The freeloader on sickness benefit

Reading your article I'm going to assume your gripe is with people who don't want to work and fake or greatly exaggerate an illness to claim benefits. If thats the case I agree whole heartedly with your message, if not the way it was written. My work contract is about to finish and pretty soon I think I'll be forced to sign on again, which is really getting me down. This causes me to be astonished at how people who choose signing on as a lifestyle choice can look themselves in the mirror. Just for clarity anyone who signs on who wants to work but cant deserve nothing but respect.

Of course I could have totally missed the point of the article.

Have you ever actually suffered from a mental illness I think not by your harsh words, I have depression and I can assure you I am not faking it and have thoughs of simular things to woo is a biggot and really suffer badly with things despite this I have been to college time and time again and have lots of qualifications behind me still can't get a job though. when I asked the job centre for help to find work they just basically laughed in my face and treated me like scum, I happen to be a decent person with no criminal record or drug addiction but due to the poor training courses the job centre provide you with and the lack of employers registering vanancies with the job centre makes things very hard. maybe you should show more empathy for others

Although I agree with your comment 'go to the doctor and say you are upset' but please have some consideration and sympathy for the genuine people who have suffered and fought depression for years.

I have always worked in between my depressive illnesses.

I have been sanctioned for my own safety for 6 weeks. I have anxiety attacks that are so severe I have to be admitted to hospital. I overdose and not known I have because my depression and anxiety becomes so severe I am no loger in control of myself.

In March of this year I quit work of my own accord due to be off sick more than in work which riddled me with guilt and worsened my anxiety and depression.

I made no claims for sick pay or unemployment benefit because my intentions were to have a few months off to help me recover.

Sadly this hasn't happened and yet again I have just got out of hospital after yet another overdose that landed me in resuss.

No I don't like being ill like this, I have a lovely family and friends, on my really good days I am full of the joys of spring but they can be few and far between.

I managed to hold my last job down for 12 years with the help of counselling and tablets.

Right now I'm back in that very deep dark pit and believe me, if I could get out of it I would.

Perhaps you need to do a little research on depression before you make such cruel comments!

"What happened, the planners said it was ok to leave the building work as it was.
If it had been a British family they probably would have had to pull the building down.

Funny how there's one rule for some but not the others!!"

Why don't you test your theory by calling your council and asking how it happened? I doubt you'd dare to call your council and that would put you in the majority of whingers.

Most people in Britain need planning permission to have building work done to their home, e.g. extensions etc., but recently an asian family started work on their property without permission, wand before the planners knew of the work, the job was complete.

What happened, the planners said it was ok to leave the building work as it was.
If it had been a British family they probably would have had to pull the building down.

Funny how there's one rule for some but not the others!!

Well Woo - I was a hard working man just like yourself and one day due to stress I began to suffer from anxiety which I chose to ignore and work through it - I developed depression - I get pins and needles in my hands - anxiety attacks left right and centre - sweat profusely - have lost my wife (divorce) as a result of my behaviour - have been off sick from work for 6 months and am in the process of losing my job because the medication doesnt seem to be working - I continually think of dying - sounds sad huh - the sort of thing that only saddo twats suffer with or make up - no sady it is caused by a lack of certain brain chemicals - serotonin and dopamine to be precise - dont talk about people like me in that way WOO. You never know what cruel affliction may strike you or any of your family in the future

I have worked very hard for 30 years and paid thousands in tax etc which has supported these free-loaders, but I am now in the unfortunate position of being off sick and will be retiring and claiming incapacity benefit for depression. Not all people with real "mental illness" should be judged by you or anyone else. Yes some are sponges and should have their money stopped!

Just keep working hard and don't let the "sponges" get you down or you will be claiming benefits for yourself when you are too depressed to "LIVE"!

hi, have you ever suffered from clinical depression? It is the most horrendously painful illness. It is indescribable and can come on suddenly with little warning. The pills the doc gives you for this illness relieve it to a small degree but they have peculiar side effects which can interfere with driving skills/working machinery etc... I was in full time work from age 16 to 50 and can no longer work, I try to do things to earn a small amount from home ,but at 54 nobody really wants a depressed type working for them. Its very hard to exist on benefits, so before you lump us altogether as scum you should take time out to find out more about the illnesses which prevent people from getting a job.

I actually have quite severe depression I dont cook dont eat dont wash properly and have 2 young children which my partner cares for! I am in and out of work constitantly, There is nothing more I would like to do than work full time snd I try! Even although I am highly medicated most of the time and also self harm when I have been forced to sign on or look for benifits I am told thta im not entitled to any either cause I havent been unemployed long enough or I dont qualify it is now so bad that we are in real risk of losing our own house and I can honestly say that if it was not for my partner and my children I would not be here! I know that other people are going throug worse for example my sister in law who was 42 has just died of cancer and left her husband to look after their little daughter who has special needs! So ill tell you what WOO you live in my shoes for 1 week and we will see if you stil have the same send the depressed to africa veiws

Try actually having a mental illness and then repost that again

I could not agree more what the f is going on hopefullyunder this new gov they will ship them out and there are a lot. Housing benefit capped at 400£ a week it should be f all no one gave me £400 a week to buy my house. I have so many ideas to stop this madness. If they don't change we will be leaving this not do great Britain!!!!

a few years ago when I was still in my 20's I was bullied yes by older women and older men who just did'nt like me because I had a mental illness and the duspected I was on benefit I could'nt afford comfortable proper fitting clothes so my clothes were eith to big or to small for me I was called names by older people in sutton highstreet one elederly bulling man said I don;t know how she can get away with claiming benefits and there push in front of me at bus stops and in shops knowing that I was the first and the run over me with there shopping trolley single mother too twice I had my foot run over in sutton highstreet by pushchairs how about them bulling me. and how can they afford nice clothes and I can't not fair.