I just finished applying for disability and have literally almost had a breakdown just doing the online application...I have yet to speak to anyone in person yet.
My T has never seen me this way...I speak so fast anyway (brain gets ahead of my mouth) but since working on the app and passing out papers for my drs to fill out, etc, I have started to stutter some and not be able to get words out at all due to my high level of anxiety; it's completely through the roof. I don't know how I am going to make it through this myself, so I truly feel empathy for you.
And I know how you must be feeling about a hearing because I have already imagined this coming for me...are you going it alone or do you have a lawyer?
Either way I know it must be so nerve-wracking especially after being denied, which is what happens to EVERYONE in my state the first time....
I need to go down to my local social security office to drop off some papers asked for in the app process, and I feel completely nauseated at the idea of going through those doors.
Hugs to you, and I wish this weren't so hard...