people asking me about work after I lost my job

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I "lost" my job in December due to store closure. But I had been at my wits end with the job since September anyway. If we weren't going to close, I would have quit. I reduced my hours gradually, going down 3 days, then going down to 1 day. Goal was to stay on until the end so that I qualified for severance pay.

In September, I also applied for SSDI with my case worker, at her recommendation.

Since I've lost my job, people in the community recognize me (it was customer facing), and they keep asking what job I have now, and when I say I don't have one, they ask what job I'm looking for. I usually tell them I'm focusing on myself right now due to "medical issues". (The medical issue is very severe autistic burnout. Doing anything at all most days leaves me exhausted for at least two days right now.)

That's one thing.

The other is the transportation lady at my Dr's office.

So I told my Dr that I was applying for disability, and he didn't argue. Just asked what for, and said they'd need my medical records from the behavioral health clinic. Which we got on straight away.

Transportation lady keeps talking to me about jobs I could work, getting unemployment, etc. I haven't yet told her I'm applying for disability because I'm worried about the response I'll get.