Well, I personally don't consider what I have to be "mental health problems", more of an incompatibility between what I see to be seeing closer to the essence of actual reality, and living in a world that is built on and functions according to surface based illusions. So I say that most people would *consider* me to be mentally ill. It pretty much works out the same either way, where the rubber meets the road.

Presently I'm dealing with far more serious physical health issues that arose 4 months ago and am being allowed to stay with someone while I slowly get medical help (had to go through a major ordeal to get into a free health program, am finally going for some rather serious hospital exploratory procedures next week, after 3 trips to the ER spanning the 4 months, complete with 2 CT scans and now 4 blood works claimed to turn up "nothing" despite being quite debilitated).

Anyway, yes, Winter can suck pretty hard in lots of ways, though I do have good gear. The bathing in creeks/rivers gets tough, and if my stuff gets damp/wet things get rather difficult. Overall my most significant concerns are not being ran off, and general personal security/vulnerability. And, of course, selling enough folk art to live.