An artist friend of mine who is some sort of community person in Franklin is scheduling a video shoot for me at the Franklin Library on Jan 5th. This is gonna be very widely distributed, and the news crew from the local TV station is coming out. I'm going to do a 1 1/2 to 2 hour set of music...boy am I nervous. O_O; Wish me luck, ok? My fragile self-esteem needs it. ;J
The mentally ill are often ostracized and relegated to the fringes of society, and in many cases, there is not much that can be done. If someone can't function and take care of their basic needs, then it falls to society to provide measures to care for such people. My psychiatrist has said that I am very high-functioning. This means that I stand a good chance of being able to take care of myself, so dropping into oblivion is probably not going to happen to me. But seeing ...