I’ve been in the system and in different facilities for 2 and a half years. I just got out mid February. I’m in my own appt now but I understand that I got to do what I got to do to keep it… that’s hard. Living alone is awesome though!
I was homeless for a little over a year, and was hospitalized for 4 months in the military.
I have been homeless and in jail not prison jail.
I was in for a speeding ticket.
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Well I hope they didn’t screw with you too much, at Ft. Bragg they’d beat us.
I was a member of the: (ft sill chain gang)
Never been to jail/ prison
Been kept overnight for D and D
In institutions - rehab for 8 months
Hospital 7 times, total 2 years in acute wards,
Homeless not really, but slept infront of a shop while absconding for 3 days even the other rough sleepers had shoes on!
its been really easy for me,
i was made homeless a couple of years ago but i got on to the right people and they helped me to get some really nice temporary accomodation even though it was cold, but it was better than living on the streets,
i just moved into my new flat that is a council flat but it is a great area so i am very lucky and happy 
i’d hate to think what would happen if i was on the street 
glad your doing better now @bhhurl1 and everyone else
keep it up man 
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I visit a friend in prison sometimes. The visitation is not too bad except for tons of rules. The dept of corrections tries to make visits good experience for kids with lots of toys, play area, books and games…It’s totally different that separated by glass and picking up the phone to talk to someone in county lockup for 10 minutes.
Hospital twice. Met lots of cool people with stories. Really helped me navigate it all later.
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I was homeless for much the same reason as you other guys, did not want meds. I also lived in hostels for a few years of the same reason. Has been arrested but considered insane.
Who hasn’t been in one of those situations probably would have gotten a lot less response.
Hospital 25 times (one voluntary, the rest involuntary) talk about not learning from experience…
Jail once, should have been a speeding ticket, ended up getting beat by a rogue cop full of adrenaline (no fault of mine- but I gave him a run for his money-over 4 documented minutes of us rolling on the ground fighting-and he was the only one sweating) but I ended up in jail, and it took 3 years in court to get dismissed.
Homeless? no…I’ve never not had an offer for a place to stay, no matter the situation at hand. Strangers have always been extra kind to me-plus I make friends very quickly.
mental institution once, bc I thought FBI agents were coming to kill me. I went absolutely nuts and had to be involuntarily institutionalized. I was 19/y/o. My mom and dad came to get me from work, I said that someone killed my boss bc the voices told me that (they told me to steal $40 from the register where I worked to treat myself to Halloween candy before, and to come look for the agents and drown myself in the adjacent swimming pool next door at an apartment complex, where they said agents were hiding in) . Like 5 police cars came and an ambulance, all to see that my “dead” boss was alive and confused, and off I went to the psych ward…Hopefully never to go to one again (even though I still here a lot of voices). I know it’s not real now and don’t act on what they say.
Not in jail, but came very close a couple of times. Currently on probation.
Hospitalized twice, the first time involuntary (I was a minor so there was nothing I could do). Stayed 6mos the first time, abt ten days the second time. I didn’t want to go in but it was a good experience and as many others have said I met some great people.
Homeless for ~5yrs. Lived with family (wrecked those relationships), then in a shelter, then in a motel. Finally got a subsidized apartment and I am grateful for this shoebox every day.
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I ran away from home a couple times and I was in and out of Hospitals and then institutionalized for a little over 2 years. Today I am free and I’ve been living on my own for almost a year… I don’t want to ever go back!
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Juvi hall and homeless as a kid. Homeless and many psych wards as an adult .
I was there. Homeless, in a psy ward, the county. Being homeless brought me to a different sense. A sense of hope that the sun will rise again eventually. Every night I would say I’m not going through this again. Then I would find my self sleeping in a cold bus or at the Metra station. Or an abandoned house. I kept God on my side and I used music to escape. “To pimp a butterfly” was like God talking to me(or anyone else going through heart ache) and bringing me to the light out the darkest. It’ll bring you out the…out the darkness. We made it in America!
I like this thread because during my void I wanted to find someone that was in a similar situation as me that we can get out of. I can’tcan’tnt count how many days I was homeless. People never understood what was happening. I met some good memorable people along the way. Sleeping at the Lincoln oasis in south Holland, in a chair at a table for a few hours. Being cold and not being able to be at peace because my x was now with my former so called “friend” I learned alot . I learned the only friends I had was the ones in my head. People are scandalous and they can’t wait to kick you while you’re down but they can’t kick a Phoenix rising out the ashes …
I’ve been institutionalized once. It sucked.
Institution-3x
Jail-convict felony marijuana
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