Discussion Could you survive homeless?

[Fadeawaaaay]

Please ignore Canna2 it's just a troll.

What exactly is a troll.? I don't think I've ever quite understood

 

[Butterflyfree]

What exactly is a troll.? I don't think I've ever quite understood

Someone who joins a forum such as this one just to talk shit to others and make them feel worse then they already do.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Someone who joins a forum such as this one just to talk shit to others and make them feel worse then they already do.

Weird. Ok

 

[canna2]

Please ignore Canna2 it's just a troll.

Its the truth. Whether u like or not.

Weird. Ok

I havent done that. Shes lying.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Do you live with your parents rn?

Nope - They are no longer with us

 

[Zzzzz]

I have been survived homelessness before. SI is still difficult to overcome. I will be homeless again on January 1st roughly. Unless something changes. I sincerely hope I have the strength to overcome SI and leave this god forsaken world behind.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

I have been survived homelessness before. SI is still difficult to overcome. I will be homeless again on January 1st roughly. Unless something changes. I sincerely hope I have the strength to overcome SI and leave this god forsaken world behind.

I'm sorry. I really can't imagine. But you must know what you're doing if you survived it last time.

 

[Ch92921]

No! Neither in prison!

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

No! Neither in prison!

Unbearable

 

[Bone]

Yea had two good jobs then suddenly, due to mental illness, a seamless transition into homelessness earlier this year. I was similar to the schizophrenic dude you mentioned on this thread; just found myself homeless one day and tbh thought it was all part of the "conspiracy" against me. Only reason I had the energy for it was because I was actively manic and psychotic and thought it was for a greater purpose or something. I have NO CLUE how so many live that lifestyle in urban areas; if you could squat on a plot of land or something it'd make sense, but living in filth under a bridge or in a downtown area where anyone can rob or assault or kill you at any moment is NOT for me. I was robbed multiple times, spat on, had vegetable oil thrown at me, all my valuables were stolen. Was followed on more than one occasion, cops harrased me. I am fortunately staying with my dad again and helping him at his house in his twilight years, and no longer actively psychotic, but if I ever end up close to homeless again I will yeet myself in a heartbeat.

I have one final shot to attain stability and get my career back on track, and I am embracing it mainly for my dad's sake. I guess a silver lining is that now having food and sleeping safely indoors feels like absolute *royalty*, so, there's that...it's made the few smiles I have anymore mean a lot, and I have a new understanding of both how strong the homeless are for trudging forward as well as how awful society is for letting humans live that way in wealthy countries in 2021. Absolutely awful and once you get to that stage where you're filthy without an address, getting a job takes a real community effort and a MASSIVE amount of luck, even for the most piss-poor jobs. Fact is, we have simply too many people in most countries, and the competition in the world is a reflection of that. Some people have to end up on the bottom for others to end up at the top. If the government was serious about addressing homelessness, they'd figure it out pretty quickly IMO-even having really, really small homes, like tiny homes or Hong Kong cage style housing (goshiwon style) would be more than adequate, but I truly believe (as I saw someone else mention in a thread recently) that the government keeps the homeless around at the level they're at to scare people into sticking to the wage slave grind. If you become homeless, the government does not care about you, other people do not care about you, family does not care about you, that's just reality. There are obviously a FEW exceptions to these thoughts but they are really, really rare.

The main way to survive homelessness is get fucked up all the time for sure. Ya better be sure if I wasn't gonna CTB but had to be homeless I'd become an addict on some SERIOUS shit, REAL fast. Anyway, OP, hope you don't end up having to go that route and something else pops up for you, as well as for the others on this thread who are in similar situations.

 

[motel rooms]

Those people you see are afraid of dying. Thats their problem. And maybe they are too stupid to find a way to do it.

Well, aren't you an empathetic sweetheart...

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Yea had two good jobs then suddenly, due to mental illness, a seamless transition into homelessness earlier this year. I was similar to the schizophrenic dude you mentioned on this thread; just found myself homeless one day and tbh thought it was all part of the "conspiracy" against me. Only reason I had the energy for it was because I was actively manic and psychotic and thought it was for a greater purpose or something. I have NO CLUE how so many live that lifestyle in urban areas; if you could squat on a plot of land or something it'd make sense, but living in filth under a bridge or in a downtown area where anyone can rob or assault or kill you at any moment is NOT for me. I was robbed multiple times, spat on, had vegetable oil thrown at me, all my valuables were stolen. Was followed on more than one occasion, cops harrased me. I am fortunately staying with my dad again and helping him at his house in his twilight years, and no longer actively psychotic, but if I ever end up close to homeless again I will yeet myself in a heartbeat.

I have one final shot to attain stability and get my career back on track, and I am embracing it mainly for my dad's sake. I guess a silver lining is that now having food and sleeping safely indoors feels like absolute *royalty*, so, there's that...it's made the few smiles I have anymore mean a lot, and I have a new understanding of both how strong the homeless are for trudging forward as well as how awful society is for letting humans live that way in wealthy countries in 2021. Absolutely awful and once you get to that stage where you're filthy without an address, getting a job takes a real community effort and a MASSIVE amount of luck, even for the most piss-poor jobs. Fact is, we have simply too many people in most countries, and the competition in the world is a reflection of that. Some people have to end up on the bottom for others to end up at the top. If the government was serious about addressing homelessness, they'd figure it out pretty quickly IMO-even having really, really small homes, like tiny homes or Hong Kong cage style housing (goshiwon style) would be more than adequate, but I truly believe (as I saw someone else mention in a thread recently) that the government keeps the homeless around at the level they're at to scare people into sticking to the wage slave grind. If you become homeless, the government does not care about you, other people do not care about you, family does not care about you, that's just reality. There are obviously a FEW exceptions to these thoughts but they are really, really rare.

The main way to survive homelessness is get fucked up all the time for sure. Ya better be sure if I wasn't gonna CTB but had to be homeless I'd become an addict on some SERIOUS shit, REAL fast. Anyway, OP, hope you don't end up having to go that route and something else pops up for you, as well as for the others on this thread who are in similar situations.

A very grim and compelling insight from first-hand experience. Thanks for sharing… Frightening.

 

[WrongPlaceWrongTime]

I would ctb should homelessness becomes imminent.

 

[canna2]

Life is about the journey.

Unfortunately some people have more turbulent lives than others.

People and what they are in truth?

People are toxic, people are selfish, people are reckless, people are damaged, people are fucked up.

Instead of camaraderie, we have more of a "stomp over everyone" type of existence.

In some homeless communities, or communities who struggle people DO help one another as much as they can.

In others, they are just takers.

Thats somewhat of a delusional type of answer. Life is not about some journey.

 

[motel rooms]

Thats somewhat of a delusional type of answer. Life is not about some journey.

What is life about? Calling homeless people too stupid to find a way to ctb? Telling members they're stupid in their goodbye threads? Jesus Christ...

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

For me, it would become high time to Socratesmaxx:

 

[Insomniac]

I'm not exactly sure why most of them continue on with their lives… I could ask him a few more questions and get to the bottom of it…

my answer was a bit shallow and harsh, I'm sorry about that.

my honest opinion is that human beings are just master at adapting to everything. I mean, some humans long ago freaking adapted to leaving in the fucking desert.

This is the part about us that I despise. We come to accept the unacceptable because past the initial shock, we are fine. We become okay with the way things are, no matter how low we fall. This is something that I personally cannot tolerate. There are many things in my life that I have come to accept, things that I once considered absolutely unacceptable.

This part of me, of us, disgusts me. The part of us that is resilient and is willing to live no matter what. Even become comfortable with hellish conditions, to the point of not feeling pain anymore and become desensitised.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Probably for a while at least. I live in a warm climate and have an SUV. But not if I was out on the street having to contend with other people and the elements.

 

[Sleepdrifter]

I survived

 

[Insomniac]

I survived

I assume the people close to you didn't know you were homeless? what scares people isn't the physical conditions of homelessness but the humiliation.

 

[stellabelle]

Thats somewhat of a delusional type of answer. Life is not about some journey.

I disagree.

 

[Sleepdrifter]

I assume the people close to you didn't know you were homeless? what scares people isn't the physical conditions of homelessness but the humiliation.

They allowed it to happen deliberately to their children in order to have more money. I was a good kid. Years later my mother called up and demanded cash because they were struggling. The same person who had thrown all my possessions and photographs away. It's not the humiliation you live through. It's the lack of it in others.

 

[Insomniac]

They allowed it to happen deliberately to their children in order to have more money. I was a good kid. Years later my mother called up and demanded cash because they were struggling. The same person who had thrown all my possessions and photographs away. It's not the humiliation you live through. It's the lack of it in others.

aren't you afraid of ending up like them? Like the people who mistreated you? The one reason I'm intending to take my own life is because if I don't, I'll end up becoming like the people who abused me. There seems to be no escape to that.

 

[Sleepdrifter]

aren't you afraid of ending up like them? Like the people who mistreated you? The one reason I'm intending to take my own life is because if I don't, I'll end up becoming like the people who abused me. There seems to be no escape to that.

No you are not destined to become your own parents. It is superstitious to believe in being fated or cursed like that. You couldn't "end up" like them even if you tried, because you can't live someone else's life. It's just something that's said to take advantage of people who've always been taken advantage of and make them believe they deserve it, but they won't forever.

 

[stellabelle]

aren't you afraid of ending up like them? Like the people who mistreated you? The one reason I'm intending to take my own life is because if I don't, I'll end up becoming like the people who abused me. There seems to be no escape to that.

This is how I "feel."
I hate them so god damn much.
I wanted to be NOTHING like them.
And they just pushed and shoved and pushed and shoved and pushed and shoved.
They're all soooooo "perfect."
While I reminisce on what "could have been."
People say, "or what could still be."
Well, it doesn't look good for me, it never did.

 

[Belljar]

I would panhandle for rope money. But we are all suicidal here and homeless people's lives have value and some can get out of it. But since I'm already hopeless there's no fight left in me.

 

[Mashedout]

I could survive anything if there was a point to it. Suffering requires meaning. So far everything I've learned about this life though says it's irrelevant.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

I could survive anything if there was a point to it. Suffering requires meaning. So far everything I've learned about this life though says it's irrelevant.

That's a good point… Survival without any meaning or purpose is not enough

 

[rationaltake]

That's a good point… Survival without any meaning or purpose is not enough

I want to go because I serve no purpose at all. My whole life has been delusional and a sham.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

I want to go because I serve no purpose at all. My whole life has been delusional and a sham.

One day you wake up and realize this is it… It's not going to amount to anything more… In fact it's probably going to amount to a lot less…