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I feel for you, sistersarah.  Here you are trying your hardest and trekked all the way there (which didn't sound easy to do) and you get met with an insensitive person, who, in one short question, undermined all the things you've just gone through.  Some people have no idea how words can hurt.

I hope I don't come out insensitive, but that woman is probably too preoccupied with her own personal "junk" to extend herself to you by being sensitive. So try not internalize it because she didn't do it to hurt your feelings.

Good job for trying to get passed this!

When I read this, I had to really think about what I would have been like in the same situation...and I know that is not the way to approach this.  I know exactly how I would have felt in this situation, and that is where people miss the point of depression as an illness.  People may not realise the pains you went through to get yourself out of the house, and not having the securities like money and communication made things more difficult.  You were already jaded before you got dressed and the most simple tasks after that exacerbated your stress.  So, what seems to be a situation solved easily to most with what appears to be good mental health,would be a major task for sufferers of mental depression.

I think your control in not abusing the volunteer is commendable, and the fact that you recognise now that people don't know what is wrong and people don't know your situation means that you have such a good understanding of your condition.  It's onwards and upwards for you