I guess the best example I can think of is Chris McCandless
Then there’s the North Pond Hermit of Maine but I suppose people would not classify him as free of mental illness.
Just wondering how many people are out there living in caves, walking around, hiking trails, hopping trains, or living in National Forests full time who really aren’t mentally ill and just choose that lifestyle. What do you think?
I never used drugs, and arguable didn’t have mental health issues. I just… ran out of money, and wasn’t making more fast enough to keep having an apartment. I was homeless for about two months before I got back on my feet.
There’s a lot of people like that, who just… didn’t have the money to stay housed continuously.
Most people are just one or two missed paychecks from being homeless. It’s not some personal failure to be a homeless, just what happens in a society when their aren’t safety nets and majority of wages don’t cover rent.
It happens, it could happen to all of us.