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2 weeks 6 days ago #311826 by pinkcandy

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Hi there's a woman on YouTube she's scaring the heck out of disabled people who are really becoming traumatized.
It's now affecting me!
She reckons she's an ex DWP advisor?
Has anyone heard of workwell? Now I'm panicking at 1.26am can't sleep.
She's saying people on sickness benefits will be 💯 forced to do workwell by DWP or get all benefits stopped!
I myself am on full housing benefit in sheltered housing and on UC and pip.
I have borderline personality disorder tbcptsd and anxiety and panic disorders and OCD and a fully ruptured Achilles tendon 😭.
Is it true or mandatory workwell ? Please

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2 weeks 4 days ago #311856 by BIS

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Hi pinkcandy

I'm sorry this is upsetting you. You cannot control what people will say - but you can choose what you listen to. You are letting a complete stranger on YouTube, a woman you don't know, make you ill with worry. This is an unverified source.

You can read about WorkWell on the government website. It was first talked about in 2023 and was supposed to be implemented in 2024. www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell. This article has not been updated since 2024. It is known that the government wants to encourage disabled people into work and they are employing more work coaches. I am sure there are probably some pilot programmes somewhere in the country - but it certainly isn't everywhere.

If it becomes so, Steve will report on it in the newsletter. That is a verified source. Until then I would try not to think about it.

BIS

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2 weeks 3 days ago #311879 by Invisible

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Hi pinkcandy

I agree with BIS. In fact, I'll go as far as saying this: you should never read anything on social media, the more serious the matter is, the more drastically you should ignore it. Only read important things from credible sources, such as the NHS website, BBC news, this forum, wikipedia.....

I avoid 'social media' like the plague: most people there are attention seeking, half-baked fools, the rest are people driven only by malice. Best to ignore it completely

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1 week 6 days ago #311995 by Invisible

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'' You cannot control what people will say - but you can choose what you listen to''

Exactly the same concepts Epictetus explained in the Enchiridion ( ''manual'') :

''You have no control over what others say and do, and therefore say to yourself always: this is nothing to me, nor it is my concern. You only have control of your thoughts and actions; and only these should be your concern.''.

I paraphrased, as I write from memory, but the above is still correct enough. The only thing I would add: as only my thoughts and actions are my concern, this is already not easy, and requires constant attention. How much less easy is to control what every fool and lunatic is saying and doing out there!

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