DWP / UNIVERSAL CREDIT .

[Ambler58]

Starting to feel very Anxious , had a conversation with a nice bloke from DWP yesterday , they want me to provide proof of I.D. and my last 4 bank statements , explaind to me how to download / upload / transport e.t.c. e.t.c. , told him i'm a real technofobe and find all these things hard to do , have untill the 9th of April , tried to do this morning with no success , now brain is frazzeld , feel sick , and already as always when something is not going correct - start to think of all the other horrible stuff in my life , cue misrable day - again - again 😔

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Hi maybe see if possible to try get appointment with cab or welfare right they would do it for you although appreciate not much time left

Photo copys if accepted or post recorded delivery with paid return post envelope inside

Off track

A new claim ?

any investigation? Etc

[Turnipgirl in reply to Hidden]

With the citizens advice places there's always a queue there isn't there?

[Hidden in reply to Turnipgirl]

Yes And lots now do appointments only as well

and lots do telephone and emails etc

[Turnipgirl]

Have a break and try again when you feel ready.

It's no good getting yourself stressed and upset over it.

I remember having problems in filling out and sending an online form for a new job and made a hash of it and they sent it back to me!

The world didn't end and I resent it and everything was fine!

Nowadays I look back and laugh and look at how much better I have become with practice since those days!

[tommy2toes]

I assume it would be the bureaucracy that you are talking about. They always turn up at the most inopportune time like a bad penny. It also annoys me like hell that older people/those at a disadvantage are being basically left behind by the ever accelerating adoption of technology for the sake of “efficiently.” Having said that, is there anybody in your orbit that can help you out?

Concerning your mindset, it would be rather asinine on my part to say don’t worry. Rather, I would suggest three things, firstly try and make this into a mole hill rather than having your brain lump it together with everything else (turning into an insurmountable mountain). Secondly, perhaps grab a paper and pen, and when a little more calm, make a memo of what actually needs to be done. Then refer to that memo again and again to bring you back if your thoughts start going in the wrong direction. Thirdly, would it be possible to break down the task that you have been set into a number of stages? You might then be able to do each in turn over a number of days rather than trying to get everything done all at once and getting anxious as a result.

t2t (tommy2toes)

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Man can I relate. Same crap for me. Reiminder to go slowly. Chip away at the task.

Maybe ,if you have the wherewithal either look for a friend or if that’s not possible for maybe a college student or youth that can help you with the technical side sometimes

Keep looking my friend for solutions for symptoms. I’ve suffered since I was 24 and I’m 67 years old now and in 2022 i found huge huge relief. Before that relief it felt like my brain had 5 pounds weights hanging off the inside of my skull and a fog so dense, a chainsaw couldn’t cut it. Also, my body had such problems. I couldn’t even throw a baseball to my grandson.

Turns out I was heavily under medicated