[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Zippy

you can't call them pathetic based on one anecdote!

humans make mistakes. Im sure many others managed to con their assessors into giving them sick pay when they didnt really qualify so it works both ways.

and, as Ive said, just because you have a condition that makes it hard for you to do certain jobs it doesn't mean you can't do ANY JOB. There are jobs for all kinds of people in all kinds of enviroments. You just have to aim for one that suits. Not say, "oh I have panic attacks round lots of people so I can't work at all". Thats BS. Just get a job thats not around lots of people. Duh.

Well I actually couldnt. Your examples of internet work, or working alone didnt really apply to me. I was also depressed and very ****ed in the head, I couldnt concentrate or do anything tbh. I couldnt even cook for myself as I often forgot that I had the cooker on and things like that, I didnt have the concentration span to read more than about 5 lines of a book or whatever. I used to sit for hours and hours doing nothing at all, except staring into space. I was like, really bad back then.

Very very glad to be out of the system now to be honest, as they tend to treat everyone like the scroungers. I actually feel that the whole assessment and that made me worse :S