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In reply to the discussion: If you are feeling suicidal..... [View all]gwheezie
(3,580 posts)Mental illness and homelessness can be a cycle. If you have a serious chronic mental illness you are already marginalized and underserved on top of not having the reserves needed to cope with the stresses of being homeless. Depression is crushing when you have the resources because getting out of bed seems impossible. So when you don't have the resources someone telling you you have to take 3 buses and be somewhere at 8am and sit all day to get your meds can be overwhelming. Or if voices are telling you the case manager wants to kill you. Or your mania prevents you from sleeping for 3 days. All these symptoms of untreated mental illness make it harder to do the things you need to do to find and keep housing. Or jump through the hoops to get disability. People need support.
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