A Deeper Level Of Human Hurt

A DEEPER LEVEL OF HUMAN HURT

I was always walking with a bottle of port as a teddy bear but not today. Being homeless and its complexities and its consistent inequality that coalesce into the deeper level of human hurt are still hard to articulate for me. Finding your feet in the first 24 hours are paramount on the streets. The fear and the frustration and the deeper pathology that walk with you and the question why. The victim stance is easy to adopt in the end it will bind and twist you and spiral you into dark quarters and the scars that indeed never heal. Being homeless is indeed complex and I hark back to the constant walking and arriving at the same approximation miles from the long journey home. The waiting for crisis accommodation and the HEF funding bullshit and being placed in substandard conditions only adds to the deeper level of human hurt. The rubber stamps the denied pathways and the inability to care for with people with complex needs the unlikeness of having a real voice. The inequality of it all always falling on deaf ears and the false hope delved out and the, grab for cash by owners who operate substandard accommodation only adds to the deeper level of human hurt. We have a government who wants to comment 64 billion $ to taxation cuts and who always shifts the focus away from the real issues, the homeless plight, mental health, single mothers, teenage kids doing what they have to do to survive on any given night. My heart goes to my brothers and sisters on the streets tonight remanning in their attic of torment. What about a deeper level of human care. Our sense of community has dissolved and its divergence and the true impact are yet to be truly felt. The forward way as I have always maintained and advocated for is consumer participation and true dialog and compensation for their time. The Council to homeless persons, the HAS program has indeed been ground breaking in its policy. I call on all peak organisations to also adopt their ethos and their compassion to embrace the homeless punter is in order to lesson the deeper level of human hurt to be halted .The state government and indeed the federal should hold their heads in shame.

hello

i was homeless myself. i really liked your post you said alot of good things. what hurt me the most while being homeless wasn't sleeping on the street. sleeping outside is tough if you live an a area where there are no spots to sleep, but otherwise that was easy. what hurt and scared me was the dark heart, which people showed me. the meanest, and I ask why? Why do you have such hate for me? How can another humanbeing hurt one like that? Are we all the mean inside? The cold hateful sprit, that another person showed me, for nothing I did to them. Also, the lack of understanding, and a society that doesn't care.

I left alot of good friends back, when i was homeless. turned away from them left them behind, when i left the streets. many had there problems. but, they understood and cared.

I don't think people can imagine, what the streets are like. being off the streets, at first I wanted to forget. and now, i tend to have alot of distence and be out of touch, on what people are going threw.

what hurt most was in inhumane treatment, lack of human & civil rights. and being discredited, people looking down. having to prove myself all the time.
what got me was working in day labor, labor pools. and getting abused on the job, being treated like an animal. when i had to put up with the bullshit and abuse because i was worried because i have to eat. and i did help my friend, with the money i earned. and bought him food, untill he got his job. we took care of each other. i remember he got his job, and we partyed on his birthday in a motel room. then, i had to get off the streets. finally, went to a family members house and stayed with them to get off the streets.

its the way people look at you, and think of you, and treat you that hurts. not, sleeping outside. that was easy.

alot, of labor pool. abuse their workers, and treat me like slaves. and know they are vulnerable and their will in most cases, be no recourse. that still hurts me today. but, i get over it.

nice to see you on here.

For a person who says they lack the words, you did a mighty good job of putting into words, what many who have shared the fucked up street life, have a difficult time doing. Thanks. And well said

I think I totally agree to. I don't think many people realise that they're just one or two bad turns away from homelessness, that it can happen to anybody and most homeless people are just good people who have had very bad luck. I was a private school girl in a middle class family, and I was on the streets for years. At work now I hear people bad mouth bums and I think, do you have any idea what it would actually be like to have to sleep in the cold every night knowing you'll be robbed sooner or later for all the money you've just spent the last day begging for so you can get a meal? Nobody could have any idea until they've lived it, and once you have lived it it takes a long time to recover from the streets. I spent a year in a heavily supported shelter crying all time. After about a year I was a bit better. Unless you've lived it you have no idea, but people still are so quick to judge the homeless and put them down. What an easy thing to do, pick on a homeless guy. Makes me angry >( But thanks for your post, road travellor and lithiumhaze.

Sk8r girl.

its the way people look at you, and think of you, and treat you that hurts. not, sleeping outside. that was easy.

ditto.

i rather enjoyed sleeping outside when the weather was warm and i was safe.

wow that sad and sometimes you do fell like that i do to sometimes and im 11 years old.

anjanette1234 you need to tell us why you are here.

You need to tell us your situation.

On the one hand we don't like outsiders nosing around (unless you have a good reason). On the other hand if you have a good reason to be here, you will be amongst friends (in the forums). People who won't judge you, but just be here for you as friends.

I'm talking about the forums. Not the streets. You are not welcome yet on the streets.

Some people have very good reasons for considering living on the streets. We accept that. Sometimes there are other ways out of bad situations that we know about - that you might not know yet.

You have come to the right place to get your questions answered, but we aren't going to give it up (reveal our secrets) to someone who hasn't revealed the truth about themself.

If you are for real with us, we will be for real with you. Obviously you have done some reading in the forums already to check out what people are like here. You wouldn't have posted if you didn't check people here out first.

So as I said - tell your story.

Once you do, we will welcome you as a friend... without judgement. And it could be other people here know the stuff you want to find out.

Hello anjanette1234,

I'm Tom, happy new year to you. How are things in Houston ? I hope that you enjoy the forums, there's a lot to read.

Look i want to here all of your stories becuase when i graduate from harverd i want to help peplo like you thats been my dream since i was 4 years old i fell bad for peplo i give them money whenever i pass them in my bus home from school i give them the money like 5 to 10 dollars a week but i don't care about school so my mom told me to sign up to this website and i did and know i want to stay in school an ddo my best and see how difernt my life is from yare's.

Thanks for clarifying. Work on your spelling and focus on reading the forums over posting.

thank you and i willtrust me and .how old r u?

oooo sorry i don't know how 2 spell my bad so watz ur storie and how old r u?

Welcome to the forums Anjanette. :) If you read around the forums you'll learn heaps about how life is for other people. It's nice to have you with us. :cool: