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Mental health and disability - February 19th 2013, 11:53 AM
I'm filling out some forms to try and get social housing and see if I'm entitles to any benefits. The reason why I'm having to do this is due to my mental health problems (BPD, mood disorder and some sort of anxiety which I don't have a solid diagnosis for yet) are stopping me from working full time. The problems I am facing which directly affect my day to day life are: incredibly low mood, panic attacks, insomnia, dissociation, suicidal ideation, self harm, tearfulness, huge levels of anxiety in any situation that involves leaving my flat.
Based on this information, would you consider me to be a disabled person? The definition in the forms states that "a person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial or long-term effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities" I'm worried that if I say yes, they'll think I'm lying, but if I say no, they might not take it seriously when they're assessing me.