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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

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

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

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

much like people, like let's say working in a jail or a prison, should expect certain things. And if you're going to work with people who don't like have it all together, particularly folks with serious mental illness, you should expect individuals who are going to be rude and not understanding or caring about what's going on around them, right?

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

much like people, like let's say working in a jail or a prison, should expect certain things. And if you're going to work with people who don't like have it all together, particularly folks with serious mental illness, you should expect individuals who are going to be rude and not understanding or caring about what's going on around them, right?

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

much like people, like let's say working in a jail or a prison, should expect certain things. And if you're going to work with people who don't like have it all together, particularly folks with serious mental illness, you should expect individuals who are going to be rude and not understanding or caring about what's going on around them, right?

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

So I don't want to give this psychiatrist the pass that he just fired me for being difficult to treat because that kind of comes with the territory. But I do understand him ultimately deciding that he didn't want to treat me anymore. But to his credit, My parents contacted him while all of this was going on because my parents knew. I told them about these assassination plots.

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

So I don't want to give this psychiatrist the pass that he just fired me for being difficult to treat because that kind of comes with the territory. But I do understand him ultimately deciding that he didn't want to treat me anymore. But to his credit, My parents contacted him while all of this was going on because my parents knew. I told them about these assassination plots.

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

So I don't want to give this psychiatrist the pass that he just fired me for being difficult to treat because that kind of comes with the territory. But I do understand him ultimately deciding that he didn't want to treat me anymore. But to his credit, My parents contacted him while all of this was going on because my parents knew. I told them about these assassination plots.

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

They knew how out of it I was. So they called that psychiatrist and they were like begging and pleading with him. They said, look, we know our son is not your patient anymore, but you are the most recent professional to have ever interacted with him. What can we do to get our son help?

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

They knew how out of it I was. So they called that psychiatrist and they were like begging and pleading with him. They said, look, we know our son is not your patient anymore, but you are the most recent professional to have ever interacted with him. What can we do to get our son help?

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

They knew how out of it I was. So they called that psychiatrist and they were like begging and pleading with him. They said, look, we know our son is not your patient anymore, but you are the most recent professional to have ever interacted with him. What can we do to get our son help?

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

This is what he told my mom and dad. He told my mom and dad that my best bet to get treatment, given the fact that he didn't believe I would meet that very high bar of involuntary care at that time, because it's not illegal to be crazy, right? He also understood I could not be on my own. He told my parents this.

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

This is what he told my mom and dad. He told my mom and dad that my best bet to get treatment, given the fact that he didn't believe I would meet that very high bar of involuntary care at that time, because it's not illegal to be crazy, right? He also understood I could not be on my own. He told my parents this.

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

This is what he told my mom and dad. He told my mom and dad that my best bet to get treatment, given the fact that he didn't believe I would meet that very high bar of involuntary care at that time, because it's not illegal to be crazy, right? He also understood I could not be on my own. He told my parents this.

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

I mean, this is earth shattering cosmic stuff that is fuel for all the advocates out there and people who want to make a change. also families who have loved ones locked up right now, or if you happen to be locked up in listening, this is what he told my parents. He said, your son's best bet is to get arrested for a nonviolent low-level offense.

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

I mean, this is earth shattering cosmic stuff that is fuel for all the advocates out there and people who want to make a change. also families who have loved ones locked up right now, or if you happen to be locked up in listening, this is what he told my parents. He said, your son's best bet is to get arrested for a nonviolent low-level offense.

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

I mean, this is earth shattering cosmic stuff that is fuel for all the advocates out there and people who want to make a change. also families who have loved ones locked up right now, or if you happen to be locked up in listening, this is what he told my parents. He said, your son's best bet is to get arrested for a nonviolent low-level offense.

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

And then while he's in jail, hopefully before he gets released, a judge can find out about this and hopefully have him transferred before he's released from jail. Hopefully he can be transferred to a hospital involuntarily where he can be stabilized. And then hopefully if he can be stabilized in a hospital, he can be released to lower level care. That's exactly what happened.

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

And then while he's in jail, hopefully before he gets released, a judge can find out about this and hopefully have him transferred before he's released from jail. Hopefully he can be transferred to a hospital involuntarily where he can be stabilized. And then hopefully if he can be stabilized in a hospital, he can be released to lower level care. That's exactly what happened.

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

And then while he's in jail, hopefully before he gets released, a judge can find out about this and hopefully have him transferred before he's released from jail. Hopefully he can be transferred to a hospital involuntarily where he can be stabilized. And then hopefully if he can be stabilized in a hospital, he can be released to lower level care. That's exactly what happened.