Linda Mims

I mean, what else can you do?

You're asking really hard questions, Tommy.

But I like it.

I like it.

Yes, you just have to, because I know so many young people that have lost.

And also, 10 years is the average from the time you show symptoms to the time you get an actual diagnosis.

And a lot of these kids start getting sick in college.

And now the colleges, they cannot call the parents.

They have these laws.

They can't call and say, hey, something's going on with your kid.

So it's just very frustrating.

Everybody shuts out families.

And it's not right because the families are the primary caregivers because the mental health departments are

they have abdicated their responsibility.

And all of the agencies, we're not paying for any assistance.

So, you know, either your kid is going to be on the street, in the jail, or you have to take care of your kid.

Well, that's not right.

And that is unethical for a society to dump that on parents who are not trained.

And, you know, the advocates I work with now, I'm pretty enraged about it.

My background is in public policy, and I never...