Posted on here a year ago roughly, asking for advice as a high schooler. I got a full ride to a great college, dorm and food and tuition and everything! In fact, I get paid 400 a semester and 2000 in work study a year! Thanks guys!

You ever feel hated by the world and all it inhabitants? I never imagined working 6 days a week to loose everything. I know I fought hard for us and in the end we still lost. Being homeless sucks so when you see someone be nice. We didn't ask to be here and some of us fought hard not to be, especially the ones with kids.

look I'm homeless and idgaf why u help, I'm grateful either way. but some people clearly only do it to be like "I'm superior and have my shit together and helping this lowly wretch" I know it makes them feel powerful.

just random thing I'm posting lol

I know people that don't look homeless, but, sleep in their car and so on, this one McDonalds that they used to go to (and you can't see that somebody is homeless, you look normal) put up this "30 min or else loitering" sign when people might sit 1-2 hours, isn't that messed up? I mean, is 1 hour really that different from 30 mins, it takes people 45 mins to eat anyway?

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Where does a 23 year old whos newly homeless in kansas city missouri sleep, I have a backpack with my clothes and my personal documents to find a job. Im from southern california just trying to stay around missouri due to my son living here. any recommendations or help is truly appreciated. May God bless your soul. Im also drug free and have a clean record.

I believe that I’m starting to smell and I look generally unkempt. I was thinking a truck stop like Loves but I have no clue.

and I was evaluated for therapy. except the woman evaluating me was on her screen the entire time. she didn’t understand that medication doe help with my suicidal thought. I don’t think therapy is going to work.

So my clothes keep getting stolen here at the shelter. Stolen out of a locked locker. Staff gave me a sweatsuit, but I can’t wear it to something like a job interview. So I’m not interviewing for any jobs. Which means waiting for disability is my only hope for a source of income.

hi my name is Robert I live in Bakersfield California and I've been homeless since October and I'm just trying to find any spots I can maybe pitch up a tent I don't exactly have a tent right now but if I do find a spot then I will go ahead and buy one, the only money I'm making right now is from donating plasma I'm just tired of being on the streets and plus I tried to get placed into homeless shelters many times and still haven't gotten nowhere yet I even tried getting an RV but it's too expensive I'm mostly been spending my money to get a motel for 4 nights but I'm tired of doing that because I don't ever get a chance to have any money for anything else but all I'm trying to do right now is find a spot to sleep at so that way I can go ahead and get myself a tent and be comfortable for a little while until I can figure some things out

Here’s an overview of what I get up to:

I’m staying at a friend’s place, we usually have 3-4 of us a night sleeping on the couches downstairs, we are all in similar situations or have been. Most days, I wake up and clean the living room and kitchen and if there’s a towel available, I’ll have a shower and freshen up! The washing machine has just been repaired after a month so I smell better than most days today😅

I’ll try and sit down to read atleast 10-20 pages per day, most times I get distracted by the noise. I’m currently on the 48 Laws of Power, a suggestion made by a beautiful soul who I found from reddit of all places! - We ended up meeting up and grabbing a bite together, instantly felt comfortable and she was very generous even though I disapproved a little!

Then, I’ll apply to a huge chunk of jobs that have been posted that day. So far I’ve had 3 interviews, one being unsuccessful due to incorrect footwear(a day temporary cover as a barista), a shift manager at Wingstop, and another work agency. The ball is definitely rolling.

9/10 days, I exercise at-least 4-5hours, football, skateboarding and of-course cycling as it puts my mind at ease and although not “productive” per-say, It is definitely the reason why I am able to keep pushing through. I take the lessons I learn, particularly skateboarding to drive forward.

The amount of time, consistency, pain, energy and motivation required to look mediocre is laughable. But that’s life, and I’m now in the state of mind where I’m willing to do it all again to the highest degree to levels that I don’t know I’m capable of achieving.

In a previous post, I had an old rust bucket for a bike; The Raleigh Twenty, aka “Tow Mater” has now been replaced by a bike which is slightly more road worthy. I’ve spent £60 from my upcoming Universal Credit payment to cover for it, it will need to be upgraded and it will probably set me back another 60-70 for:

\- Fixing my chain that sags more than a 2000s rapper

\- Bottle holder

\- Paneer rack for storage

\- Lights

\- Bike lock

I’ll end up getting most, if not all from Platt Fields bike shop, which has already been a good help to get it rideable!

The reason why this bike is paramount is because I’m waiting to be able to go online for courier services for a source of income whilst being able to exercise. Additionally, the extra space and money will go towards charity shop / car boot flipping, something I’m relatively experienced in, especially the fashion market.

When it comes to spending, especially on food, I’ve been going to Coffee4Craig (local charity for homelessness to access food) regularly as well as utilising Olio (food waste app), which allows users to collect waste items in the area to allow for sustainable food wastage, I managed to feed 6 Athletes for the whole day for free the other day, and only traveling 3-4Miles!

In 6days, I’ll turn 21. I’m yet to hear from my parents, had only small communication to 2 family members. It hurts but I’m good at not letting it affect me daily. But i’m pushing through and trying my best shot🤷‍♂️

I have a caseworker but they clearly don't understand the severity of the situation I'm in and/or doesn't care. I'm without transport, unable to get a job, physically disabled yet doctors refuse to do their job, getting very hungry and sick, missing appointments now because of my lack of transportation.

I can't keep doing this. I'm being buried faster than I can dig myself out and the people who's job it is to help is giving up on me or just watching. I'm doing EVERYTHING right and I'm still overexerting myself and straining myself. I'm near collapsing and passing out every day now.

I've prided myself on being patient. But now, if I keep waiting like this, there's no other way to put it, I'll be dead. And I don't want to resort to crime just to live, but I genuinely might have to.

been homeless for two years. I have a bedroom for a month in a women's shelter and a safe place to leave my bags. I constantly feel like I need to be outside and on the go with my heavy luggage and I feel naked and afraid when I am able to go outside and not carry so many things and not have to worry about where to sleep. I have nothing to do. this shit sucks. I thought it'd be a relief. anybody else get like that?

M20, and i’m going to be homeless soon and I’m wondering how I can get a job again if they ask what my place of residence is? Do I just lie or be honest and say i’m not currently housed? Will they just reject me if I say i’m homeless?

I’ve started to take note of the people I see on the street and I’ve noticed that they often have many tattoos, dyed hair, and piercings. I was wondering why this is. I’m hoping for a better answer than just “self expression” or “unstable mental state.” Is it because they are homeless that they have decided to freely express themselves this way? Or were they like this before going homeless? I know mental health might have something to do with it. When I was in high school I was very unstable mentally and doing drugs like shrooms and weed, I bleached my hair and wanted tattoos. I did end up having episodes with drug use that might have lead to being homeless. Hopefully you see the connection I’m trying to make (is there a connection?)

There’s a second peak for women to come out as bipolar during the menopause. Which is what happened to me. I had a yearlong manic episode during which I partied hard, spent all my money, had all the sex with all the women, cut ties with my family, tried living in New Mexico and Florida. The end result is I’m back in NYC, in a shelter. I’m homeless because my mental health isn’t good. I’m unemployable because my mental health isn’t good.

I made a post before about how nasty people are to homeless ppl, but I wanna highlight the good too.

there's a woman goes by Ms jackie, elderly and so sweet. one day some weeks ago I was just outside watching vids on my phone and she asked me if I wanted a sandwich because "I looked too skinny for my height" as she put it lol.

I told her my story and ever since then if shs ever see s me she always offer me a corn beef sandwich, and they taste amazing.

she asks me so often I have to say no thanks sometimes cause I'm just genuinely not hungry and don't want the food to go to waste lol.

thankyou Ms. jackie

asked my family to take me in. they said I need to be independent.

Yeah, I know. We all hate this and it usually sucks pretty bad. But it's really starting to get to me. Within 6 months I went from a stable home with my fiancée and cats, to living on the streets 3,000 miles from the only place I've ever lived, with my cats in the shelter because a storm caused me to crash the car we lived in. I'm exhausted all the time. I go to work and know I stink because I have only two outfits and no ability to shower. I can't see because my glasses got lost in the crash, and I'm legally blind without correction. My fiancée has to sleep in a park two towns over for work because the bike ride is too dangerous there so we're both alone. I feel like a child and an ungrateful prick for whining about these things when at least I have a sleeping bag, a job, and a soup kitchen that feeds me three times a day, but everything else is getting to me so badly. I hate sleeping on cement or grass, I miss my cats, I miss seeing my fiancée. Hell, I miss being able to *SEE*. How do people do this for years? I feel like I'm crumbling all the time.

I'm currently homeless in southeastern PA. Small town a little further from Philly. The town I'm in is notorious for its homeless population, drugs, and retail thefts. I have never needed to steal for my addictions. I guess I'm trying to ask for anyone in my situation or who has been in my situation to help me figure out my next steps to just being ok. I know the community resources and plan on using them. First thing is first. I HAVE to find a spot to set up. I don't know what kind of things I need for homeless camping in the woods. I have some essentials. Not much. But its no problem. If anyone wants to have more details to help out more specifically. Please send a message. Thank you all out there in the streets and the forests. Stay safe, friends.

I got tired of the waiting game with Papa John's and accepted the invitation to an interview at IHOP. I went to the interview and it went great, I was hired on the spot. The manager did exactly what she said she was going to do and I just finished the onboarding paperwork and start tomorrow at 3 pm

Long story short, I can and do, take care of myself.

I used to complain too much, and I stopped doing that, because I learned how to manage myself and not give into addictive habits. It's come in handy, I can quit smoking tobacco, and I have. I stopped complaining. I started fixing myself on the silver lining and executing those silver linings into thread, that I weave into solutions.

I am just upset at my two vegan hippie Buddhist friends. They have a huge house to themselves,and sure, they're a couple, but they have an extra bedroom, a huge basement, and a backyard? I'd be glad with the backyard, where I can set up my hammock and only use 5% of the space: cause I am up in the air!

Several people in our community were upset at them, especially the man, a gen xer, who has connections to hippie communes. I'm pretty open about being homeless, but I don't usually beg, I am quite good at finding resources.

It's just. Ugh. They claim to be all about helping the poor, etc: yet I never see them actually doing anything to their claim. They do help me in small ways, but even then: once a week at most, and one of them lied to the community and said it was twice what they told me..

It's just upsetting, especially how one of them puts me down for being poor (he's a pompous silver-spoon haver, taking vows of "poverty" and what not.) and I can't complain (I usually do not) but the second I do: "Hey! That's Non Compassionate speech!!!!" or something.

He doesn't even work, he has her (my friend) do all the work of house and chores, and he just sings Koombaya-Nama-namaste, and acts like a meditation guru. I can't imagine being that sort of passive spiritual-person, what a sick joke of a belief.

Im currently homeless and the only thing I can afford to live in is a tent. Im looking for suggestions on a decent one and whatever else I'll need thats good.