Comments on: Sandra http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/2009/08/sandra-homeless-new-orleans/ the face and voice of homelessness Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/2009/08/sandra-homeless-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-785 John Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:13:45 +0000 http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/?p=375#comment-785 While it's true that there is a such thing as "learned helplessness", it's also important to consider that we enter homeless outreach with our own learned perceptions about what other people should aspire to. You can live a meaningful life and still be homeless. Jesus did it. However, Sandra does appear to have some mental illness which is probably causing her to not be in her right mind. I'm sure she doesn't prefer to sleep on thin carboard on cement under a bridge, but maybe something in her causes her to not know the difference. Interesting case study. I'd be interested to know how she ended up in that position and how long she's been there. I wonder what she was like as a child and what happened to her family. While it’s true that there is a such thing as “learned helplessness”, it’s also important to consider that we enter homeless outreach with our own learned perceptions about what other people should aspire to. You can live a meaningful life and still be homeless. Jesus did it.

However, Sandra does appear to have some mental illness which is probably causing her to not be in her right mind. I’m sure she doesn’t prefer to sleep on thin carboard on cement under a bridge, but maybe something in her causes her to not know the difference. Interesting case study. I’d be interested to know how she ended up in that position and how long she’s been there. I wonder what she was like as a child and what happened to her family.

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