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Confirmed. I spent a very short time homeless about 30 years ago. I was in Vermont, USA though, so there were social services being invented and I was in the fi
by Applejinx 2y ago
Confirmed. I spent a very short time homeless about 30 years ago. I was in Vermont, USA though, so there were social services being invented and I was in the first round of a thing called Shelter Plus Care: they got you a cheap apartment, got you on disability or whatever you could get, and you did therapy. 30 years later I'm a working software dev making a humble living, very much a 'domestic'.
Everything in this article rings true. In particular, I inherently refuse to go to the hospital because I only make a humble living and can't handle a medical-scale financial shock, and I resist anything that feels like I could go back to 30 years ago. I'm seeing a doctor at a more crunchy-granola place though, because it vibes differently though she's still a credentialed doctor and it's no different from seeing one at a hospital: Medicaid's got me. But it's less scary to see a real doctor in the trappings of a hippie haven, so that's how I'm able to do it.
It wasn't a very long period of homelessness thirty years ago, but it did leave an indelible mark. The article is worth reading even if it too is scary. You guys can be scared of this and I'll be scared of seeing the doctor, and we'll all manage somehow :)