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Thanks for the bump.

The people who write those things only notice beautiful popular young women, the type who tend to be surrounded by people. Those of us who are old, disabled, hideous, etc don’t exist in their eyes, I haven’t had a friend, companion or social life since 2009, but no-one cares since I am just a disabled old hag.

Yeah when I had to stop taking shrooms after they were banned the effects lasted for months afterwards before I returned to baseline.

When magic mushrooms were legal in the UK and you could just walk into a shop and buy them, I took them regularly and they improved my mental health and my life immensely. But then they were banned and I found them really difficult to get hold off after that. Tried ordering from Amsterdam and growing them myself, nothing worked out. I think my life would have turned out a lot better if I’d still been able to use them these past 20 years.

The world would have been better off without it.

Glad you’ve got some progress towards a resolution. I’m hoping I might have too, I’ve had bladder issues for years and kept getting fobbed off, they recently did a scan and found my womb is enlarged and full of fibroids and it’s pressing against my bladder. I’ve got an appointment on new years eve to see if they’re willing to do anything about it but I won’t hold my breath.

I guess you could say it’s that sort of thing.

Still does. Many people have died of starvation and suicide after their benefits were stopped, and people still die of exposure outside when they’re homeless.

It starts in school when kids are graded in comparison to each other and set up in competition with each other.

I hate the pressure to buy gifts and cards at holidays such as these, especially when you are low, or in my case, no income. Luckily most people abandoned me so I haven’t really got anyone to buy anything for although I expect I’ll have to get my landlady a card. Still, it’s like the ultimate symbol of capitalism IMO, buying pointless nonsense that will go in the bin just because it’s a certain date and there’s social pressure to do so. I really feel for low income parents who have kids who want expensive crap and will be bullied at school if they don’t get it. The entire thing is insanity and makes people’s lives miserable just for corporate greed.

Yes, I do. Headaches and migraines. Trying to work out your triggers and avoid them can help but in many cases you can’t avoid the triggers. For instance, smells like perfume trigger mine and I can’t make other people stop using that. But I have cut out foods that trigger them and try to avoid dehydration. I’ve had every treatment from the neurologist including nerve blocking injections in my head, nothing works.

No I am not OK.

Yes, they’re supposed to be.

I never thought of that, but it sounds horribly correct.

Thanks. My next ones are in November. One every Tuesday.

I honestly don’t know why they don’t just legalise assisted suicide, with no requirement for a terminal diagnosis. I would take it and so would many others. They would save money by getting rid of us and it would be kinder than letting us starve or be worked to death which is what happens now.

I’ve cut and pasted it in a comment.

GP surgeries could have job advisers onsite as part of efforts to encourage 300,000 sick or disabled people into work by 2030 as the Government pledges to give people “a hand up, not a handout”.

Too many people with health conditions are being written off and out of the jobs market, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said, adding that this is something which “fails our economy”.

Funding of more than £1 billion across England and Wales over the next five years is aimed at getting tens of thousands more people into work.

Currently there are approximately 2.8 million people out of work in the UK due to long-term sickness – a figure roughly equivalent to the population of Greater Manchester.

Benefit claimants can be supported by work coaches at job centres in various ways, including being offered advice and referred for job opportunities.

But the Government said specialist employment advisers, which it described as being different to work coaches, are now being embedded into healthcare teams, including GP surgeries and mental health services, to ensure job support is treated as part of the all-round care on offer.

It is understood people will get intensive, personalised help including individual coaching from employment specialists who understand complex barriers to work.

Mr McFadden said: “Writing off people with long-term health conditions or disabilities fails them and fails our economy.

“We are giving people a hand up, not a handout, realising their potential and providing them with the skills to succeed as part of our Plan for Change.

“Thanks to local areas hitting the ground running, it is already delivering results – proving that when we invest in people and communities, everyone wins.”

Will sick people be forced to see job coaches? The plans are part of the Connect to Work scheme, which is voluntary and open to those who are disabled, have a health condition, or face complex barriers to work.

A £167.2 million expansion of the programme into areas including Cumbria, Oxfordshire, and West Sussex and Brighton is expected to see more than 40,000 more sick or disabled people get support into work.

Unemployed people and those who are in work but at risk of losing their jobs because of the barriers created by their health conditions can refer themselves for support or be referred by healthcare professionals, councils, or community organisations.

Disability campaigners welcomed extra support for people but warned the new measures should not end up forcing people into work.

James Taylor, executive director of strategy at disability equality charity Scope, said the Government “must make sure it’s not pressuring people who are not well enough to work”, while Mark Gale, policy manager at Sense, said it is “vital these measures are designed and delivered alongside disabled people to bring about meaningful change, and aren’t simply used to force people into jobs that aren’t suitable for their needs or may even be detrimental to their health”.

As well as availability of employment advisers, people in areas including Portsmouth, the North East and East Sussex will have access to virtual reality immersive classrooms to help with interview practice, workshops to improve confidence and communication skills, and community-based health programmes.

Parents will also be helped with access to affordable childcare to enable them to get back into the workforce, the Department for Work and Pensions said.

The Government has previously warned that if the welfare system is not reformed, the number of working-age people on disability benefits is set to more than double this decade to 4.3 million, and spending on working-age disability and incapacity benefits will rise to £70 billion a year by the end of this Parliament in 2029/30.

I recently wanted to watch a video online, that, it turned out, was hosted by facebook. It said I needed to sign up to watch it. I really wanted to watch it so decided to make a facebook account, but as part of the process, it said

“Confirm your identity with a video selfie To make sure that you’re a real person, we need you to record a video selfie. We’ll ask you to move your head during the recording to help us capture your face at different angles.”

And no way am I doing that, I mean what on earth are they going to use that for? So I didn’t sign up and didn’t get to watch the video.