A Therapist to help detect the root of their problems could be the answer.
Therapist help might be the most obvious, but it is more challenging to motivate a homeless person to get mental help.
For a psychological reason, they think they are being treated as crazy.
And I say this because that was my first reaction when they recommended one to me when I was homeless.
If someone had warned me of the consequences of addiction on the streets, I might have had a better chance of curbing the impact of homelessness on my life.
The street allowed me to do whatever I wanted without caring what anyone would say.
The need to satisfy the hunger of my addiction became unstoppable until I needed help before getting severely mentally ill.
But when is the best time to suggest professional help to a homeless person?
As soon as they first check in at a homeless shelter.
The system is more focused on accommodating the masses than helping them individually.
It was rare to enter a shelter and be offered the necessary assistance as soon as I registered.
Accommodation first, then help.
In the meantime, the dire situation was given free rein.
The first relief from stress is cigarettes and alcohol, but the worst is yet to come.
Homeless people start accepting whatever is offered to them under the influence of alcohol, and that’s when they fall into the heavyweight ranks: Fentanyl, heroin, and crack. The rest is pure mental decay.
The result is sad to see and accept in society.
Homeless people using drugs in public writhing in ecstasy.
At this level, it isn’t easy to reverse the situation. No one knows where to confront the problem, whether to try to fix the current situation or to hand them over to the authorities so they can figure out what to do with them.
And it is like bees that the profiteers (drug dealers) circle a hive, destroying their lives.
I don’t think this problem is as complex as the chicken and egg dilemma. Authorities and institutions want to confront the chronic situation as humanely as possible so as not to be embarrassed by the terrible results.
What will become of cities in ten or twenty years?
The land of the living dead or, worse, the self-destruction of the entire society.
Meanwhile, the situation keeps spreading to all corners of the nation.
Something must be done now to fix the problem, and the best we can do is to detect the sickness before it becomes a cancer.
A therapist can be the best starting point.
We are still in time to redirect our path as humanity.
If you know someone going through emotional problems who lacks control over addictive substances, that person may be on the brink of losing their home and falling into the abyss of homelessness and addictions. Please call a helpline.