Loneliness Support Group
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My food stamps expired and my car broke down in the library
parking lot. I was sure it was going to get towed away with all
my clothes in it. So that meant I would have no food, no clothing
and no place to sleep. Seemed suicide was the only option.
The suicide hotline told me to call 911 or go to an emergency
room, so I walked all the way to the hospital. They kept me for
3 days and then transferred me to the state mental hospital.
I was there for 6 weeks while they figured out what to do with me.
My social worker there kept telling me over and over that there
is no place for a disabled person with no income to live. That
the only option for me was a temporary shelter. It took them six
weeks to find a shelter that had a bed available. It is very difficult
to get into shelters. I got transferred there day before yesterday.
Then I walked down to the library and guess what? My car was
still sitting in the parking lot! So I was able to get my laptop and
some of my clothes back. I am here again today and will take
more of my clothes back with me to the shelter which is a mile
and a half from here. I feel very lucky. I am going to have to call
a scrapper to come tow my car away, I will get a few bucks out
of it, but that's all. I have to go down to the social services office
tomorrow to get a rent voucher to give to the shelter so I can stay
the 30 days I am allowed. Yes, shelters charge rent. They are
not free. I asked the manager of the shelter if I could used the
shelter address to get my food stamps back and she said no.
Social services will not accept a shelter address for food stamps.
and you can't get food stamps if you live in a car or on the street.
Only if you have your OWN place to live are you allowed to have
food stamps. So the people who REALLY need it can't get it.
The law is insane. When my 30 days are up I will have nowhere
to go and no food. I won't even be able to carry all my clothing
with me, and I don't have that many clothes to begin with. I will
be sleeping on the sidewalk like so many other people in this
city and it is 28 degrees out at night now. I know I won't survive.
The state mental hospital was insane. I was locked in with
people who were yelling and screaming all day and night.
People who were threatening to kill everyone, and breaking
windows and furniture, tearing the drinking fountains off the wall
and taking all their clothes off in the day room, walking around
naked.... it was a terrifying experience. When I am sleeping on
the sidewalk with no food, and suicide is all that is left for me to
do, I will NOT go to the hospital. I know better now. The hospital
can't do a thing for me. When I was there I was begging for
counseling to try to deal with the hell of being locked up in there,
but my requests were ignored. Of all the people I met in there
not a one of them got counseling. I have 27 days left to stay at
the shelter, then I am at the end. So this is where I have been
and what I have been doing. I hope you all are luckier than I am.
Take care.
parking lot. I was sure it was going to get towed away with all
my clothes in it. So that meant I would have no food, no clothing
and no place to sleep. Seemed suicide was the only option.
The suicide hotline told me to call 911 or go to an emergency
room, so I walked all the way to the hospital. They kept me for
3 days and then transferred me to the state mental hospital.
I was there for 6 weeks while they figured out what to do with me.
My social worker there kept telling me over and over that there
is no place for a disabled person with no income to live. That
the only option for me was a temporary shelter. It took them six
weeks to find a shelter that had a bed available. It is very difficult
to get into shelters. I got transferred there day before yesterday.
Then I walked down to the library and guess what? My car was
still sitting in the parking lot! So I was able to get my laptop and
some of my clothes back. I am here again today and will take
more of my clothes back with me to the shelter which is a mile
and a half from here. I feel very lucky. I am going to have to call
a scrapper to come tow my car away, I will get a few bucks out
of it, but that's all. I have to go down to the social services office
tomorrow to get a rent voucher to give to the shelter so I can stay
the 30 days I am allowed. Yes, shelters charge rent. They are
not free. I asked the manager of the shelter if I could used the
shelter address to get my food stamps back and she said no.
Social services will not accept a shelter address for food stamps.
and you can't get food stamps if you live in a car or on the street.
Only if you have your OWN place to live are you allowed to have
food stamps. So the people who REALLY need it can't get it.
The law is insane. When my 30 days are up I will have nowhere
to go and no food. I won't even be able to carry all my clothing
with me, and I don't have that many clothes to begin with. I will
be sleeping on the sidewalk like so many other people in this
city and it is 28 degrees out at night now. I know I won't survive.
The state mental hospital was insane. I was locked in with
people who were yelling and screaming all day and night.
People who were threatening to kill everyone, and breaking
windows and furniture, tearing the drinking fountains off the wall
and taking all their clothes off in the day room, walking around
naked.... it was a terrifying experience. When I am sleeping on
the sidewalk with no food, and suicide is all that is left for me to
do, I will NOT go to the hospital. I know better now. The hospital
can't do a thing for me. When I was there I was begging for
counseling to try to deal with the hell of being locked up in there,
but my requests were ignored. Of all the people I met in there
not a one of them got counseling. I have 27 days left to stay at
the shelter, then I am at the end. So this is where I have been
and what I have been doing. I hope you all are luckier than I am.
Take care.
for another 26 days. It snowed today, rare for Las Vegas.
I wish I had some helpful advice for you. The only thing I can think of is -- is there any way you could hang onto your car in the hopes that you can get it fixed? Of course much depends on what is wrong with the car, but maybe you could find some way to scrape together enough money to get it fixed. Or find some person who knows how to fix cars and would be willing to fix it for free, or at a reduced rate. Or you could barter, or pay in installments. I'm sure it wouldn't be easy but your life is at stake.
Or maybe you could live out of the car where it is, since it hasn't been towed in all this time. Or have it brought some place where it wouldn't get towed and you could live out of the car. At least it would be something.
After all you've been through, you have every right to want to give up, but please don't. You are clearly smart and perceptive and you seem like a very kind person. You deserve another chance and I really hope you get it.
Take care of yourself.