PIP Mobility Questions and Mental Health

I am completing the 2nd PIP form for my daughter who suffers from severe depression and anxiety amongst other mental health conditions. I understand that Q13 Going Out and Q14 Moving around are added together and she needs at least 8 points to get the mobility component. Is that correct?

If so, since he has no physical disabilities, and since she is able to sometimes go out unaided to familiar places (even though she often needs help even going to familiar places), it seems to me she can only get a maximum of 4 points.

If that is so, is there any point giving any additional information in this question at all? To answer the question and fully explain her difficulties would probably take me 2 or 3 hours, but I wonder if there is any point even trying if it is impossible to get the mobility component due to mental health unless completely housebound?

Is it worth answering in case it helps give an overall picture that would impact the scores in other questions?

Thanks.

Looking at the descriptors, because the problems are caused by psychological distress, it seems to me that possibly only (b) applies. I wondered about (e), but the fact is she successfully goes out to places she knows at least once or twice and sometimes as many as four times a week. It says on the Benefits and Work guidance that descriptor (e) from the DWP perspective is about people who haven't been able to leave there home for years, but argues that 3 months is probably sufficient.

So ... it seems to me given the guidance paper that (e) cannot apply, (b) might apply, but since she has no physical or sensory problems, the other descriptors don't apply, unless cognitive impairment means she can't plan or follow a route.

I need to consider if she has cognitive problems. Her psychological distress, does I believe cause her to panic, which affects her cognitive processes and that could prevent her following a route safely and reliably (it could even result in suicide). Would this be an acceptable argument that could score points?

(The problem is that this panic usually means she does not set off at all on an unfamiliar journey unless someone else helps her, or for a familiar journey to turn back home in panic. That means we don't really know if she would able to successfully complete the journey when she panics, because she has never tried.)

Without panic, whilst she has some problems planning a route they are not disabling, because route plans are simple step by step instructions that she can follow. Similarly, if she was not panicking, I'm sure she could cognitively follow a route.

If it is not possible to argue cognitive impairment, is there any point going into details on this question since she could only score 4 points in total for the mobility elements?

The questions are general, not specific to my daughter:

1) would an assertion that cognitive impairment resulting from anxiety and panic causes someone to be unable to follow a route, or re-plan a route if something goes wrong (eg a bus or train is cancelled or missed) be valid (or because it relates to emotional distress would it be rejected)?

2) If the above assertion would not be valid, is there any point going into detail on this question since she would then only score 4 points maximum under the two mobility questions?

I have since thought about two further arguments that could be made, is it possible these could be accepted so she can receive points for not being able to plan or follow a journey:

1) Because of social anxiety, if something goes wrong, she could not re-plan a journey, she would need help (she would phone me or return home).

2) Her condition causes her to drink alcohol to (temporarily) relieve her painful emotions and depression. This can make it impossible for her to successfully follow a journey to an unfamiliar place, or to re-plan if something goes wrong.