Homeless by choice? | Homelessness | Forum

By choice?  Well, no and yes.  I say no because I don't know anyone personally.  However, in our community, we had a man pass away some years ago and they found thousands of dollars in his possessions.  There must be some disorder to explain this, but I don't know what it is myself.

Being homeless isn't just a matter of circumstances, it is also a state of mind. I have a friend who is a truck driver and the truck is the only home he has. Granted, that isn't the same as living on the street, but it has had some adverse effects on his mental state. I have tried to tell him that he needs to, at the very least, rent a room somewhere so he has a place to call home other than the truck, but he continues to live this way by choice. And recently he has started to alienate himself from society.

We have a guy in our town who has chosen to be homeless. He was put up in the homeless shelter and choose to leave because he could make more money out and he said he didn't like having to follow rules. I have to say too, our homeless shelter is one of the nicer homes in our town. It was a private residence before it was made into a homeless shelter. He has camped out under a stand of trees and I have to say I don't envy him. The snow and cold this winter have been rather severe. He also has a daughter that he has an open invitation to live with and he refuses. I expect to hear that he's frozen to death any day but he hasn't yet.