Paul Harris, from Barnard Fortress, will get £72.65 every week in PIP funds to assist with further prices related along with his nervousness and melancholy, corresponding to counselling, as soon as NHS help had ended, and specialist remedy apps.
He stopped his job as a property supervisor in 2016 after creating panic assaults that acquired so dangerous he would burst into tears within the workplace and lock himself in the bathroom.
He has not been capable of work since then and says PIP is the “final stronghold” of advantages that may help him.
Mr Harris says, “I used to name myself zero, as a result of I had zero cash coming in. I had no job…so in a bizarre approach, just a bit bit of cash coming in simply form of modified these ideas.”
He does obtain employment and help allowance, however can not declare job seekers’ allowance as a result of he says his psychological well being is a barrier to making use of for jobs, regardless of beforehand looking for help from the Jobcentre.
He stresses the cash he receives “doesn’t clear up the issues”, including, “it isn’t a miracle remedy, it does not imply we are able to go off on holidays and dwell this frivolous life-style.”
Mr Harris would not consider there’s sufficient long run help accessible for these with psychological well being points.
“Some folks would possibly be capable of do just a few classes of CBT, [cognitive behavioural therapy]… however with regards to critical ranges [of mental health] it will be like saying to a most cancers affected person you’ve got solely acquired 10 classes of chemotherapy after which that is your lot”.
