OK, so this is how it goes:
Leave Switzerland
Move to Hastings
Fail Habitual Residency test because have lived abroad. This is now in appeal with the DWP.
Refused housing benefit because of Habitual Residency decision by the DWP.
Kicked out of accomodation in Hastings.
Council offered emergency accomodation that was quite frankly horrible and would have affected my health (yeah, I know I can't be picky but it truly was terrible).
Got council to give me a travel permit to York.
Moved into mum's.
Mum has diabetes and the stress of the stuff I have been going through has stressed her out and she nearly went into a diabetic coma (thankyou ambulance people for your help).
Me now stressed because of mum.
No CPN, social worker, Psychiatrist.
DWP have repeatedly fucked up, lost paperwork, said I didn't attend signing on when I did and it is in their computer that I did, failed to pay my benefit this week due to complete incompetence (lost paperwork AGAIN).
STILL no job although had 2nd interview for a job in Hastings but had to leave and start applying for jobs in York area. Sent over 100 applications in the last month at least.
Mental Health: 0 Government:Winning
I am way way way too close to the edge and am gripping by my fingernails....
I meet my new GP on Monday. He is my mother's doctor so I thought that would be better as I can tell him stuff about her that he can look into whether she likes it or not. I guess after that I will be referred to the Psych team (fingers crossed) and then I can redo my crisis plan and get a care plan. I wrote a document today outlining my psych history, medications, how I am feeling now, what support I need etc. as I am sure I will forget something if I go to the surgery without it.
I am sooooooooooooooooooo frustrated with "The System" for welfare support since returning from Switzerland. I have been treated like I am not a UK national despite my birth certificate, passport, ties to the country etc. which I have found a tad insulting and have been refused benefit because of this. As I said, this is in appeal but because I moved up North the appeal date/place will change. Oh and of course they lost my appeal application which caused a delay in my reclaiming (which was agreed this time) but they wouldn't backdate as by the time I got the correct information out of them I was "out of time".
This is just a quick update but goes some way to explain why I have not felt able to write for a while....
