Hi Tortues,

In my state, I think the way the situation works (ideally) is that a person gets state disability benefits like food stamps and medical assistance and sometimes cash assistance when their doctor makes a determination that they are unable to work. In the meantime, a caseworker at the state level assists people in working with the federal social security office to see if they qualify for federal social security disability. At the very least they should have pointed you in the right direction as the above posting did--like the website for social security on line.
I empathize with your distress in this situation as we were one step away from homelessness before I got my social security disability and it didn't help my stress and anxiety and depression levels because I have a young daughter to provide for.
I was not then or now ready for work. Are you telling the people at partial hospitalization how bad you are doing. One thing I had to get over was trying to minimize and cover up how bad I was doing. That's okay to do with acquaintances or people you cannot trust with how bad you feel. But with mental health professionals, we only hurt ourselves if we try to suck it up and put on a good face.
I hope you will or have let the new therapist know how bad the situation is. Please don't offense at me telling you this, I am just trying to let you and others know what kept me from getting what I needed.

I will send you a pm. Good luck

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