thanks. its like this...

i get tired of the "mental patient" stuff. I think it really depends on where one lives, and the specifics of one's situation. in my situation, i get treated OK, because I have my "good family" solidly behind me. that's great for me and all, and I do love my parents, but...

a quick look across the waiting room at the clinic shows what many of the patients go thru...this is in the more "enlightened" (cough) 21st century. ugh.

disability is a huge blessing, but I'm fully aware that--in my situation--I wouldn't be on disability if it wasn't for my now "well-to-do" parents. Again, it depends on where one lives and such, but here where I live..."mental patients" end up homeless, in abject poverty, drugged to the gills on court orders, etc. I"m something of an exception to the rule, and I'd like to get out of the clinic and into a normal-ish life, sometime soon(ish).