[ZenoArrow]

I appreciate your honesty.

I have found some homeless people hard to communicate with before. I've tried volunteering with homeless people, and it's quite surreal to have them genuinely not remember who you are and speak to you as a stranger even if you spoke with them the week before, which happened on multiple occasions.

The main thing that encourages me to look past that is the thought that I could've easily ended up one of them. I'm not the most emotionally strong person I know, if I wasn't born into a supportive family I can easily see how I'd end up in their shoes.

Mental health issues are unfortunately common. Hopefully more resources can be made available to help people overcome them.

[grenoire]

I completely agree, and appreciate your efforts too. Even developed countries are (I would say) failing at taking care of mentally ill people.