Do you receive disability benefits for social anxiety?

[meco1999]

Do you receive disability benefits for social anxiety disorder?

 

[Section_31]

As far as i know canada, or at least alberta, doesnt recognize S/A as a debebilitating mental illness, so i dont think many here do.

 

[-lonestar-]

I should ask EI cuz that would be great, hard to find motivation for a new job cuz of SA, I'm not into aproaching others. I'd rather be aproached. I need money lol

 

[Beatrice]

No, but I know someone who does.

Migraines, on the other hand...... (not really, but I wish. I do have exemption notes for class, though, because of them).

 

[Nanita]

I don´t receive actual disability benefits, but I do receive unemployment benefits, and because of SA and Avoidant personality disorder, I´m not being forced to do much (work/studying/jobsearching) - but it´s not permanent, the purpose is getting better while having time off, and perhaps later be able to work or study. The social worker looks at my case every 3 months, to know how I´m doing.

 

[meco1999]

I've had severe SA since age 12 (I'm 30 now), I even was selectively mute during the 8th grade, but I've never gotten disability benefits. I've worked full time the past 7 years. It's really hard sometimes, but I did it because I felt I had to do it, I had no choice. I just get through work the same way i got through school - one day at a time.

 

[SadPanda]

At this moment, I do. My case is reviewed every 3 months for up to two years from the time I went sick. I feel it very much depends on the country you live in and the awareness they have of SA/mental health. Thankfully, the country I am in does, my home country does not.
You have options after 2 years if the government Dr/your psychiatrist do not feel you can fully work/work at all after these two years. If they feel you can work, they will assist you with getting back to work in the field you were once in.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

I'm agoraphobic-- my therapist is helping me to apply but says I probably won't be accepted because I'm so young.

My dad was living in a shack in the woods for 8 years before they accepted his agoraphobia as a genuine disability, so I don't think my chances are that great. haha

 

[Matticus]

At this moment, I do. My case is reviewed every 3 months for up to two years from the time I went sick. I feel it very much depends on the country you live in and the awareness they have of SA/mental health. Thankfully, the country I am in does, my home country does not.
You have options after 2 years if the government Dr/your psychiatrist do not feel you can fully work/work at all after these two years. If they feel you can work, they will assist you with getting back to work in the field you were once in.

may i ask what country that you are speaking off is?

 

[SadPanda]

may i ask what country that you are speaking off is?

Yeah, i'm from the UK, but I live in the Netherlands