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Glamorizing homelessness

Do everything you can to stay in housing. Jump through every hoop. Sign up for every public service. Don't let it happen.

I am not trying to scare you. I just want you to know the truth.
 
Vindiesel said:
Could have...still would of netted the same result potentially. Taking advice from strangers online at the end of the day is up to you to determine what is of value to you or not.
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It is very important to take note when true vulnerability is on the line. It is valuable to try to learn when it is not a time for jokes and sarcasm.

Now, much of the attention of this thread is on you and your comments. We should all bring it back to StarflowerPower and the problem that she discussed.
 
Vindiesel said:
Could have...still would of netted the same result potentially. Taking advice from strangers online at the end of the day is up to you to determine what is of value to you or not.
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Making an effort to communicate clearly
can sometimes prevent misunderstandings.
 
Rodafina said:
It is very important to take note when true vulnerability is on the line. It is valuable to try to learn when it is not a time for jokes and sarcasm.

Now, much of the attention of this thread is on you and your comments. We should all bring it back to StarflowerPower and the problem that she discussed.
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Well when I read the initial question I thought it wasn't to the level of severity people are making it out to be hence my response. Sounds like somebody poking at a potential thought not actually going to make it.

The op hasn't responded yet....probably overwhelmed with responses.
Starflowerpower87 said:
Lately I’ve been dreaming of running away. It’s no fun being on medications I want to go off. I dream of running away and sleeping in a shelter so I don’t have to deal with my day to day responsibilities. I’m burnt out. Am I glamorizing homelessness? I look at alternative lifestyles like crust punk, where they look homeless and they look so free.
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Glamorizing no its strictly just a thought. They look free because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain which seems inticing yet as everyone here has responded that the poor living conditions associated with such a lifestyle isnt a path that anyone should ever want to go down regardless of how you feel. I would find a path to keep your current living conditions and find another way to mitigate your burnout. Best of wishes.
 
It's ok to experience desperation emotionally speaking. I suspect most of us do at one time or another. I know I did. However contemplating homelessness as an option when it's not the only one left sounds ludicrous to me.

Homelessness is not a manifestation of freedom. It's quite the opposite. When nearly all your time and resources focus on the most basic concerns of survival. Where you must constantly be looking over your shoulder for those who would do you great harm. All while frequently battling the elements. There's utterly nothing glamorous about that.

Look for some other possible way to improve your life.
 
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Well thank you everyone for your concerns and comments. I’ll try to find a way to be happy in my current situation. Sorry for being so negative. It’s just I remember a time when I was carefree and everything was okay. I haven’t been okay lately. I’ll try to get help.
 
The scary thing in LA, is homeless woman hearing a knife rip their tent, because they know they will raped. In some cities, the shelters are so bad, people would rather sleep in their cars. And your ID and money is always getting ripped off. No place to get mail, medical help is a issue, and many homeless turn to drugs to deal with the harshness of the street. Please don't do it. I know your situation probably isn't great, maybe just find more things to do outside of your home. Can you volunteer, can you work part-time, join a gym? @Starflowerpower87 ? Just feel horrible for them in Florida, it feels like a 100 degrees, people just pass out from heat here on the ground.
 
In my experience, travellers or "crusties" as they came to be known in the UK (which is who I think you're referring to, not crust punks?) did not live a sustainable lifestyle. They were "free" until their savings ran out or they decided it was easier to eat if they moved back in with their parents. I'm probably doing a disservice to many who took the lifestyle seriously, but most that I met did not.

And I met a lot - because my mother was one. She lived in a bus, worked while travelling, selling her own handmade goods, and did it sustainably for years. But it was very hard work to find enough income. And she quite often ran into trouble and needed to lean on a good support network - including other travellers and her family.

I've also been "homeless" for a while, by choice. I always had the option to quit and settle down so I wasn't really homeless. But I slept rough and travelled a lot. I commented to my friends at the time that it felt like I'd just exchanged one set of problems for another. My new problems were less abstract and more practical/immediate - like "it's getting dark, where the heck am I going to sleep tonight?" and "does this guy look like trouble?" which was refreshing but still anxiety provoking and exhausting.
 
The only problem with your desire is that "Wherever you go, there you are." You take your behaviors, your history, your values, and your troubles, with you.
 
i sometimes dream on surviving in the jungle or desert, thing is this is totally unrealistic, the same with being homeless, its rough out there without a home.
 
I've been in that situation before, for several months. There is nothing cool about being homeless. You might get a sense of being "free", but the engagement is not worth the payoff(hope I'm wording that properly). A week or two is not the end of the world, but prolonged homelessness is when you realize how much you actually take for granted with the modern appliances like running clean water from your tap or a hot shower so you don't smell, toilet, washing machine, food being available few steps away. You need to work harder to maintain your life which means you start to sweat, that means you need a shower even more often than usual. Traveling away from the city into the forest to set up tent, wake up in the morning, put the tent into backpack again, over and over every single day, for months. When you need to visit the store, then you need to leave your big backpack outside, but where are you supposed to put it so no one steals it? And then you have to remember you need to carry all the heavy camping gear in your backpack on a regular basis while you're awake every time you're on the move. If you are ever on the edge of becoming homeless, try moving into your car, it is so much better protection from the outside, than a tent.

Btw, the rape statistics are exaggerated. It's still more risky for women in general, but most people who become homeless will NOT TELL other people that they are homeless, because it's shameful as it is. And people judge you very easily. A person does not have "homeless" written on their forehead as soon as they lose their house. If you're on the streets begging for money and set up tent there, then yes it's much more scary for women in that situation. But if you just have the same clothes on like anybody else and you walk around like you would if you had an apartment to come to, then the risk is not as big of being attacked by a rapist. Again, the homeless people you see at the side of the road with their tent up is less than 10% of all homeless people out there. The majority of the masses have an extremely narrow perspective on this issue and think that 90% are drug addicts or alcoholics and set up tents on the sidewalk or parks. That's not the case.
 
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