Job Hunt and Health Issues

[Niall]

Right Tom do me a favour and just read back this page of this thread to your self. In your eyes, everything is everyone else's fault. If you're ever going to tackle this, you need to take responsibility for your faults and the actions you need to take. Theres only so much the NHS or job centre can do for you. YOU have to do the hard part.
So lets stat with diagnosing your illnesses. You say you can't stand needles. Neither can i. I do have a phobia of them. Last time i had a blood test i passed out. I was absolutely bricking it before the test. Its a completely irrational fear and thats why i ended up having the blood test. Because i realised that firstly, what really is the worst that can happen from having a blood test and secondly if i don't, the consequences could be SUBSTANTIALLY worse! I understand your fear of needles Tom, i genuinely do but you need to be rational. You're not going to end up dead in seconds as soon as that nurse sticks a needle in you!
So, assuming you've passed that point and you're now actually diagnosed with IBS. Then what? Its not just going to disappear. YOU have to work to live with it just like the majority of other people do. I know of other people who have had a lot worse problems than you Tom and they have worked to live with it because thats what you HAVE to do.
Both the NHS and the Job centre have offered help (help i might add you wouldn't get in most countries so you can't really slag them off and say its their fault its not working) and you're turning your nose up at it before even trying. You don't want it to work. If you did, you would take it on with a more positive mind set. Its never going to be a over night cure and no one said its ever going to be easy. YOU have to put in all that effort which will put you outside of your comfort zone massively. Again, whats the worst that can happen? Lets say you do shit your self because of being out the house too long. So bloody what? You say it will create havoc with your issues. You won't die from sitting in your own shit Tom. If you would, the population would be extinct in a few generations bearing in mind you spend your first few years on this planet sitting in your own shit!

Sorry Tom but I'm starting to loose sympathy for you now. You have plenty of options in front of you to help you manage your situation and you refuse to even consider them. You've got to push your self and get on with it.