Eric Smith

And a good friend of mine and colleague, Dr. Rob Leitman, you may have heard his name before, he's there and he serves on the board as well. So he gently coaxed me into playing there for the board of directors and the people who were there for that meeting. And it was nice. I turned around, everyone had their cameras out, lots of applause.

And a good friend of mine and colleague, Dr. Rob Leitman, you may have heard his name before, he's there and he serves on the board as well. So he gently coaxed me into playing there for the board of directors and the people who were there for that meeting. And it was nice. I turned around, everyone had their cameras out, lots of applause.

And it was the first time I'd performed publicly since before I fell ill with psychosis. And I know that was a long answer to your question, but I'm trying to help you understand how much music meant to me and also how much it scared me due to how my life unfolded.

And it was the first time I'd performed publicly since before I fell ill with psychosis. And I know that was a long answer to your question, but I'm trying to help you understand how much music meant to me and also how much it scared me due to how my life unfolded.

And it was the first time I'd performed publicly since before I fell ill with psychosis. And I know that was a long answer to your question, but I'm trying to help you understand how much music meant to me and also how much it scared me due to how my life unfolded.

For me, I was a straight edge kid. Like I had never been drunk or high of any kind prior to my sophomore year of high school. But because my grades started to dip in middle school, there were parent teacher conferences called and the teachers were concerned that I went from being in advanced classes to barely passing and then eventually ultimately failing, having to go to summer school.

For me, I was a straight edge kid. Like I had never been drunk or high of any kind prior to my sophomore year of high school. But because my grades started to dip in middle school, there were parent teacher conferences called and the teachers were concerned that I went from being in advanced classes to barely passing and then eventually ultimately failing, having to go to summer school.

For me, I was a straight edge kid. Like I had never been drunk or high of any kind prior to my sophomore year of high school. But because my grades started to dip in middle school, there were parent teacher conferences called and the teachers were concerned that I went from being in advanced classes to barely passing and then eventually ultimately failing, having to go to summer school.

For a teacher, it's easy to look at a couple of red flags to explore. Is there fighting going on at home? Which was not the case. I grew up in a very loving family. Or is Eric using drugs or alcohol? Which, up until the point I was a sophomore in high school, wasn't true. So you just had teachers trying to just figure out what in the world is changing in Eric's life. My brain chemistry.

For a teacher, it's easy to look at a couple of red flags to explore. Is there fighting going on at home? Which was not the case. I grew up in a very loving family. Or is Eric using drugs or alcohol? Which, up until the point I was a sophomore in high school, wasn't true. So you just had teachers trying to just figure out what in the world is changing in Eric's life. My brain chemistry.

For a teacher, it's easy to look at a couple of red flags to explore. Is there fighting going on at home? Which was not the case. I grew up in a very loving family. Or is Eric using drugs or alcohol? Which, up until the point I was a sophomore in high school, wasn't true. So you just had teachers trying to just figure out what in the world is changing in Eric's life. My brain chemistry.

Like, I'm no doctor, but I do know what it's like to start falling ill with serious mental illness.

Like, I'm no doctor, but I do know what it's like to start falling ill with serious mental illness.

Like, I'm no doctor, but I do know what it's like to start falling ill with serious mental illness.

My parents just, they rearranged their entire schedules, trying to take me in to get help, take me into tutoring, seeing counselors, psychologists, all of that.

My parents just, they rearranged their entire schedules, trying to take me in to get help, take me into tutoring, seeing counselors, psychologists, all of that.

My parents just, they rearranged their entire schedules, trying to take me in to get help, take me into tutoring, seeing counselors, psychologists, all of that.

And as part of that first major step in that journey, I did a long standardized test that would be analyzed by a clinical psychologist and the team to find out, are my answers for that standardized exam consistent with the answers of those provided by people with a specific diagnosis?

And as part of that first major step in that journey, I did a long standardized test that would be analyzed by a clinical psychologist and the team to find out, are my answers for that standardized exam consistent with the answers of those provided by people with a specific diagnosis?

And as part of that first major step in that journey, I did a long standardized test that would be analyzed by a clinical psychologist and the team to find out, are my answers for that standardized exam consistent with the answers of those provided by people with a specific diagnosis?