Homelessness in Contemporary America

Biggest problem is hospitals dumping patients on the shelters and on the streets.

I'm currently in a homeless shelter right now and I have witnessed my first dumping while being here.

The guy look like he was not there mentally and he couldn't get out of the chair. they just left them there without any trained staff or required resources to help him be properly cares for.

I have seen this time and time again when I've been on the streets throughout the country.

A lot of these people have health issues that they just can't fix because they don't have the money to get corrected.

Usually it's a terminal or chronic illness that interferes with their ability to earn an income and or run a business. Both mental and physical.

However I have met some very interesting talented intelligent and knowledgeable people here.

I'm here because I'm having conflict with my family and especially my father.

Who in my opinion needs treatment himself due ro being raised and surrounded by alcoholics all his life. Even though he hasn't touched a drop for decades he still looks and acts like one with a stinking thinking attitude.

However he refuses to change and says he can't change he's always going to be like that and same with me.

However God has me where I'm supposed to be and I'm actually enjoying every single moment of it.

I have grown so much exponentially here I've learned a lot about myself and others.

I'm currently working with someone to create a business plan to fix such illnesses with genetics and possibly nanotechnology. I want to go to school for electrical or computer sciences and engineering for associates.

I would like to go for a computing biology after that for a bachelor's up north from where I am.

However I do have my mental health issues to deal with that interfere with my ability to save a buck and be responsible with my finances. Let alone a business.

It doesn't help that I keep spending money to keep away from others here and the boredom when I live for free.

However my bed is not guaranteed for that night. I can be told to leave at any moment and if I miss curfew without explanation I am locked out for 30 days.

I have two children of my own which I have issues with their mom who trespassed me at the hotel she works as management. I filed and addressed that issue soon as I was able among other things I will not discuss here publicly.

My lawyer has given me an ultimatum: either get housing and get mental health impatient treatment or he's going to leave me to the sharks of the courts come the end of this month. However I told him to talk to her in the first place because I knew it would not work out well if I did it myself. But said no because he was concerned about the retainer I paid him being ate up by speaking to her on my behalf.

So you can guess where that went when the expert didn't listen to his client... Yeah didn't work and it didn't look good for me to to go off on both of them unhinged.

I have a huge debt load because I again I was living for free pretty much all my adult life living under my father's house. which I'm grateful to have him as my father because he has taught me so much. I also realized due to him I have had a great comfortable life and educated from being taught to read at very young age. My life was full of opportunities which I have wasted and squandered for being an immature impatient dick.

I'm ready to move on now but I still have my demons and my issues to deal with before I become a responsible fully grown adult. Which has been 40 years in the making.

All I know is now I want to do what I know what I want to do which is genetics computer radio and code.

I don't know if I ever want to go back to the mess I was that put me here.

And quite frankly I would rather live out here versus in a box for other people that are miserable and unhappy with themselves and others.

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