Kas_Can_Fly
Diamond Member
I know they're little in the grand scheme of things, but they're big to me right now! I've had two big forms to fill in recently and I've finally done them both. I even did them without too much help, I'm so relieved! Also, I've started teaching myself British Sign Language, I learned the alphabet more than a decade ago and have wanted to learn more ever since, getting a book to start learning it isn't really an achievement but I'm chuffed nonetheless. Anyway about the form achievements:
The first was my housing register form for supported housing far away from here - this was a huge deal for me (and a huge form to mirror that!), because moving away has been such an important thing for me for so long. It was very intense because getting a place so far away is usually not allowed and I had to explain why I needed to move away and to detail both my prior abuse, mental health state and current harassment. Often a slightly different variation of the same question was asked over and over and it was very stressful. I just hope I've said enough to be allowed to join their register.
My social worker and therapist are keen to help me out as much as possible to speed up the process in any way they can once I've been accepted, which is very kind of them both but it still meant I had to start the process on my own. Even though it's going to take a long time for an available place to turn up, it's the first real step I've been able to make to finally be free of my current location. I'd love to hear from anyone who's ever been in supported housing of any kind especially if they're in the UK.
The second was my DLA renewal form, last time was my first application and it was such chaos, I had to go to a court tribunal and the whole thing took more than a year. This time I've been avoiding it like the plague which of course helps nothing. I was struggling with it so much feeling overwhelmed with ever word I wrote when today I found a pdf version of the form and copied in the little I had previously written and completed the rest all in on my computer (with much gratitude for my backspace key!). I've got almost all the evidence that I need to provide as well, I just need a copy of my care plan from my social worker and then it's all ready to be posted.
For both of these things I have to get someone who has never met me, nor likely cares to judge me and whether I should be allowed something which I need. Using (by comparison of reality) a few tiny little text boxes and to hope that I remember to say all the important things - this is so hard when you're dissociating left, right and center! It's so scary!!
The first was my housing register form for supported housing far away from here - this was a huge deal for me (and a huge form to mirror that!), because moving away has been such an important thing for me for so long. It was very intense because getting a place so far away is usually not allowed and I had to explain why I needed to move away and to detail both my prior abuse, mental health state and current harassment. Often a slightly different variation of the same question was asked over and over and it was very stressful. I just hope I've said enough to be allowed to join their register.
My social worker and therapist are keen to help me out as much as possible to speed up the process in any way they can once I've been accepted, which is very kind of them both but it still meant I had to start the process on my own. Even though it's going to take a long time for an available place to turn up, it's the first real step I've been able to make to finally be free of my current location. I'd love to hear from anyone who's ever been in supported housing of any kind especially if they're in the UK.
The second was my DLA renewal form, last time was my first application and it was such chaos, I had to go to a court tribunal and the whole thing took more than a year. This time I've been avoiding it like the plague which of course helps nothing. I was struggling with it so much feeling overwhelmed with ever word I wrote when today I found a pdf version of the form and copied in the little I had previously written and completed the rest all in on my computer (with much gratitude for my backspace key!). I've got almost all the evidence that I need to provide as well, I just need a copy of my care plan from my social worker and then it's all ready to be posted.
For both of these things I have to get someone who has never met me, nor likely cares to judge me and whether I should be allowed something which I need. Using (by comparison of reality) a few tiny little text boxes and to hope that I remember to say all the important things - this is so hard when you're dissociating left, right and center! It's so scary!!
