In a Fringe Festival filled with superheroes, self-aware refrigerators and other fantastic beasts,
Thrive is a place where you can encounter the most exotic creatures of all: actual human beings. Four brave members of the Orlando Story Club are getting on stage and publicly exposing their real-life narratives about overcoming adversity through overwhelming honesty. First, Ha’Ani Hogan wins our hearts by confessing that, as the daughter of a Casanova and a beauty queen, she’s been broken by appearance-obsessed online dating. Next, Logan Anderson opens for us an empathetic window into the traumatic brain injury that forced him to relearn how to walk, lift a glass of water or even cry. Then Elizabeth Brendel Horn shares both her painful struggles with eating disorders and infertility, as well as the pleasure of shoving her timid daughter down a snow-tube hill. Finally, Anthony Mauss utterly destroys us with his epic journey from small-town boy through the seminar
Orlando Fringe Festival reviews by Orlando Sentinel theater critic Matthew J. Palm: "It All Started at the Radisson Inn," "Thrive," "Mrs. Bliss's Titanic Adventure" and "Confessions of a Flirt."
Breaking the stigma of mental health through everyday living
Prior to the pandemic 1-in-5 American Adults say they had a mental illness. That number is now 1-in-3, and likely higher for vulnerable people. Author: David Bohlman (WQAD) Updated: 7:30 PM CDT May 6, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa Prior to the Coronavirus Pandemic, 1-in-5 U.S. adults said they had some sort of a mental illness. Through data obtained through the CDC and NAMI, that number is now 1-in-3 and likely higher for people in vulnerable communities like those with special needs.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is trying to break that stigma through education and community involvement. One thing that NAMI Development Manager, Christina McNamara-Schmidt says is it s important to seek help when you have symptoms. The average delay between symptom onset and treatment is 11 years .
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The problem could lead to frustration for parents and their teens, because 16- and 17-year-olds could show up to clinics only to be turned away if they didn’t sign up on a day that Pfizer was being administered.