I laughed when the retired nurse said “no one will show you a blue they’re afraid-“ woman has a blue in her hand 2 seconds later before she finished her sentence.
The black girl in the pink shirt is real af.. She knows what its really about and accepted the way she's living as a choice. She's right about counselling. It's an important step for these people to heal. Hopefully one day soon she will become tired of that life and find the willingness to change.
@@KSMEkaliekShoyou people read too much into things. this is an edited video. she likely walked right back to her tent right after. she probably needed something from someone
For those curious about the lady with college degrees at the age of five: I worked at a homeless shelter. Drug induced psychosis is a real thing but the commonality you will find between all stories / delusions is that they are all narratives that make the person meaningful or successful in some way. It's not ego. It's the brains way of coping and protecting itself. These people are so vulnerable and derided by society. Their inner world of make believe where they are a prodigy and have value is what keeps them safe. Very sad stuff indeed.
Are the psychotic episodes temporary or permanent? Do they ever go back to their normal selves? And do you think such people are a threat to society or themselves?
@@TJ-ub1bs That depends on too many factors for anyone to answer properly. Whether or not a person returns to a baseline level without psychosis depends on factors that cause the psychosis in the first place. If its drug or lack of sleep from stimulant use induced psychosis, it's possible to return to a baseline state where the person isn't experiencing that state of mind anymore. If it's psychosis due to mental health issues, whether schizophrenia or related to any other mental issue, the question of that person returning to a baseline, non-psychosis state is individual. Sometimes with mental health issues the symptoms flair up at times due to a number of possible reasons and factors. It's possible for a person in this state to suffer from psychosis at one point and at another point not be in such a state. Although, someone like the person being referred to in the video is most likely a combination of drug use and mental health issues, both acting as a catalyst for one another. Chances are they are like that the majority of the time.
@@TJ-ub1bs permanent or temporary just depends from person to person and how long they’ve used, not 100%, and most of the time yes sadly.. just research drug induced schizophrenia, drug induced psychosis is similar except it wears off for example seeing everything look wavy on acid is drug induced psychosis but it goes away after the drug wears off, sometimes drugs don’t wear off and can give ppl HPPD, so a lot of these ppl are in some sort of drug induced schizophrenia/HPPD.. but basically their brain is fried, these harsh chemicals have messed with the neurochemistry so bad that the person is crazy, there’s not an exact term for this mental state rn but we obv can see it exist and it’s very complex… also trauma can negatively effect the physical brain and it’s neurochemistry, so the hard lives these ppl lived plus the drugs is just horrible for the psyche, trauma causes multiple mental/personality issues and disorders and addiction does too so these ppl are outcasted which adds on even more… no one can change these ppl but themselves, I suggest researching Jordan Petersons videos on addiction
As someone homeless never believe a story from these people. 95% of them have a chance to get out of their situation but chose not to. I found when trying to help them when I got clean and off the streets most of them were lazy and enjoyed what little they got from the government. There are very few you can help. I lived that life for 6 years. Until the government stops handing out free bees nothing will change. It's no different in minority communities. They are paying the single mothers money and give them a place to call home but they don't put anything back into society except for more criminals who are a product of single-mother households. I'm so tired of people covering up those who don't want help unless it's free of work and consequences. Now that I'm off the streets I have to pay for them out of my taxes. It may sound cruel but it's what I learned from being in the same situation. Colleges need to bring back trade work rather than teaching people about oppression and LGBT pride or it is going to get worse. It's become ridiculous. They are not learning anything valuable anymore. The professors are now all activists with agendas rather than teachers.
@@rbrookeb it has been a journey quitting meth. I’m not sure it was one specific thing. It’s true when they say you have to change everything. people places and things. For awhile it was video games, work, therapy, the gym learning Spanish. Just trying to constantly find something else to distract my mind other then smoking meth lol.
@Elias being homeless doesn't necessarily cause mental illness. An intelligent person that suddenly finds themselves without home doesn't just become mentally ill. Being mentally ill causes homelessness because they cant take care of themselves or anything they own. Drug addiction can cause homelessness in non mentally ill people, but most homeless people are homeless due to mental illness. You have your order mixed up.
a lot of these people stay together because it’s the closest thing to having family in a world where many of us judge and give dirty looks, god bless all these folk they’re human as well and speaking to them a lot of them have good hearts
That store owner is the man. A man’s man. “I come to work, what else am I to do.” I love it. Stay strong brother. I’m across country but I’d definitely take my chances in that area to support that man. Respect!
adaptibility is the most important skill in buisness. If you sell sandwiches and all the sandwich people are switched to crackheads? Just sell crack sandwiches
This is no joke!! I’m from downtown AZ, & the city is barely starting to do something about this cause of public outrage. I’ll never forget when I was doing UberEats this dude ordered 23 cheeseburgers from McDonald’s & didn’t answer. It was like 1am , coincidentally I was close by here & I pulled up to give em away. Took me minutes , and there was a flock of people still waiting for one ~ I felt horrible wishing I had more. I empathize for the homeless, I know there’s bad people out there; but most homeless people have a story to them. Salute to you for spreading awareness / going out there to make this video brotha fr ! 🙏🏼
As someone who currently lives downtown near van Buren, I don't feel bad. I was homeless for nearly 6 months.. they are there because that is the life they want to live, they chose that and do so every day. Savages who now come further into the neighborhoods and rob me on a dog walk.
As much as it sucks there’s nothing you can do to help these people. Most of them are on drugs and the amount of money it would cost to get a small ass portion of them sober would be fucking astronomically high along with the people that don’t want to get sober. Then if the state did pay the money to help put these people in programs a lot of them would relapse. That’s also assuming any of these people even have a work ethic. A lot of these people are homeless because they either can’t hold a job or don’t want to work. You wonna do something then help them start a program to obtain a license or an ID. That way the ones that actually want to better themselves will have a chance to climb back up. But saying we need to throw money at it won’t work. It’s like the saying you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink it.
A lot of homeless tend to exaggerate or make up stories to gain sympathy for their bad decision making. I would take these "stories" with a grain of salt.
WORK CAMPS PEOPLE! IF THEY WANT TO TURN THEIR LIFE AROUND (THEY DONT) THEN THEY WILL STOP USING AND WORK. FOR THE ONES THAT DONT WANT TO OR ARE TO FAR GONE. END THEM!
I have lived in the Phoenix area my whole life. You have places like the zone, but also you have folks who are being driven further and further outside of town away from resources. Hundreds if not thousands are dying each summer. Some organizations are bringing them water and food and literally searching up and down washes in the desert to find them.
Dude imagine going to one of those houses that are right by the homeless people and one of them waits for a kid to come out on one of those fences off porches before giving them a snack or a pacifier laced with fent 😂😂😂
Born and raised in phoenix, AZ and this breaks my heart to see. Wasn’t like this when I left 4 years ago. Things change fast. Thank you for shining some light on the issue of homeless and how bad fentanyl has ruined this country and areas of poverty.
Yes it was, you just never went down there. There has been a large homeless encampment south of the railroad for the last 7 years at least. I lived across from the Dbacks stadium for 2 years from 2016-2018.
Always been homeless around that area. There is a food bank shelter right by there so they all stick around that area. Office was at 2nd st and Buchanan about 10yrs ago and was like that then.
I remember subscribing to this channel and you had less than 100k. Glad to see your finally growing the quality of your videos compared to bigger channels is insane. Keep grinding tommy
You’ve really tapped into something with the Vlog-Documentary type of videos I think it connects well with this generation. Thanks for visiting my home state of AZ and covering multiple things now. 🔥
Yeah like it's their fault if they get prescribed fentanyl for a broken bone then get addicted to heroin. It's the doctors and big pharma. Your lack of understanding is cringe.
Unfortunately for many this is true. Nothing is %100 but many people who are homeless choose it over shelters and programs. Source: I volunteer feeding the homeless
Exactly! Me and my bf came here from the east coast with only 1500k and credit cards maxed tf out slept in our shit cars for 2 weeks in those two weeks we found jobs and worked moved into one of them shitty ass hotel rooms lived there for 6 months! Then moved tf outta there to chandler . I don’t feel bad for anyone. I don’t have a degree ; and I didn’t get a hand out from my dad. Nothing is impossible. People choose this shit. Everyone goes through fucked up shit, after your grieve your first bad situation as an adult you have a choice get the mental help to grow tf out of this or dig your own hole. Society needs to protect children, but I don’t believe society needs to Figure out this homeless shit. Everyone can figure it out .
Tommy you deserve credit for your work as these pieces of documentaries don't get shown to the world but you're courageous enough to cover them..I really hope you get credited for your astonishing work
These people look so appreciative just to have someone listen to their stories, whether they’re part of the problem or being affected by it. Tommy G a real one for putting out the stories we WANT to see.
Went to the Old Station sandwich shop a couple of weeks ago on my lunch break. I met Joe, and mentioned your video, which made him very happy. He said you guys were great. The Zone was also completely cleared out. No tents, no needles, and no zombie apocalypse. Not sure where all the people wound up, but it’s a ghost town there now.
You could not trust a word that anybody said. It was so sad to see how that environment makes people lose themselves through their trauma and subsequent attempts to numb the pain.
Thank you tommy! As someone who lives in Phx AZ its nice to see someone of some status shed light on how some of these people did and didn't do this to themselves
I think this is the best docu from TG that I have seen, it has that genuine “shits gonna pop off” vibe. And the interviews were very responsive and the people were just different from one another
Tommy makes amazing documentaries & great interviews .. I love hearing so many peoples stories.. keep up the amazing work Tommy ❤ especially being from Milwaukee it’s truly inspiring on how far you’ve come 🙏
For anybody who may be curious, I live in Phoenix and they recently cleared out “The Zone”, kicking out all of the people without having any place for them to go or support for them. It has cause all the dispersed people to wander into all the surrounding areas causing chaos for many of the local businesses. It’s a disaster to say the least..
@@vvn635 I moved here from NC and I absolutely love it! There’s tons of stuff to do. Down in the Phoenix area it’s more city activities and things like that but just 30 mins west in Mesa there is the Salt River you can float down which is awesome. Then if you go up to Sedona or Flagstaff there’s many more nature type things to do. To me it feels like there is a lot more to do here than there was in NC. Or at least you don’t have to drive as far to do those things.
What they want is money and a place to sleep, and they will always complain that it isn't enough no matter how much you do. They don't want a solution, which is counseling and addiction support, they just want you to cover their basic needs forever.
Tommy G, love you bro! Please stay safe out there, you really are doing real guerrilla journalism, shining the light on issues and areas where so many won't. You do with compassion, intelligence and in any unbiased fashion. Your content is amazing, thank you for all you do!
Idk how long ago you visited “The Zone” in Arizona, but they actually started cleaning up “The Zone” this week and they have placed the homeless and shelters and completely transformed one block thus far!! No more tents and no more trash!
They just spread out and go other places. I'm in Tempe/Scottsdale border and came home to a homeless sleeping in my lawn chair in front yard. Had 3 bicycles stolen and motorcycle helmet and various other things. Sick of it!
Your doing good work man this is what we need more ppl that are literally going in the places ppl cops and most interviewers won’t go to show what happening in the country this is the salutation it’s just gonna take a little passion and patience which this man has 💯 respect for this man
wow!! thanks for this one tommy. i live really close to here and its always interested me on how these exact people live. you can see these tents when you fly into phx, and the scale is hard to grasp. epic vid
Drugs and mental illness is the greatest crisis this country is facing and our government wants to keep it out of the media. Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention
There’s only one Tommy G who is doing amazing work keeping everyone up to date with what is going on in this world. Always with the truth and nothing but the truth. 💯💯
Born and raised in Phoenix. Live 2 miles from downtown phx. Still don't feel sorry for any of them they are grown ass adults. It's all about the drugs there. No help just enabling. Thanks to Dr. Fuaci for shutting down the Insane Asylums. They are Californian our Arizona.
Last bit with the sandwich dude made me cry. Imagine that was your dad or brother ended up homeless and strung out needing help and having nobody to send it.
@@reep3x2 what I'm saying, kinda makes sense, or there's definetly a source bringing it in, you'd think in 2023 with our technology no a days we could track things being trafficked that kills people.
Just south of phx in tucson. Our parks are filled with homeless. And in areas with larger amount of desert, you'll see small villages of tents and broken down cars. It's been that way for a while but over the past 2 years, it's gotten worse 10 folds. You can tell when people are on blues but now tranq is the new drug, people look like literal zombies and fall asleep standing up. It's crazy
Thanks for giving us good consistent content & showing us a real problem in America that needs to have better solutions & RENT IS GETTING INSANE EVERYWHERE EVEN IN ALASKA where I live & FLORIDA used to have super affordable housing now it’s up like 35% from 2-3 years ago.
In have a brain injury and struggle day to day. I find life easier to manage if I don't have a normal every day job. The less stuff I own the better. Several times I've sold everything I own to live in my vehicle because it's less stressful. I buy and sell stuff online but seem to only make enough to feed myself and dog. It's really hard having a mental health issue and feel for the people that have it worse than me.
Thank you for bringing this issue to as many people out there as we can because it’s only going to get worse before it gets better unless people have awareness and understanding of how bad it is.
I was a drug addict for 9 years.. I didn't expect anyone to "help" me..I drug myself out of the shit..so my children WOULD NEVER SEE ME DO IT... and for the past 7 Years. They haven't. And never will. It is HARD to break the cycle...and it's super easy to blame your childhood. It's Noone fault but their OWN.. you have to WANT CHANGE to get it..period. also you have to work hard.
Thank you for covering this I live in Arizona and tent city has been an insane thing to see grow and just right down the street to down town it’s gonna get better hopefully
What are you talkin about? You obviously have no clue what you are talking about because Tent City no longer exists. Sure there might be a street style of tent city, but the jail Tent City no longer exists.
@@bettynuggz He's clearly not talking about the jail tent city that use to house inmates outside. They're referring to homeless encampments, also commonly referred to as tent cities due to homeless living in tents and tent like structures.
the issue with the homeless where i live is that they dont care. they dont seem to want to change, and they all have mental health issues which makes them hyper aggressive or just plain freaky. every once in a while i meet a cool homeless person but its few and far between. most of them dont seem to understand that a lot of people dont carry cash anymore and get mad when you have no money to give them. i also dont believe that it should be up to me or anybody else to help fix them, when i had no part in putting them where they are.
@@valentiniglecias7312 they stop caring and they also become used to being homeless. i think its kind of the same deal as being incarcerated, just with different outcomes. always end up back in the same place.
It's tough to give the homeless where I live money because I know they just want drugs. They are too set in their ways to wanna change. Living in a tent on the street isn't their rock bottom anymore. Who knows what their rock bottom is. Probably nothing but death...
Shocking and sad. Thank you for showing us what’s going on out there. And highlighting the child abuse is key to why these people can’t cope. Life is hard we are soft. 😢
8:07 Back in 2018 they were about $10 each, Now a days in Arizona they go for $1-2 each because there's so many of them around, making it easier for people to get hooked
