Mobility for psychological distress

Gordon wrote: Tracy

I hope you will forgive me for repeating myself but the key issue is whether you can show that she suffers "overwhelming psychological distress" and that it is this that prevents her from following a route. Anything less than this, for example anxiety is unlikely to score her the points.

The Psychiatrist letter is helpful but does not appear to explain what problems she has when out and this will be key to her scoring. Even though the original DWP guidance and the changes they made to law have finally been overturned, their new view is still very restricted.

It's also important to note where the emphasis is, this is about following a route and this must be the focus of your arguments, the "distress" is a reason for this but not the primary factor.

Also be cautious of emphasising her being unable to go out in case in case a Decision Maker opts for (e) in preference to (f).

Gordon

Thanks. At this point tbh I will be glad of low rate mobility which is what she is on currently with DLA. Thanks for the advice. I am ok stating the facts just not so good explaining why.

hi tracy ,
hope you dont mind me msg you , ,i myself have difficulty going out unless supervised woth a family member and even that is very difficult for me and try anything to not have to go ,,after applying for pip i had to go to tribunal as was only given 4 points for the going out part of mobility , ,at the tribunal i was awarded 10 points under catagory e ..as gordon said saying it just distressing isnt enough , say what has happened what could happen , eg , the person suffering this can be a danger to themselves or to other people ,i myself when in this situation have ran onto a busy main road in order to get away from people coming towards me on pavement in a state of distress not realising ive put myself in danger or others ,, i also can get aggresive if i feel under pressure, or get confused ,,some people experiance fight or flight response, it refers to a specific biochemical reaction that both humans and animals experience during intense stress or fear. The sympathetic nervous system releases hormones that cause changes to occur throughout the body.which can cause various reaction to the individual whilst in a state of panic and distress , ,
alison ,x