So, got a letter through advising me my DLA is due to end and I will have to apply for PIP.
I am terrified now, because if I do not get the PIP on any rate, then I will lose my housing benefit entitement as well so I am at present facing the very real prospect of a reduction of monthly income of £450.
Furthermore, I will also lose my concessionary bus pass that allows me free travel which given the fact that I have severe joint pain due to severe arthritis in my ankle poses an even bigger concern.
My council has stopped my housing benefit already, despite me giving them all the necessary documentation, and even despite the fact that I have sent an email with my DLA award letter. Because according to ,my councils OWN ****ING WEBSITE, STUDENTS GETTING DLA ALSO GET HOUSING BENEFIT. This has been over 2 months jumping through their hoops
I have had a lot of problems in the past; mentally speaking and I fear that, if things do go the way they appear to be going as it is, I am going to forced into a corner. And that is a very, very scary place to be in, because then I will simply become one of those tragic statistics and a footnote to a coroner's report.
Yes, I know I am getitng a student loan. But minus tuition, rent and utlities I will have about...£20-£40 a month to feed myself?
I am just so far beyond the point of being able to cope now and I am really struggling to manage all this. I have not ate or slept in 3 days, and my studies are badly affected by this. I do not know who to turn to, or who will/can help; or if indeed, they CAN help. Coz you know, a vulnerable person working hard to pursue a second degree and move into the workforce and PAY taxes and national insurance contributions must be a subhuman, benefit scrounging scumbag right?