PTSD & BPD & Workers Compensation

This has been a rather rough road and it has been exhausting.

I've recently been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I've been fighting a system not wanting to properly care for me. I mean, they're all very negligent. At the same time I almost feel guilty like I'm manipulating the system to get something I don't need or don't deserve.

Of course I feel like I am manipulating the system to try and gain something I don't need and don't deserve. My reaching out for help has never been met with any positive responses. There has been some positive responses but such positive responses have been few and far between.

Of course I feel abandoned when my family don't exactly rush to come visit me in hospital when I almost die or don't return my calls. Would that not be a normal feeling to have?

I am in the process of wondering how likely I can get Compensation to accept aggravation of my BPD when I actively engage is self harm? I had such thoughts when I was younger but never crossed that line. Now it seems to be the only thing that seems to reset my nervous system when everything gets to be too much for me. They should accept me as is and understand that just maybe having BPD makes PTSD slightly worse and that PTSD aggravates BPD. They should accept this but I think they're gonna fight me all the way until I'm homeless and if I end up homeless I might just myself but they all seem to think I'm exaggerating. I can't win in a system like this.

SjMel said:

I am in the process of wondering how likely I can get Compensation to accept aggravation of my BPD when I actively engage is self harm?

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Do you have a lawyer in your jurisdiction you could speak to? Where I am, compensation based on ptsd caused from work would potentially have very good prospects, while aggravation of BPD would be more difficult. But, I suspect the likely outcome would vary a huge amount from one jurisdiction to the next, so getting local legal advice would be worthwhile.

Sideways said:

Do you have a lawyer in your jurisdiction you could speak to? Where I am, compensation based on ptsd caused from work would potentially have very good prospects, while aggravation of BPD would be more difficult. But, I suspect the likely outcome would vary a huge amount from one jurisdiction to the next, so getting local legal advice would be worthwhile.

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While they denied wage loss benefits for PTSD I do have someone like a lawyer. He is representing my case in my appeal. He wouldn't be representing me in my appeal if I didn't have a good case. I should get wage loss benefits but I might end up cut off wage loss benefits and evicted from my home before they rule on my appeal.

That said, from a clinical perspective, self harm is new. While it was something I fought against years ago, this time I can't stop it.

I have a former counsellor who has agreed to meet with me once or twice so she can write a before/after accident observation on her professional opinion on how I functioned before and after my accident. They should have called my sister as my collateral witness but they didn't so they won't know truly how PTSD has aggravated my BPD/mental health.

Self harm is more directly linked to BPD so if I didn't engage in self harm before the accident but did after delayed and inadequate treatment of PTSD one might have a good argument for aggravation because of clinical findings.

So ya, I'm getting "legal advise" and I've asked if based on my reported self harm if my Advisor is able to put in a fast track request.

I'm holding on by a thread.

I have a neighbour lined up to take care of my pup while I'm away. And talking to my sister to help me in communicating with my Advisor, Case Manager, and landlord. Because if I get cut off wage loss benefits it's un-aliving myself with a plan or admitting myself.