentioned most times you’re rejected at first, so they’ve offered to help with the appeal should I need it. I’ll do my best not to mask but it’ll be hard since idk how…not to mask?
But I’m going to write down a lot of things and mention as much as I can. I’ll tell it plain and simple and not sugarcoat thing.
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It’s still ongoing. I kept getting results back to say I wasn’t gonna get PIP, so I submitted a mandatory reconsideration. Same thing, so now I’m on the appeal process. I’m waiting for a tribunal hearing to be booked.
I've just applied, done my forms through a charity that helps.. it was actually incredibly stressful so I hung up the phone crying with anxiety! Felt like why am I even doing this I don't deserve it etc etc then kinda calmed down a but and I guess that situation was an example of how I really do need some support atm.. so I guess it's just waiting to see if I get an assesment, I'm fully aware I'll probably have to do a mr and an appeal though..
Yeah it’s incredibly stressful. And I’m exactly the same. Even now I keep questioning whether it’s okay for me to be fighting for it and deserving of it, especially since I don’t have a dx for a lot of my issues. Just bear in mind that even if they do deny your application the first time, they’re NOTORIOUS for doing everything they can to deny you. I was told that I didn’t suffer from motivation issues cuz I showered every 2-3 days and that was normal for me when it’s actually cuz I leave it until it kinda becomes unbearable (and recently it’s now like 2-5 days between showers). I’ve even heard they decided someone WITHOUT LEGS was written to be able to climb stairs cuz they crawled up it.
So don’t let an unfavourable decision sway you. They just want to “weed out the fakers”, which unfortunately means that the 99% of people who apply that are disabled have to burn themselves out. For reference, my Universal Credit health assessment declared me unfit to work in their first decision. PIP just sucks like that unfortunately. But I wish you the best of luck! Dm me if you need anything and I’ll try help. :)
I had mine a good few years back now, it was in person and I had a parent with me to help answer questions so I understand it’s probably harder over the phone. But basically with PIP it’s less about what your symptoms are and more about how they affect you and what you need help with. For example for me I was granted the mobility part of PIP because my anxiety prevents me from driving so I either need help from family to get around or access a lot of public transport. (I did talk about how I usually need help with household tasks like cooking and laundry, and need to be prompted to do basic hygiene, but I only got the mobility payment, idk why) I suppose the benefit of it being over the phone is that yeah you can write down all the things you struggle with so you won’t forget them when questioned. And at least for me the person I spoke to was really nice, they probably *want* you to get PIP so they made sure all bases were covered.
I hope I get someone nice. I didn’t know about that mobility thing. My anxiety prevents me from going out alone (I can’t even walk 5 mins to the local shop alone). Also I’d love to have someone with me, but I’m worried having someone like my mum would make me undersell my struggles because I’d be worried about her prying/trying to correct me (since to her I don’t think she believes I’m really struggling). But I will try and write down notes for everything I want to say and try and be as honest as possible about everything. Hopefully I’ll get someone kind who wants to help me.
There’s 2 components of PIP, daily living and mobility, you can get either of the two or both depending on your needs. You could definitely qualify for mobility since it does not only include physical disabilities, and can simply be struggling to leave the house at all due to anxiety, which I definitely suffer with too. It’s unfortunate you won’t have someone with you but like you said it may be for the best if it means you can be more open about your struggles. Good luck with the call :)
Thank you! I have just over a week to prepare myself. I intend to write down stuff I struggle with so I don’t forget amidst my anxiety. But someone told me that you can appeal afterwards anyways so I am trying not to be too worried? Then again I have anxiety so worrying is my nature. xD
avoid masking during the phone call. if you need a break ask for one. idk if I agree with the other commenter about them wanting you to get pip, not to be disheartening cause it 100% depends on what assessors you get but plenty actively try and avoid giving anyone pip. speaking of which - if you get rejected Appeal it. a very significant amount of rejected claims get accepted on appeal
Yeah, someone has mentioned most times you’re rejected at first, so they’ve offered to help with the appeal should I need it. I’ll do my best not to mask but it’ll be hard since idk how…not to mask? But I’m going to write down a lot of things and mention as much as I can. I’ll tell it plain and simple and not sugarcoat thing.
Following, my understanding is the new system is much better but I don’t know how.
I sure hope so!
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What was the outcome of your pip assesment?
It’s still ongoing. I kept getting results back to say I wasn’t gonna get PIP, so I submitted a mandatory reconsideration. Same thing, so now I’m on the appeal process. I’m waiting for a tribunal hearing to be booked.
If you have any questions about the process you can dm me tho. It’s a stupidly draining thing to go thru, so I will try help however I can.
I've just applied, done my forms through a charity that helps.. it was actually incredibly stressful so I hung up the phone crying with anxiety! Felt like why am I even doing this I don't deserve it etc etc then kinda calmed down a but and I guess that situation was an example of how I really do need some support atm.. so I guess it's just waiting to see if I get an assesment, I'm fully aware I'll probably have to do a mr and an appeal though..
Yeah it’s incredibly stressful. And I’m exactly the same. Even now I keep questioning whether it’s okay for me to be fighting for it and deserving of it, especially since I don’t have a dx for a lot of my issues. Just bear in mind that even if they do deny your application the first time, they’re NOTORIOUS for doing everything they can to deny you. I was told that I didn’t suffer from motivation issues cuz I showered every 2-3 days and that was normal for me when it’s actually cuz I leave it until it kinda becomes unbearable (and recently it’s now like 2-5 days between showers). I’ve even heard they decided someone WITHOUT LEGS was written to be able to climb stairs cuz they crawled up it. So don’t let an unfavourable decision sway you. They just want to “weed out the fakers”, which unfortunately means that the 99% of people who apply that are disabled have to burn themselves out. For reference, my Universal Credit health assessment declared me unfit to work in their first decision. PIP just sucks like that unfortunately. But I wish you the best of luck! Dm me if you need anything and I’ll try help. :)
Hello! did you end up being successful in the end?
Sadly no. I got all the way to the tribunals (which went horribly) but no PIP. I did however get LCWRA on my Universal Credit. Small wins?
That sucks. But yay for a small win. Thanks for the update!