Support Workers.

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Does anyone here have a support worker who helps you with day to day stuff??
I am getting one and honestly, I don't want one. I can live without one.
I dont need someone helping me with stuff like going grocery shopping.

I really wish I had one I could use some help with that stuff (T_T)
I can understand though that it'd be horribly annoying to have one for a lot of things you don't have trouble with.

i have a routine and i dont like change, so having someone come in and "show" me how to do something so basic is stupid.

You are lucky, don't realise it, that's stupid!

You really should give them a chance first. After you've discussed your comfort zones with them and where you might need help/where you don't want it, and if they try to conflict with you on those things to the point you become uncomfortable then try to get rid of them.

Then why are you getting one?


I personally do not think it would work with my lifestyle......so I would never want a support worker or accept one.

Here's what I'd do, all the stuff I hate doing I'd say I'm clueless about and see how much I can get them to just do. "Hmmmmmmmmmm, still didn't get that, you finish and maybe I'll be able to give it a go next time."

I'm serious. Cooking, cleaning toilets, cleaning the cat box.......... I have a list ready.

Sweetleaf is right. If you don't want one, then why have one? Do you actually need a support worker but hate the idea? I can understand that for sure.

its more my parents thing. i think i'm isolated because i dont go out and do things and they think if someone comes in and takes me out then maybe ill be more "active"

Couldn't figure how old are you, but as an adult you should be able to make own decisions and not allow your parents such sneaky attempts to take influence on your lifestyle and behavior.

oh they know. they treat me like im a little kid.

I know how you feel.

I was told by Occupational Health (at work) that I needed a 'key worker'.

Eh? I have lived on my own since I was 17, have a good job, own my own flat, have lived all over the world, have a clutch of university degrees and someone who has never met or spoken to me that I need a key worker?

I put paid to that idea very very quickly.

Well if you are capable enough not to need this support worker......why do you let your parents treat you that way? I don't know about anyone else but when my mom tries to treat me like a child it makes me angry and I usually tell her to stop. Did you try talking to your parents about how you feel?

I don't have one, although my therapist seriously suggested I get one, especially if I plan to live alone.

I can't really argue with her.

oh crap now this thread has me worried, then again I am not offcially diagnosed so maybe its nothing to worry about.......but if I where diagnosed would that mean a support worker could be forced on me?.......because seriously that would basically mean I could not do most of the things I do, which would probably add to my depression.

I don't think so. No one is forcing one on me. It was suggested to me, it's up to me whether I want one.

In my particular case, if I were to find a way to live on my own, choosing not to have one would make a lot of things very difficult. It's not the same for everyone.