Dooley M

@dooleym
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I write about fun things like mental illness and homelessness.
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Waking Up From Home Dreams

One of the challenges of my mother being homeless if focusing on anything to do with my own well-being. This includes ensuring I have an appropriate home. After many, many years of extreme efforts …

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This last day of the year

After a year of process, from December to December, I moved the final load of my mother's belongings out of her storage unit. I saved the hard things for last, knowing they would be the hardest to sort through and distribute. My mother had a large collection of books. When she lived by the beach, she kept the windows open 24/7 because of the poison gas she perceived being pumped into her apartment.

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This last day of the year

After a year of process, from December to December, I moved the final load of my mother’s belongings out of her storage unit. I saved the hard things for last, knowing they would be the harde…

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“I think involuntary treatment is necessary. To me there is nothing civil or right about a man or a woman living under a dumpster, and eating garbage, and thinking God is telling them to live that way. You are condemn them to hell by not getting them treatment at times.” https://youtube.com/watch?v=R1lC01WJVaw&si=kHe1-mxddDgebn6_ #mentalillness #jail
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Why my homeless mother will never live indoors again

It is all too common for people with serious mental illness (SMI) to end up on the street. This is one story of how mental illness devolved into homelessness.

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@fifi65 Thank you so much! It is a struggle. What they say about self-care is so important.
When a homeless person goes missing

Two years ago, my mother, who was and is homeless, went to the hospital with physical symptoms and was admitted. After some visits and discussions, she agreed to go to a skilled nursing facility fo…

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This may be helpful as well: warmline.org/warmdir.html#directory
Warmline Directory

WARMLINE DIRECTORY. Warmlines is a web site devoted to warmlines for consumers with MENTAL ILLNESS OR psychiatric illness. Warmlines are also called peer support lines for peer support.

I am completely frustrated with my search for my missing mother today. So I updated my resources guide. Remember, even when there is nothing you can do. There is something you can do. https://dooleym.com/resources/ #MissingPersons #Homelessness #MentalIllness
Resources

While this guide is focused on the United States, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area, resources in other locations are welcome to be listed. Please send resources and corrections to info@do…

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Phoenix’s vulnerable residents suffer through record heat at night

Only one cooling center remains open all night, when the concrete radiates heat stored during hellish daytime hours

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@AliceMarshall Thank you for sharing this. Just shameful how people are happy to make life more difficult for people who are already struggling a lot.