The freeloader on sickness benefit

Not a freeloader, it's our governments fault as well, for giving our cash to them, Gordon robbed the workers pensions to give to the idle, instead of making them work,

And yet our unions still donate a good chunk of union members sub's to the Labour party,
I seriously think all UK workers should vote BNP, time for a real change.

for all you drepess idiots out there. do your whole country a favour go cut your wrists. not like your ever give anything to this country your to sad to even get out of bed, just an easy excuse you can fake. and if you are actally depress get over it staying at home all day watching tv aint goin to make you happy.

I agree. I also agree depression is a serious illness but for fakers to claim benefits? That is just terrible. It needs to be sorted, people can't get away with it. You can't live on benefits your whole life othawise you will end up depressed. Their too lazy too get off their ass and work. Makes me mad.

You ass.
I show you the respect you deserve for working two jobs and taking care of your family but maybe you have had it a little easier than some.
Depression is a very real illness and if you didnt have your head so far up your boss's ass maybe you would see that.
I just hope your and your family never have to suffer like some people have cause people like you would not be able to take the very real pain that comes with depression.
People with depression have suffered far more than you could ever begin to understand.
Most sufferers have had to deal with any number of things, death, rape, abuse and many more horrific ordeals.
Have you ever woke up in the morning wishing you had died in your sleep?
Until you have had that feeling everyday of your life you have no right to judge the people that have.
It is small minded people like you that make sick people too ashamed to admit they have a problem.
You need to grow up.

and my title is DR freeloader that I worked hard for :P

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my days you don't have a clue!!! grow up!!!!! we are all different ! maybe some put it on however, not all. hope you dont lose you job !!! or become ill !!!

I think your very rude and bitter my husband has gone on sick due to depression we get nothing free!!! they wont even let him on benifit b ut I thin he should get it iv worked all my life and for what!!!! to be in det we dont get a nice wage to go to the pub on no 1 does dont be so rube to call people scum bags when you dont even no them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the most sensible thing I have heard in a long time!!

Depression is rife in our society - it ruins lives, debilitates people, causes suicides which take the lives of more young people than the war in the middle east - but why are we afflicted so??? It is because our tolerance of stress is so poor, we have no real understanding of distress, poverty, fear, hunger. The incidence of depression so severe as to leave one catatonic or in need of ECT is one in thousands...

The rest is a natural phenomena, proven to rectify itself (without medication in about 85-90% of people) in 6- 8 weeks. Humans by nature have fluctuating mood, we never stay the same constantly and forever - even severe, recurrent depressives have periods of improvement during which some kind of work activity is possible.

If benefits were not an option, and 'not working' equated to 'not eating and having to sleep out in the rain' I think that a good 95% of our 'too depressed to work' would find themselves ready to return to the wheels of industry.

People do this because they can, because its an option.

As I said, Depression is a serious, dangerous and debilitating illness...but it is also a transient one and long term sickness benefit should not be granted, in fact people with low mood should be pushed back into meaningful activity after 6-8 weeks of convalescence. Anyone can get depressed, and most people will recover completely - at least for a while.

This comes from someone who has lived AND WORKED with the most severe, debilitating, treatment resistant, ECT requiring, hospitalising manifestations of depression. Depression is NOT a reason to be unemployed - you need to keep value in your life, and ride out the depressive episodes as best you can, returning to meaningful activity as soon as possible with the support of your friends, health professionals and your employer!!

currently unemployed was paid off december recentlyhave been hospital for tests cant work just now because of this injury can I claim sickness benefit

I have worked ever since I left school and in the recent week I was signed off work due to depression and I dont expect the tax payers to help me out but there are people out there who are really ill and depressed but I see your point there is alot of scum putting it on out there. luckly enough I have saving so am not goin to be claiming anything just take my pills and get on with it.

Government sickness benefit fraud clampdown, ha you mean pathways to work?
The new way to discriminate against the sick and disabled.
This can't go on like this, it will bankrupt the country, and there are too many freeloaders and not enough workers...
But the freeloaders are not being targeted properly.
They are the drug addicts stop mollycoddling them and stop there disability benefits.
They are not disabled it is self inflicted?
And stop discrimination of the sick and disabled of this country?
Drug addicts benefit scrounging scum of this society

The supposed government sickness benefit fraud clampdown which started in may has been a failure, they have announced today that the claimants for it have actualy increased,

This can't go on like this, it will bankrupt the country, there's too many freeloaders and not enough workers..