Basically, he's nice but some of the things he does offends me.
When I walk in and wait he snaps his fingers, signalling me to come and sit down.
He says he sees me as a JSA claimant more than ESA, despite being on it for a reason...
He said I hide my depression well and that he'd never know if I wasn't on ESA for depression.
He repeats himself saying the biggest problem is my confidence and keeps repeating that as soon as I get a job my problems will be fixed
Telling this to someone who has suffered from depression, anxiety and awful self-esteem and body image issues for the past 5-6 years.... What plausible reason does he have to make such comments? That a job will fix long-term mental health problems? Yes, I don't walk in and break down, and lash out to people for talking to me, but does that make my issues mild? I, like everyone else, can hide my problems to an extent, obviously he's not going to notice the full extent of my depression by my walking in and having a 5 minute 'chat' with him.
Being on ESA gives me the opportunity to get a voluntary job first, build my confidence and become stable enough to work... Hopefully... Those JSA comments do nothing but frighten me, it's much less supportive and a lot more strict and I would have a hard time surviving on that amount of money... I'm not consistent in my mental health.
When I walk in and wait he snaps his fingers, signalling me to come and sit down.
He says he sees me as a JSA claimant more than ESA, despite being on it for a reason...
He said I hide my depression well and that he'd never know if I wasn't on ESA for depression.
He repeats himself saying the biggest problem is my confidence and keeps repeating that as soon as I get a job my problems will be fixed
Telling this to someone who has suffered from depression, anxiety and awful self-esteem and body image issues for the past 5-6 years.... What plausible reason does he have to make such comments? That a job will fix long-term mental health problems? Yes, I don't walk in and break down, and lash out to people for talking to me, but does that make my issues mild? I, like everyone else, can hide my problems to an extent, obviously he's not going to notice the full extent of my depression by my walking in and having a 5 minute 'chat' with him.
Being on ESA gives me the opportunity to get a voluntary job first, build my confidence and become stable enough to work... Hopefully... Those JSA comments do nothing but frighten me, it's much less supportive and a lot more strict and I would have a hard time surviving on that amount of money... I'm not consistent in my mental health.