Stands on the sidewalk screaming and cursing for hours at a time on a regular basis. He’s argumentative with pedestrians.
He has schizophrenia.
Is it possible he’s on meds and this is the best they can do for him?
I cannot wrap my head around how this guy is living independently over there.
Sadly there’s a slice of the schizophrenic population that doesn’t get better even on meds.
Ugh. That is just awful to think about😢
That’s what I was wondering.
The police are sometimes out to talk to him, so I assume he’s not flying under the radar.
I guess he might be med resistant.
sorry about that…are you afraid of him?
I hope I never end up that way. Luckily I’m not that argumentative.
Sorry I missed your question.
Not really scared of him because he’s been over there for years doing the same stuff.
Just confused about how he’s able to live independently when he always seems so delusional.
Maybe he has a caretaker.
Across the road from my family home there is a schizophrenic guy too.
His situation is that he lives with family who care for him.
He talks to himself and giggles to himself when walking down the road.
And has arguments with himself.
He seems very gentle.
It is sad 
Not this guy. He curses like a sailor and threatens to kill you.
I do feel badly because it’s clear he’s tormented.
I was thinking he wasn’t in care because none of those facilities would take him. They can do that.
This reminds me of a man I knew once. I met him when I was 15. He would buy cigarettes and beer or liqour for minors. He was a handsome man (so my girlfriend said) with silver hair and had a rare form of schizophrenia. He would go into fugue states and mime out various sports. A one man olympics. Right out on the sidewalk. I talked to him once during my lunch break and he told me he couldn’t find a job because the words swirled around when he read the paper. He liked classic rock he once told me. He was constantly bumming cigarettes on the street. Someone put up a facebook page for him but sort of making fun of him. I liked him and found him incrdibly interesting. His name was Russ. He died in the early 2000’s.
I hadn’t thought about that possibility.
That’s very sad, yes
During my time in Oakland, California, I ran into several apparent schizophrenic homeless people. One of them remarked “you have everything and I have nothing” once. I wanted to say “actually I’m a disabled schizophrenic, myself” but I didn’t want to appear rude by assuming he was also sz, even though it was pretty obvious that he probably was.
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