ESA telephone assessment

I am currently on New style contribution based esa assessment period. I have submitted my esa50 form, the dwp have contacted my gp and she has provided them more information about my health issues. I have a work capability assessment interview on Saturday morning and I am so nervous about it. Can anyone help me understand how this is going to go? I have no idea what they’re going to ask me, I can’t even bear the thought of not getting into the support group, as my health issues are too bad to even think about doing any kind of work and I am so worried that if I am made to look for work on top of several health problems and anxiety on top of it all, that I would just not be able to deal with that. The prospect fills me with absolute despair as I have been self employed for 15 years and had to give it all up due to my poor health, I just don’t know how to prepare for this interview, I feel terrified by it. Thank you in advance.

Thank you, where is the best place on the site to find this? If anyone else who has been through this personally o would be grateful to hear your experience as I have no idea what they will ask me as o spent two weeks filling out the initial form which was mentally and emotionally exhausting I don’t understand what more I could possibly have missed out!!! Thank you in advance

I have no idea what MR is? I have worked for 30 years and never claimed a benefit so I’m pretty clueless. I just hope that they will realise that im genuine!!

When I had my reassessment she basically asked me all of the questions on the form which obviously I had already answered but I had to answer them again.
She gave me plenty of time to elaborate and explain my health conditions and the reasons why I am unable to work.
She asked me if I had been medically diagnosed and I told her yes and to read the medical evidence I had submitted and what I had wrote on the form.
I remained in the support group following the assessment.