the SSI standard in 2022 is $841 per month. I agree, a lawyer is a good idea. You will probably be denied and have to appeal/get a lawyer. The process can take years.

thank you so much for your comments. Sounds about like what I found via research and from my mom who I think is on SSDI? The one where it's better if you've worked a longer time. For the longest time I thought both types of disability benefits were the same so that's where all my confusion came from I think. I've been working since I was 16 but I doubt I'd get anything from SSDI... I might be approved but I don't think I've earned enough to get much. (I have 1-3 physical chronic conditions (diagnoses pending, I have 1 dx but that will either change or I will have additional dx come November) and 5 dxed mental conditions that, compounding, make me intermittently disabled and make holding a full time traditional job impossible.) And I think I'd also be able to get the other type of disability but I think that's the one with asset caps? Like you can't possess more than 2k in assets? And getting married can screw your benefits? Which. Doesn't work for me. So I guess for now my best bet is to keep doing my best to balance not starving or working myself to death with my crappy paying part time job, while seeking a remote and make your own schedule job. Because that's the only way I can work full time. :/

ah, I think I wouldn't get much from SSD because I'm only 24 and haven't worked much