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[nolabear]

215. It's very hard to face that sometimes people can't help you help them.

I haven't said much about TTW. Being in the mental health profession makes me cautious. But it's important to note, I think, that it's easy to come down on someone who both asks for help and makes it all but impossible to help. That's happened a lot here by people who don't understand. But it's a very real problem for many who spiral down into things like homelessness and addiction (not implying anything about her here at all). I believe she can't help what she's doing. And you've done a yeoman's job of trying to help. This is why the old conservative "hand up not a handout" trope is bs. There are people who, at some point, don't have the wherewithal to use real world help. I fear for her, but sometimes you have to let it be and hope she finds something permanent to hold onto. Poor Yoshi. Poor TTW. *sigh*