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Eric Smith

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279 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

I was in full-blown psychosis at that time. And after several meetings with the FBI, they tried to tell me as much. In fact, the last meeting that I had with them, the FBI agents who I was meeting with their offices there in that San Antonio headquarters, they said, Eric, are you diagnosed with any mental health conditions? They're being very delicate and respectful about it.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I was like, well, yeah, why? Are you on medication for it? And I was like, yeah, why? But now I started to get mad because I saw where this was going. They were like, I could see they weren't believing the things that I was saying. And they were trying to tell me essentially, you are a crazy person. You need meds. But they were trying to do it as delicately as possible.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I was like, well, yeah, why? Are you on medication for it? And I was like, yeah, why? But now I started to get mad because I saw where this was going. They were like, I could see they weren't believing the things that I was saying. And they were trying to tell me essentially, you are a crazy person. You need meds. But they were trying to do it as delicately as possible.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I was like, well, yeah, why? Are you on medication for it? And I was like, yeah, why? But now I started to get mad because I saw where this was going. They were like, I could see they weren't believing the things that I was saying. And they were trying to tell me essentially, you are a crazy person. You need meds. But they were trying to do it as delicately as possible.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

All that really made me do was have to prove that much harder. All of the stuff that I said was real. So I want to be very clear in all of this. Like I was full blown psychosis already. I was not walking around with even one toe in reality. I was full blown psychotic at this point. I remember leaving that FBI offices for the last time and understanding I needed to prove all of that was real.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

All that really made me do was have to prove that much harder. All of the stuff that I said was real. So I want to be very clear in all of this. Like I was full blown psychosis already. I was not walking around with even one toe in reality. I was full blown psychotic at this point. I remember leaving that FBI offices for the last time and understanding I needed to prove all of that was real.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

All that really made me do was have to prove that much harder. All of the stuff that I said was real. So I want to be very clear in all of this. Like I was full blown psychosis already. I was not walking around with even one toe in reality. I was full blown psychotic at this point. I remember leaving that FBI offices for the last time and understanding I needed to prove all of that was real.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I had stuff going through my head of like, well, maybe the FBI knows about all of this. Maybe they're in cahoots with all of it. And they're just trying to tell me that I'm crazy. And maybe they're really involved. Maybe they're the ones who are the reason that there's going to be World War III and the assassinations. So I started thinking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I had stuff going through my head of like, well, maybe the FBI knows about all of this. Maybe they're in cahoots with all of it. And they're just trying to tell me that I'm crazy. And maybe they're really involved. Maybe they're the ones who are the reason that there's going to be World War III and the assassinations. So I started thinking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I had stuff going through my head of like, well, maybe the FBI knows about all of this. Maybe they're in cahoots with all of it. And they're just trying to tell me that I'm crazy. And maybe they're really involved. Maybe they're the ones who are the reason that there's going to be World War III and the assassinations. So I started thinking.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

with the paranoia hitting hard and the psychosis hitting hard, realizing that maybe I was on my own with this, possibly, having to just one man against the world to stop World War III and assassination plots. So I remember at that same time, my mom and dad, they contacted my then most recent psychiatrist who had fired me for being too difficult to the patient to treat.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

with the paranoia hitting hard and the psychosis hitting hard, realizing that maybe I was on my own with this, possibly, having to just one man against the world to stop World War III and assassination plots. So I remember at that same time, my mom and dad, they contacted my then most recent psychiatrist who had fired me for being too difficult to the patient to treat.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

with the paranoia hitting hard and the psychosis hitting hard, realizing that maybe I was on my own with this, possibly, having to just one man against the world to stop World War III and assassination plots. So I remember at that same time, my mom and dad, they contacted my then most recent psychiatrist who had fired me for being too difficult to the patient to treat.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I want to say, like, I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I want to say, like, I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

And I want to say, like, I...

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

i understand both sides of that and i think this is important for your audience to hear i was very difficult to treat the meds were not helping up to that point uh the paranoia and the psychosis were making it where i was very rude to everyone i was interacting with even if they were trying to help me so like in session with my mom and dad with the psychiatrist there he'd seen me rude to my mom and dad he'd hear me being rude to him he'd

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

i understand both sides of that and i think this is important for your audience to hear i was very difficult to treat the meds were not helping up to that point uh the paranoia and the psychosis were making it where i was very rude to everyone i was interacting with even if they were trying to help me so like in session with my mom and dad with the psychiatrist there he'd seen me rude to my mom and dad he'd hear me being rude to him he'd

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

i understand both sides of that and i think this is important for your audience to hear i was very difficult to treat the meds were not helping up to that point uh the paranoia and the psychosis were making it where i was very rude to everyone i was interacting with even if they were trying to help me so like in session with my mom and dad with the psychiatrist there he'd seen me rude to my mom and dad he'd hear me being rude to him he'd

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Eric Smith: From Music Prodigy to Mental Health Advocate

his staff didn't like the way that I was talking with the secretary. I was very rude to her and she didn't like that. So yeah, I get why he stopped seeing me as a patient. Didn't like it. I do also want to say, playing devil's advocate here for a minute, or just talking other side of things, psychiatrists