Let's Talk About Grief & Homelessness
Let’s Dive Deeper in our Talk About a Loss of Identity & Detachment from Reality by Discussing the Following 2 Points… Loss of Purpose, Direction, and Significance For some experiencing homelessness, self-destructive behaviors can lead to a loss of purpose, direction, and significance (Wu et al., 2021). Being homeless can be associated with devastation of the assumptive world of an individual; the meaning and spirituality that existed may be destroyed. For many, before encountering the trauma of homelessness, the assumptive world was considered safe. After becoming homeless, many individuals have experienced a loss of personal significance, purpose, and direction. My research concluded that for the homeless population, they are seeking out their purpose, some know who they are, some are still trying to seek out their purpose. Many from the homeless population focus on daily survival and do not think about short and long-term goals. This daily struggle prevents the homeless from wor...