LabyrinthMind

I am a third-year psychology student. I also work as a consultant for my university. I'm disabled 'n stuff.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

I rang in to LBC today to talk about my mad experiences with PIP. I was going mad with all the anti-ADHD, "PIP is so easy to get", stuff due to #TimmsReview coming out. @RITB_ I thought you'd like to see me go lol: https://t.co/cCbuj2vvlj

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@snowleopardess @HarrisonJan Akso got Covid for the first time that I know of this week :( ilI have x2 lung diseases and they wouldn't give me a jab either. I get the flu jab because flu is dangerous to me but apparently Covid is not? It has floored me all week. I hope you feel better soon, too.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@NoJusticeMTG Imagine spending a year or more and coming up with *these* proposals as the solution. Like how does that even happen other than by having a purely belligerent idology.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@NoJusticeMTG What helped me was being able to pay rent to get into a flatshare. I was able to rebuild my life from that point. Before that its just sofa surfing and stealing food out the college canteen. These people aren't living in reality and it shows.

[Rachel Charlton-Dailey @RachelCDailey_]

I've created a template email to write to your MP asking them to oppose cutting PIP and UC for disabled under 25s: https://t.co/JnZ0REaSUl

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@RachelCDailey_ Excellent work from you as always.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@ThornGemWulf @jhansonradio @LBC @Substack I heard you trying to explain to him that fact, about how it's rarely "just" ADHD (which *is* a disability in it's own right, lest we forget) but he was interrupting you constantly + trying to get you in a spin and put you on the spot. It was disgraceful.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@ThornGemWulf @jhansonradio @LBC @Substack My ADHD is so severe that the DVLA ruled I am not allowed to even have a provisional driving licence. It upset me when I heard him grilling you about "justifying the costs". People have so many different issues and these conditions often co-occur with other things as well.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@jhansonradio @LBC Applying for benefits like PIP is a massive, highly stressful task that often requires external help and weeks of recovery. It does not mean the person has that same level of functional capacity available on a random Tuesday morning to navigate a train station.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@jhansonradio @LBC I find your dismissal of travel planning patronising: "If you've got the cognitive capacity to apply online for PIP, you've almost certainly got it in you to forward plan." You think that ADHD is a lack of intelligence? You wonder why people are calling you ableist over this?

[Thorn @ThornGemWulf]

I refuse to let this snake @jhansonradio @LBC splice up my conversation. You have not once in any of your shows justified your positions with evidence and demeaning peoples needs that have been assessed is ableist bile. This is what our media class are like.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@ThornGemWulf I thought you did really well for what it's worth. My pinned post on my profile is me talking to one of these LBC guys from a while ago, so I can relate to the experience. It's really upsetting calling in, but I get why you felt you needed to. I needed to as well 💚

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@RITB_ @AllenFrancesMD I once got a BPD "diagnosis" completely out of the blue with no formal assessment or conversation about it, because when I was 15 (I'm 41 now btw) I was severely depressed, my home was abusive, and as a result I self-harmed. I've not self-harmed since I was around that age.

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@philyburkhill @NoJusticeMTG

[LabyrinthMind @LabyrinthADHD]

@RachelCDailey_ I would worry that The Worst People We Know will look to see what things "got through" to the public - assuming literally any of the framing behind this program is legit and they are Milgram-style being experimented on, in which case, x2 wtf because Ethics? Hello?