How do people survive?
I'm once again waiting for my PIP Tribunal. It's been 18 months so far. How are people doing this? Like I feel like I must be missing something. I can't work due to disability, but because I live with my partner, I also can't claim UC because his wages would effectively cancel it out. He's not on a big salary though (30k a year) How do people survive the wait to Tribunal? If they don't grant me PIP again, what am I meant to do?
I feel like I'm out of options here. Some years back I had a friend who took his own life due to the stress PIP put him through but I never understood why, until I had to go through it myself.
Aside from the obvious "Shop at Aldi" or "Lower living costs" has anyone got any tips or tricks? My MIL keeps telling me I could "do something" or "work from home" but I already train AI when I can and it's neither consistent or well paid.