Dave Sheridan
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Good Friends,
I am contacting you with this humiliating fundraising request, because my homeless social worker said it would be a good idea to reach out to my friends and ask for any type of help they could offer, which does not have to be financial assistance. It could simply be a place to stay for the night or a meal.
I am currently homeless and living in the Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter in Boston. My girlfriend, Kathleen, and I had a very messy break-up up this weekend and I am now indigent and homeless, which is all my fault. I realize that I have profound mental health issues with depression and I am a burden on all the women I have dated - and a burden to my friends.
It took my good friend, Scoot Madden, to really open up my eyes to the hurt I have caused the women in my life throughout the over 30 years he has known me. My relationships follow a pattern and fail, because I am a financial burden to them. As Scott described accurately, I get defensive and combative when these issues are raised. I guess it only took 51 years for the message to hit home.
I am ashamed to be reaching out to all of you that I have withdrawn from, and have been an absent friend from, but I was overwhelmed in my relationship and constantly depressed. This is a pattern I have developed in every one of my relationships, and it affected me in college and throughout my checkered work history, and I have to do something about it. Not only with the great women I have had relationships with but with my friends, who also see me as a burden.
On Monday, I tried to get myself admitted to the psych ward, but I was told I am a better candidate for out-patient treatment for the depression that has negatively impacted my life for the last 35 years. It has ruined my life and I've never had the guts to confront it, as I've always chosen to ignore it.
Simply, I need help. The Pine Street Inn Shelter has offered me two alternatives:
1. A paid airline ticket to anywhere in the U.S. to live with a friend.
2. Once I land a job, the Pine Street Inn will pay the first, last and security deposit for an apartment.
(This is clearly unbelievable assistance from the Pine Street Inn and I plan on taking advantage of it.)
I know it's holiday time, and I truly hate asking for help, but I need your help. I'm completely embarrassed and ashamed, but my social worker said I should do this and tell my friends that I am in trouble. As he said, they may refuse to help you because they're sick of your crap or they may genuinely want to help you, but they'll never know if you don't share with them and it sounds like you're not too good sharing negative stuff but you're very skilled at withdrawing and disappearing. He said, "Trust your friends and take a shot. "
Ashamedly, I'm asking for financial assistance, because I need to find a place to live and I have screwed up another relationship. And if anyone has a spare room, couch or floor that I can stay at for a short amount of time, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I have about $30.00 to my name - thankfully provided by Scott Madden - and that's why I am asking for your help. I desperately need a cheap cell phone, to purchase a T pass, buy warm clothes, underwear and a backpack, and use it to get a cheap daily room.
I appreciate any and all help. And mostly, thanks for listening to me. I will pay back any money lent to me. It may take a while, but I am committed to changing my mental health and being a more responsible person. Being homeless and having to shower in front of a bunch of former prison inmates and drug addicts as my intake counselor shared with me, will definitely scare you straight and I was told is not a place I should be. He referred to me as a target that will be tested - that's great.
I know I have withdrawn from everyone and I truly apologize because I do miss you. This wasn't the way I wanted to return to your lives and I'm very sorry. Thanks for listening to my pitiful self-lament and thanks for any type of help. I am genuinely sorry I have to ask for help and that I am a child at 51.
Thank you,
Dave
I am contacting you with this humiliating fundraising request, because my homeless social worker said it would be a good idea to reach out to my friends and ask for any type of help they could offer, which does not have to be financial assistance. It could simply be a place to stay for the night or a meal.
I am currently homeless and living in the Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter in Boston. My girlfriend, Kathleen, and I had a very messy break-up up this weekend and I am now indigent and homeless, which is all my fault. I realize that I have profound mental health issues with depression and I am a burden on all the women I have dated - and a burden to my friends.
It took my good friend, Scoot Madden, to really open up my eyes to the hurt I have caused the women in my life throughout the over 30 years he has known me. My relationships follow a pattern and fail, because I am a financial burden to them. As Scott described accurately, I get defensive and combative when these issues are raised. I guess it only took 51 years for the message to hit home.
I am ashamed to be reaching out to all of you that I have withdrawn from, and have been an absent friend from, but I was overwhelmed in my relationship and constantly depressed. This is a pattern I have developed in every one of my relationships, and it affected me in college and throughout my checkered work history, and I have to do something about it. Not only with the great women I have had relationships with but with my friends, who also see me as a burden.
On Monday, I tried to get myself admitted to the psych ward, but I was told I am a better candidate for out-patient treatment for the depression that has negatively impacted my life for the last 35 years. It has ruined my life and I've never had the guts to confront it, as I've always chosen to ignore it.
Simply, I need help. The Pine Street Inn Shelter has offered me two alternatives:
1. A paid airline ticket to anywhere in the U.S. to live with a friend.
2. Once I land a job, the Pine Street Inn will pay the first, last and security deposit for an apartment.
(This is clearly unbelievable assistance from the Pine Street Inn and I plan on taking advantage of it.)
I know it's holiday time, and I truly hate asking for help, but I need your help. I'm completely embarrassed and ashamed, but my social worker said I should do this and tell my friends that I am in trouble. As he said, they may refuse to help you because they're sick of your crap or they may genuinely want to help you, but they'll never know if you don't share with them and it sounds like you're not too good sharing negative stuff but you're very skilled at withdrawing and disappearing. He said, "Trust your friends and take a shot. "
Ashamedly, I'm asking for financial assistance, because I need to find a place to live and I have screwed up another relationship. And if anyone has a spare room, couch or floor that I can stay at for a short amount of time, I would greatly appreciate it. Right now, I have about $30.00 to my name - thankfully provided by Scott Madden - and that's why I am asking for your help. I desperately need a cheap cell phone, to purchase a T pass, buy warm clothes, underwear and a backpack, and use it to get a cheap daily room.
I appreciate any and all help. And mostly, thanks for listening to me. I will pay back any money lent to me. It may take a while, but I am committed to changing my mental health and being a more responsible person. Being homeless and having to shower in front of a bunch of former prison inmates and drug addicts as my intake counselor shared with me, will definitely scare you straight and I was told is not a place I should be. He referred to me as a target that will be tested - that's great.
I know I have withdrawn from everyone and I truly apologize because I do miss you. This wasn't the way I wanted to return to your lives and I'm very sorry. Thanks for listening to my pitiful self-lament and thanks for any type of help. I am genuinely sorry I have to ask for help and that I am a child at 51.
Thank you,
Dave
Organizer
Dave Sheridan
Organizer
Melrose, MA