Pat on the head my ass.

Crow Sister, I beg to disagree. The mental health professionals in my family would not concur with you. Running home and hiding out won't make her feel any better by itself. Familiar surroundings combined with plan (that dream she had to be a singer is a good start, it's not a bad or unreasonable goal) to help her through this time are better than just going home. And unless the folks in her village are mental health professionals, they are as likely to enable problems to continue as to help solve them.

She needs to sort all of this whirlwind out, and possibly start with baby steps after this setback. Having a goal is good for someone going through stress and/or depression, and she needs to talk this over with a psychologist or psychiatrist or in a similar professional setting like that. Talking through it can be a damn sight better than just medicating someone and hoping the problem goes away, or warehousing them (at home, down in the village). Medication often defers a problem like this, and hiding out won't help.

SRS