Paranoia

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The percentage of anti social personality traits in homeless people is high enough for it make someone rationally nervous.

I agree, we also feel exactly the same about autistic people.

 

[tazz]

a notion that I can lose everything I have in a matter of seconds

I have something similar to this. I don't feel like anything I have (tangible or not) is permanent because the world seems random and arbitrary - particularly people. And quite a few times I've been caught out where I am trying to do something which it doesn't even occur to me might be against the law or against some social norm, but it turns out it is. So over the years I've come to expect that at any moment, anything I'm trying to do, any of my goals, anything I own, could disappear. I don't consider it to be paranoia - but it is a persistent undercurrent of feeling that is always there and I probably give it more weight than it deserves - maybe things aren't as fragile as I think they are, and I have managed to execute some long term projects in my life so there's also contrary evidence which does go some way to easing my fears.

But anyway, this is all related to autism I'm sure. No matter how hard I try, I can't make sense of "the rules" so it's very difficult for me to predict how the world will react to me in the future.

My home town is not a big city, maybe 150,000 population. It has a lot of drug rehab places and homeless shelters and it's an ongoing battle between them and older conservative residents who don't want "that sort of thing" on their doorstep. I've lost count of the number of times I've called the police to break up a fight - but I can't ever recall homeless or recovering addicts being involved. Almost always it's young men, late at night, who've been drinking too much.

 

[Judge]

On rare occasion when I might be out at night, my concern is never about the homeless. Just those with deliberate criminal intent, usually nearby a casino or liquor store with so many tourists and locals flush with cash in their pockets. Or those who deliberately target the elderly who assume they are easy targets.

All simple and basic realities of where I live, especially after sundown. No paranoia required.

 

[Aspychata]

People are targeted who go to banks, and shopping malls. And in Florida, l have read a lot of stories of woman who go to bars and disappear. People can be targeted at anytime of the day. But late night can be a scary time for us if you are a older person. I try to dress a bit younger, and workout so l don't look like a target. Also people leaving grocery stores with their hands full, can become a target. So you just need to have common sense and awareness. But this isn't homelessness, this is just the world we live in . When people end up homeless due to challenging mental issues, there are many medical health people who try to treat them, but it's nevertheless challenging. The population of those on the street are from issues like divorce, bankruptcy, loss of job, eviction, medical issues or a combination of these issues including a criminal or a bad credit record which will affect getting jobs or rentals. So it's best to help the homeless. Many more live in their cars because it's safer then living on the street. In LA, over 50% of the homeless were over 50 years old. In Portland, you will be robbed in 24 hours when you start living in the street. Woman fear being raped, and do drugs as to stay awake at nite and sleep during the day.

 

[Aspychata]

The other important fact is many veterans who fought for your freedom end up homeless because they deal with so many challenges, so please support programs that help them.

 

[Judge]

People are targeted who go to banks, and shopping malls. And in Florida, l have read a lot of stories of woman who go to bars and disappear. People can be targeted at anytime of the day. But late night can be a scary time for us if you are a older person. I try to dress a bit younger, and workout so l don't look like a target. Also people leaving grocery stores with their hands full, can become a target. So you just need to have common sense and awareness. But this isn't homelessness, this is just the world we live in . When people end up homeless due to challenging mental issues, there are many medical health people who try to treat them, but it's nevertheless challenging. The population of those on the street are from issues like divorce, bankruptcy, loss of job, eviction, medical issues or a combination of these issues including a criminal or a bad credit record which will affect getting jobs or rentals. So it's best to help the homeless. Many more live in their cars because it's safer then living on the street. In LA, over 50% of the homeless were over 50 years old. In Portland, you will be robbed in 24 hours when you start living in the street. Woman fear being raped, and do drugs as to stay awake at nite and sleep during the day.

It's devastating how easily a productive member of society can be so easily taken down financially. And equally devastating to much of anyone forced to live on the streets. Absolutely grim.

 

[Forest Cat]

People are targeted who go to banks, and shopping malls. And in Florida, l have read a lot of stories of woman who go to bars and disappear. People can be targeted at anytime of the day. But late night can be a scary time for us if you are a older person. I try to dress a bit younger, and workout so l don't look like a target. Also people leaving grocery stores with their hands full, can become a target. So you just need to have common sense and awareness. But this isn't homelessness, this is just the world we live in . When people end up homeless due to challenging mental issues, there are many medical health people who try to treat them, but it's nevertheless challenging. The population of those on the street are from issues like divorce, bankruptcy, loss of job, eviction, medical issues or a combination of these issues including a criminal or a bad credit record which will affect getting jobs or rentals. So it's best to help the homeless. Many more live in their cars because it's safer then living on the street. In LA, over 50% of the homeless were over 50 years old. In Portland, you will be robbed in 24 hours when you start living in the street. Woman fear being raped, and do drugs as to stay awake at nite and sleep during the day.

I saw a big homeless encampment in Portland on tv, it's difficult to understand how it can be so bad in the USA. It was horrendous, so much drugs and chaos and problems and despair. And it looked like the authorities just put a band-aid on it, like putting a band-aid on a broken leg. It looked like people were stuck there and not much was done to change or fix it. I also saw something from Las Vegas, homeless people living in storm tunnels under Las Vegas, that looked terrible.

 

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Never give money to beggars in Australia. Our government looks after us pretty well and the money is plenty if you don't spend it all on drugs and alcohol. On top of that I wasn't paying any rent, charities were providing me with a hot shower and coffee in the mornings and feeding me 3 decent meals a day, I was saving money and got quite fat at the same time.

I had everything except a roof and a real bed. It was quite mentally stressful though, never really feeling welcome anywhere, never able to sit and rest in one place for too long, always on the lookout for predators. Most of the predators were not other homeless people either, mostly it was young upper class bigots full of alcohol.

 

[Aspychata]

Exactly- criminals prey on homeless people. I offered a lady food who was sitting on the sidewalk on Hollywood Blvd. She turned her nose up at me. Maybe she is looking for something else. It was food from trader Joe's- unopened. I helped homeless there. But Florida has professional panhandlers so l don't feel comfortable helping here.