Schizophrenic Man interview-Chris

all right chris chris where'd you grow up where are you from originally um well i'm from portland oregon um what else you want to know tell me about your family you had both your both your parents oh well growing up my mom and dad well they were they were cool they got along pretty well uh my father was a bit of a drinker my mom likes to smoke pot um they comply with each other uh get along how would you describe your childhood what were you saying how would you describe your childhood um it was decent no abuse nothing crazy going on no abuse nothing crazy going on good how far did you go in school um went to high school you graduated yeah what'd you do after school after high school um well after high school i didn't do nothing much i worked some jobs smoked a lot of weed um [Music] drank alcohol tripped on lsd god what age acid uh different types of drugs what age were you when you started using drugs oh 15 15. no that was pot or that was the harder drinks just pie just fun and then the bath salts and the lsd and the that's acid started for you when what were you saying the harder drugs that you were using you started using at what age oh well doing the acid when i was like 18. how do you know [Music] um 24 now what drugs are you using today um been using crystal meth for some time smoking weed still drinking alcohol yeah and where do you live where do you stay um well i was staying in san diego on probation but now i came out here i was on uh [Music] i was on terms with the crisis house out there but i was getting tired of the knife out there going with the just schizophrenia oh you have schizophrenia yeah and are you taking medications for that or have you had medications for that um yeah i've got exact practices for it are you taking them currently oh no was the last time you spoke to your family oh last time i spoke to him was uh back when i was in san diego so it's been a while and how do you support yourself now oh um well right now i'm just stealing stuff to get money stealing clothes and selling selling into a fence oh what you resell them you sell the strong items to a fence i sell them or or keep them you have any friends chris yeah i've got friends back in utah some out here in california [Music] what's been the lowest point of your life um i would say now right now it'll make sense yeah dealing with schizophrenia is going to be very difficult right yeah i think if you're not taking the medications you can just spiral downward and makes it hard to even get your life together again right you were saying dealing with schizophrenia must be very difficult especially if you're not taking the medication oh it's not difficult to deal with it can be though yeah are you taking the medications currently um no and are you staying in a tent here in skid row or no i understand on the streets you're just on the street without a 10. do you have goals of what you'd like to do in your life or anything like that um try to get some gr out here ryan got no id or nothing government release do you see any hope for getting off the streets and anywhere i mean do you see your family coming to help you or anything like that um you're saying what sorry do you have any hope of getting off the streets do you see any any solution to your situation um well no but maybe i don't know maybe there's help for me yeah there's a there's quite a few mental health programs that are down here you might be able to get some help with your medications and stabilize your life a little bit have you considered going to one of those programs um you probably walk past them every day yeah i don't know what programs you're seeing like i can direct you to some of them if you like okay we're done what uh what would you say is the most important thing you've learned in your life respect respect's a good one that's important for yourself and everyone else too all right all right chris well thank you for talking with me and i'm gonna try to get you some help so maybe you can get some medications for your schizophrenia okay all right all right thank you very much

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Length: 11min 8sec (668 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 07 2021