Whatever I had been doing for the last ten years of my life was no longer working. What does housing instability do to a person? How does it alter them? For me, I felt shame. Not having a regular place to live for so long. Relying on the help of others. I told people I was doing fine, that I had things under control, that there was a plan in play, but I was nervous and edgy and difficult to be around. I felt like I didn’t deserve anything. No one judged me more harshly than myself. I accepted who I was, but I didn’t always like it. I was lucky I wasn’t on the streets; I knew that. So goddamn
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