There are thousands of people like her living in the streets of America. I worked in human services for the last decade and I have zero idea what to do about it. Need out weighs resources by a thousand miles. In the last four years, 20 clients I worked with have died, many from overdose, several from medical emergencies and one was murdered two months ago. For the last four years I have been working in a city with a population of 19,000 people. I show these videos to people and they can't believe it is real, but it is and it is everywhere. Keep up the good work Mark.
I’d say that there are many thousands more just like Ruby here in Los Angeles. Every large city has plenty of individuals like this roaming the streets. Even smaller towns are not immune except that their police departments simply get rid of their unwanted by giving them a one way ticket on a Greyhound bus to LA, which dumps them five blocks from my studio.
Soft White Underbelly is that really true? A one way ticket out of pleasantville??!! I thought I heard it all, smh.. this world is such a despicable place.
@@SoftWhiteUnderbelly LA is the promised land. I had a young couple, who were living in a tent, tell me their goal was to move to LA, to avoid the East Coast winters. We talked a lot about wether that was a good idea or not. They saved up money and did it two years ago.
CAPELLASAMPIERE I disagree, saying yes sir is subservient. Yes sir or yes ma’am seems unusual in this situation. In a school setting is only place where it seems normal
@@KidsWithGuns1992 you're certainly entitled to your opinion and I can see how in this situation it may seem that way. I personally believe she was trying to be courteous and show she has manners and isn't just a scum drug user. I use yes sir and ma'am when it's my elders. We won't know unless she tells!
I know this woman... so sad. I was in rehab with her in victorville, ca. She does need help. She needs mercy, love, and kindness. God bless. Heartbreaking!!!!!
Jake T someone very close to me passed away last November. He was my soulmate. My person in life. My best friend. He struggled badly with addiction and couldn’t battle it anymore. So since he passed, I’ve been trying to understand addiction and that’s what lead me to soft white underbelly. I’ve also been following a man called CG Kid because he explains what addiction is like. I miss my Steven everyday. And I’m glad that you’re winning this battle ❤️
@@ks-hh1cf I'm far from winning. It's an everyday battle. I do know that despite him losing the fight he loved you more then he ever did the drugs. Sometimes they change the way people think. Drugs are evil but they allow us to escape. Sometimes we run to far... I hope and pray you heal from this. Hold no blame. God bless!
Shes has multiple diagnosis that is triggered by her drug addiction. She's a person that fell through the cracks. I pray for her....mental health in this country is one our biggest issues.
Truly mental health is such a big issue in the US. My daughter struggled with severe anxiety and other issues from a young age. I could write a book on the mess of therapists, psychiatrists, clinicians and teachers we dealt with. Just terrible.
Give her a detox and within a week or two you'll see a brand new person. I've known people in similar situations and they always came around. Meth exaggerates mental illness like no other from the psychosis. Also can make a perfectly healthy individual develop and show mental health signs that are indistinguishable from the meth..
When she told Mark “Thanks for keeping your eyes open because sometimes i have to close mine” That was deep. There so much negativity in the world sometimes it’s easier to keep your eyes closed and ignore what’s really happening. Ruby is an amazing soul 💜
Take care Mark. Documenting suffering can take a great toll on you before you realize it. Paying witness to our sisters and brothers in these videos can be hard but to read the outpouring compassion in most comments gives me hope that one day we will create a kinder world...............oh yeah, and guys lets do our part by being good men and great fathers(i know i bang on about that but....)
@Bingo Wingz why are you even here if you're going to spread negativity? You're just becoming part of the problem.. You need to move on... Haven't you ever heard the saying, "If you can't say nothing nice don't say nothing at all."? You need to practice that in your life... I don't see you out here reaching out to give a helping hand... Move on...
4 years into my marriage my husband was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic , i was difficult to stay and there was times i felt like i could not take anymore . i felt like if i left him he would be taken advantage of and would have a short life. he was loving for the most part , i told him as long as he took his meds i would stay, i glad it made me a stronger person and more compassionate to others less fortunates. he passed at 59 from a stroke , 2009 and i miss him.
MFL TEACHER 🤔 I'm not to such that wouldn't only add to her pain. For all intense purposes. Pretty sure light is not the ideal place for her to regain stability. She's had quite enough light for now perhaps a skin specialist and a clean candlelit cozy cozy darkened room to recover. Keeping her out of the constant struggles of a day and a life on skid rows rat infested race. Somewhere to rest her weary bones.Where the sandman is welcome to sprinkle her with he's magic like a madman on a mission.Perhaps a good opportunity to familiarize yourself with a double dose of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia ☆"And when all the glitter fades, there'lll still be stardust in her veins"☆ ⏳The more sand that escapes from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.⌛
Jason Rangel87 Just because she’s mentally ill DOES NOT mean she’s not a good person! I think she IS a good person who is very very sick. Part of mental illness is that you think your well when you clearly are not. Take your judgements elsewhere sir. And STOP YELLING!!!
I’ve seen some interviews where a person thanks him for food or for a tent or something. This channel bring awareness and takes us into the lives of people who are really struggling on the streets. He doesn’t owe anybody anything and we can’t expect him to give everything away and support everybody he interviews.
Peaceful Christianity He does help them. He obviously can’t help every single person there and most people don’t want help. He has tried to take some of them to treatment facilities and they refuse. He isn’t doing this to help all of them, it’s not possible
I don't understand why people are responding telling me to donate to charities. My comment was about the mental exhaustion from talking to these people and seeing these people.
When she said: "Thank you for being a wonderful man in this world. Thank you for around the world and keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine." Omg this broke my heart and made me tear up.
I have bilolar with phycosis. There have been many times when i sound like that women. But the difference is i have a loving family who understands mental illness. Especially my mother who was a psychiatric nurse for many years. When i am at my worst. My mother is always there for me. Im terrified of my parents not being around. I could easily end up like this woman. Thank you for showing this to the world.
Yeap when we have mental issues we SEE the world and ppl different. I undestand u completly. 💚 I am more Stable now but yes, i am her and she is me. Hope she can find light soon.💕
I was co fused what was on her head an hands. It wasnt in the first video. My heart breaks for her. I really pray she gets help. She needs it. Poor women😔
I am a psychiatric nurse, and this video broke my heart. Ruby seems like a beautiful woman with mental health concerns. So many individuals like her exist in this world without the proper supports. I wish her well, and hope that someone is able to connect with her to provide her with what she needs to lead a happy life.
Yea usually when your active in using your desensitized to traumatic things happened around you I’m sure she has seen woman beaten I’m sure even murdered being to scared to help drugs and the lifestyle that comes along with it is very ugly and dark people do very disturbing things
Katherine Dobson I’m literally sitting here caring. You may not believe me but I’m deadass serious and if you know how to message direct on here (I have no clue how) I’m asking you to message me.
"thank you for being a wonderful man in this world. Thank you for going all around the world and keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine." What a beautiful and tragic statement
Read your comment before i got to that part. I teared up. Totaaaally broke down when she said it in her broken voice. Ill never be able to forget this. Like when someone told me they loved being around me because i was the only person who was pleasant to listen to their voice besides their own. My heart sank to my stomach. I feel a knot in my throat. So hard to watch.
Some people so easily forget these are someone's child, someone's sibling, someone's parent, someone's friend...we're all only human. I hope one day you find peace, Ruby. 💜
Mark, your work has begun to change my outlook towards addiction, mental illness and humanity. I was hard nosed towards addicts and homeless. I have seen so much pain in these interviews, pain that only a drug can relieve for a short period of time. Thank you.
I love how Ruby always has a gift for you. You've made such an impact on her & make her feel listened too. Seems like Ruby has been thru hell & back. God bless you Ruby you deserve a better life than this. I hope someday you get the help you deserve.....
Yes Patty Ruby likes to give back to those whom give to easing her pain Non judgemental Being supremely sweetness. Walk a mile in someone elses shoes , Then judge,
I feel so bad for this woman. She is so far gone. Nothing she's saying seems to make sense. Thoughts are jumbled. Her emotions are constantly jumping all over the place. :/ I wonder if this is permanent or she can one day recover.
I really feel like she needs help and possible medication for mental issues she is going through. Please she deserves better I hope she can turn her life around.
The way she says “yes sir thank you” made me cry.. I don’t know if it’s because she’s being polite or because someone made her feel like she doesn’t deserve kindness so she keeps saying “yes sir, yes sir…”. I just want to hug her..
She has. I also think a big difference is she is either high here....or just beginning to come down. Where as I don't believe she was high in the first.
Please.. I think she needs hospitalization.. She does not look good at all. My heart breaks into million pieces. I would to tell her that are people far away who care and cry for her.. Pray for all those broken souls out there.. They never found the peace they deserve.
There are over 15,000 people on skid row of which around 90% need hospitalization and many other things. It’s too hard and over populated in LA. People bring them some food weekly, and have places that give water and fresh needles to prevent spreading disease but that’s really all they can do..😢
@@Thaa_judgeee they need a home. housing. and go to meetings to heal. to meet witjh people who had gonne through the same crap as many of them have, been raped as children.
anacionqtfixo I understand. I lived on skid row about 6 years ago. It’s just not that easy. How do you home over 15,000 people for free plus all the other homeless in LA. It will take time and hopefully gets better one day. But they do have people that come and do a meeting type thing is the street. Even a pastor would come on sundays and read out the Bible and do a little service.
@@Thaa_judgeee some of them are not from LA and wish probably they were closer to where theya are from. the States is not a poor country; you make AMAZON taxes as the smalll bussinesses pay and tht's the money. it will create jobs. the small town where aI live is that size. Not that much housing.
I used to drive to San Francisco once a month to give out food, water and clean socks. I never could sleep on those nights after getting home. It's heart breaking.
I’m not sure what was on her head at the start of the interview she was ranting about someone giving her “Mexican water” and said it’s not like normal water because it leaves stains and referred to her hands and head. I was thinking somebody threw something on her.
Sadly drugs break the brain, I brother who has passed was addicted to ice, he was normal to begin with and then started speaking like this, crying all the time, thinking people where listening through the power lines so he ripped off the power points. It was horrible and I wish I could have help him but he pushed me away and it was so hard.
My heart breaks for you, Ruby. You deserve to be cared for and loved. Will we as a society ever take proper care of our mentally ill? Mark, thank you for what you do. Awareness is key to saving Ruby and people like her from life on the streets.
It hugs heavy when she immediately starts crying. You can tell it’s always right under the surface… and goes to the depths of her soul. really wish her the change she deserves….
I have a patient who is schizophrenic and he always is giving us gifts. When she said she brought something for the interviewer, it reminded me of my patient. So giving.
Profound thought. It’s easy to forget these beautiful souls are twisted with pain. Remembering to treat them as you would want your own mother treated is a great approach. She’s so confused. Can’t anyone help her? Rehab or hospital?
💔 I work with the homeless and I get clients like this all the time ... there’s so many people that come in like this and have burned every bridge and exhausted everyone they know and been given up on....and having to work to stabilize them takes literally a team of people ... it should never get to this point and unfortunately it does every single day
This is so sad, when I watched her first interview three month ago I was in tears. She was so polite, hopeful and such a beautiful soul. She leafy such an impact on me and was the reason I started to do activism work for the homeless before corona. Wether it be mental health or drug use we can’t know but she needs help. And my heart aches just watching this. Please don’t let this woman die on the streets. If you interview her again let her know that we are routing for her across the globe.
SWU, Mark , you are such a beautiful kind man . I adore you , your art and your work ! Thank you so much for helping the helpless , you give a voice to these beautiful humans that are suffering a life unimaginable. I wish every human had a heart like yours . I am blown away , by your compassion, and kindness. I admire you Mark ! I pray for you and I pray for your safety , health , and I pray you prosperous in every thing you do .
Thank you for listening to her and being there for her. So many people are brushed off but you let them be heard and seen. These videos validate their existence when society at large says and does otherwise. You really are contributing so much to the betterment of humanity.
These interviews show people that have suffered immensely yet can somehow smile, offer to help others, etc. They manage to uplift me. I would support them how I could. Thanks for doing these. Blessings.
This broke my heart. She is not only an addict with mental issues, but she is hurting and heartbroken. She seems like she has a good heart. I will pray for her.
And this is what the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill did. Ruby and people like her are living out on the streets, with no one to care for them. They should not have thrown them out and into the community and given them the right to refuse medication that is helpful to them. They should have thrown the abusive employees out and revamped the entire system and transformed these facilities into loving homes, providing a therapeutic environment. Breaks my heart to see how mentally ill she is. This woman needs help so badly. Praying she gets rescued from her life🙏🏼
The reason all that will never happen is bc to work in the mental health or health care system takes a lot of compassion, empathy, patience, knowledge of different diagnoses to know how to treat someone or react, to possess physical and mental endurance, etc..all of these things are needed and to turn around and pay minimum wage for back breaking mentally exhausting work, leads companies to only hire completely unqualified ppl and that right there continues a failing system.. it’s terrible
@@modaciouslav4792 I worked as a nurse caring for the mentally ill, and I loved it. The therapy aids that I worked with made good money after their raises and had the best benefits available in my state and a secure guaranteed retirement. The problem was they were unionized and once they passed probation, they could not be fired for any reason at all.
Ugh I wrote a long comment, but it vanished when I tried to post it… this is all that I had copied before I finished it… sorry if my original comment does eventually post. I’ll delete this then. I just felt it was important to speak about the issue you brought up because it’s the truth and lays the blame exactly where it belongs and makes it clear it’s OUR responsibility to make it right for these people. ❤ I just replied on another video of Ruby’s to a judgmental comment about exactly this issue. The mass closing of institutions throughout the US left 100,000s of patients/victims out in the streets with nowhere to turn. Families didn’t take back their family members. They mostly turned their backs. Doctors did almost nothing to advocate for the mentally ill. They focused on patients covered by insurance, who paid. Our government invested in building prisons and privatized them into profitable businesses. Jails make obscene amounts of money with very little investments/overhead. Mental health problems became criminal. Homelessness became prosecutable. The mentally ill became convicts and we simply looked the other way. Before the internet it was fairly easy to mislead people, allowing us to trust the government was doing what was right and in society’s best interest. Ruby and countless others are a result of our apathy, ignorance, and our willingness to NOT see what it before us. There are also others that are criminals, etc…. But Ruby and others who are clinically mentally I’ll are the actual victims resulting from state, officials, medical abuse and greed. We desperately need to acknowledge we need centers and residential facilities and medical professionals to care for these people. They are entitled to exist as humans. Being mentally I’ll does not negate their humanity. We should be questioning our ethics and humanity for allowing this crisis to explode across our country and choosing to ignore it or slap a”drug addiction” label on it so we can justify the issue as self induced and criminal.
Please do more interviews with her! She came in my store I used to work at in San Bernardino and I always wondered what happened to her since I saw her.
I thought it was a tattoo at first but it has no pattern so it might be she shaves part of her head,no rhyme or reason to the cut or shape just probably scraps her hair off with a razor,wait no its on the side of her face by her chin IDK yea some kind of paint or ink. It's on her hands too ,from the front of the black and white photo it kind of looked like mold growing out of her head. I hope she finds help one day ,shes a sweet soul.
Mary Sunshine yeah it may even be some kind of skin fungus/mould. Whatever is happening to this lady I hope she can at least get some sort of medical attention.
Ruby is a gift from God and Mark for you to reply so kindly, “I Love You, too!” was precious!! You are such a beautiful soul yourself and I wish the whole world would watch your videos! They are all so humbling and just make me feel grateful and each video has someone beautiful inside in my opinion!!! Love Miss Ruby and God bless this sweet lady🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've met so many people & nearly lost my whole mind due to drug use. LSD pcp meth & crack have caused so many to become schizophrenic or suffer from deep psychosis. I know people who have came out of it with help & medications but most are in mental institutions & idk if they'll ever get out. If they do most have nowhere to go long term and end up on the streets sick anyways. It's so very heartbreaking.
LSD? i understand that it is a drug to cause psychosis but I disagree that it fits in the same category as PCP meth and crack. Psychedelics like LSD can have positive changes to ones perspective on life (if taken appropriately and considering mental health genetics, etc.) Where as PCP, meth, heroine, etc don't improve but rather destroys ones life over time.
@@cinda9278 Maybe so I have heard that but people who use it like that are few & far between so I'll leave it as this All drug's including LSD & all Recreational drug use of any kind of drug is extremely dangerous & playing Russian roulette with one's life when doing so period.
Cinda I had a “bad” trip on acid and went to hell. Even though the trip was terrifying I know god is real now. I’m completely fucked up mentally by it but I’m kind of glad I had that bad trip, kinda saved my life in a way.
I see ahuge downfall from the first interview. She almost seems manic in a way. She needs intervention - seriously, this nation (its citizens) fails its people when it comes to mental health.
I remember coming back to her first interview so many times just because of the thumbnail....just so much pain in one photo breaks my heart 💔 I am so sorry Ruby
This made me so SAD! But also so grateful for my life....whenever I think I've got it bad I simply tune in and gain perspective. Thank you for shedding light to a woman in MI.
Oh, man. When I was a kid, my mom had a friend a lot like her that lived on the streets in KC. I never met her, but I had dozens of conversations like this with her over the years. She would call to talk to my mom and if mom wasn't home, she would talk to me. She would pour her heart out to me even though I was only 8, 10, 12, 13, years old. She just wanted to connect with someone so badly. She'd lost custody of her children and it wasn't long into the phone calls before she would cry like this and try to pull herself together with a joke, only to start sobbing again over her babies who were pre-teens by that time. They were still infants to her. She made sure to remind me that I had a good mom over and over again. She had 2 tiny dogs that managed to survive several crack houses with her. Until one didn't. I remember that phone call above all others, because this woman finally broke completely. My mom tried to help her but there was always a reason she couldn't be helped. She died on the floor of a crack house. I was told by everyone that knew her that she had the biggest blue eyes you ever saw. Bette Davis eyes, they said. RIP Sherri 💛
“If you want to change the world go home and love your family” couldn’t be truer now. Love your children, hug them a bit longer today, tell them you love them, show them you love them, give them your everything Bc they are our future .
@@nicoleymacaroni I know it's been a year since you wrote your comment, but I feel the need to respond. As generic as it sounds, 'go home & love your family' is honestly the easiest, most important action a parent/ guardian can do to lower the chances of their children/ vulnerable family members from ending up like so many on Mark's channel. Kids who grow up without love & support are FAR more likely to grow into lost adults. So ya, it really does all start at home. As for what message Mark is trying to send, I don't think he's trying to send a SPECIFIC message. I think it's all up for personal interpretation; but all in hopes that it sparks SOMETHING in the viewers mind that can be helpful- in any way. If a viewer watches an interview & takes from that- that they need to spend more time with their kids, that's something positive that came out of Mark's work. That's what matters.
Daily routine seems to make us forget how blessed we are. These videos remind me every day how good I have it and how lucky I am to have the parents and family I have. God bless you Mark, you do amazing work.
If there’s one person out of all your interviewees I wish I could help it’s Ruby. All that brokenness and gentleness and yet, oddly, hope...her pain and loss move me greatly and I hope that God in his mercy one day welcomes her home to a peace that she has probably never known in this life. Ruby, I love you too. We all do.
I think a big factor that contributes into choosing a self-destructive path is guilt. Some people blame on themselves the terrible and traumatic experiences that had happened to them even though they had no control over it, further they can’t manage to let go making more and more bad decisions. My father was homeless by choice. No matter how many times we tried to bring him home, he always went back until he died on a sidewalk. He was beaten there, tortured, kidnapped, and who knows what else but he always went back. Physical addition to drugs and alcohol can be cured but once your mind is broken, it cant be fixed. Please please take care of your children, they’re so fragile and your guidance and protection is crucial for them.
I was thinking about this the other night because I have been clean since 2015 and I just in the last two weeks forgave myself and realized I’m still worthy of love( even tho I’ve been abused a lot.) That guilt and shame is a motherfucker, even when it’s not ours to carry. And trauma can take so long to even look at.
This is so true.. there might be few people with no conscious but out of all the feelings I’ve felt, guilt was the worst. Guilt is such a strong feeling, it eats you up and you will never have peace. There are things that wasn’t your fault and you shouldn’t blame yourself. Things that you’ve done, you need ask for forgiveness and then forgive yourself. Sadly I think most of the people who feel guilt are good people and in the end it kills them.
there are sociological issues at stake that we tend to "psychologize". This is a good example of individualistic thinking. I believe on the contrary that is no coincidence that America suffers from this kind of stuff more than many "developed" countries, and it can't be because americans happen to be more self-destructive than other people. It is much more related to the society as a whole, its economy, its political system and the crucial role of institutions...
Mark, I just wanted to say I have recently found your account and I appreciate your heart for people so much. Just started watching your interviews with Ruby from first to most recent and I find myself sobing into my hands. Her progression, mannerisms, and speech remind me so much of my birth mother, who also fell through the cracks when it came to mental health and substance abuse treatment. You're someone I would love to share my story with because I know you would be eager and open to listen. But I digress... my birth mom is now living (hopefully still alive) in a location unknown to me because we could not keep up with her constant relocation after I was finally out of foster care homes and adopted. I tried so hard to care for her when I was younger but had to let go eventually. Seeing Ruby and how she speaks of her visions and the way her stories run together are so familiar to me. It breaks my heart in such an unspeakable way. Again, thank you for giving a voice to these people and earnestly listening to their words and their hearts. I admire you and send love ❤
She seems to be in a psychotic state meth derived. Yet I see a soul shine through when it can, a great mibd put to the use of insanity... Whe she says she doesn't know where the five children are... Let's pray for her and her children, that they may be loved and at peace... And ruby seems so smart and kind beneath the drugs, may she find recovery
What a beautiful soul xx I’m sorry you feel so sad right now Ruby. I wish I could take your pain, tears and mental torment away from you. Sending you lots of love from Australia xx
@Steph C I was thinking the same! I have had lots of great relationships that didn't work out, as well as a couple of pretty lousy ones (glad they didn't work out).....have a great relationship going on seven years now, she is perfect!
I've watched every interview on this channel & while of course I feel for all , Ruby really got me. I pray she gets the help & piece of mind she deserves.they all do! I'm rooting for you Ruby!💋
First , thank you sir for what you do and sharing the stories of souls that are struggling, though some are not so unhappy. You are incredibly talented person . Thank you for using your skills to so purely and compassionately capture their moment in time . The knowledge and insight we can gain from your work is priceless.
No words can express this. I weep with you sister. Ruby, I'm so sorry. I believe God has a special place seated at His table, where all His children are welcomed! I hope you slow down a little while and sleep. I'm so sorry ...I wish I could hug the pain right out of your heart 💔
Ruby is the one person I can never get out of my head. I think of her all the time, pray for her. She has touched me so deeply with her kind heart and innocent ways. I pray to source that she finds peace and gets some help. I will continue to think about her and pray for her forever. Thank you, Mark, for giving these people a voice and an ear, for hearing them and for sharing their stories for people to see. Addiction touches all walks of life, and mental health issues run rampant. They go hand in hand oftentimes. People need to watch these videos and see the humanity in each and every person you photograph and interview. The homeless, mentally ill and downtrodden are invisible to so many people. Thank you again for seeing them, and giving them an outlet to be seen as individuals; as human beings, and to allow people to see that this could be your daughter, son, sister, brother. Ruby has such a sweet innocence and kindness to her. Thank you for posting updates and for all you do behind the scenes for these people as well. I was so happy to see Amanda’s update yesterday!! Keep up your incredible work and most importantly, your kindness to these lost souls. It means so much.
There are thousands of people like her living in the streets of America. I worked in human services for the last decade and I have zero idea what to do about it. Need out weighs resources by a thousand miles. In the last four years, 20 clients I worked with have died, many from overdose, several from medical emergencies and one was murdered two months ago. For the last four years I have been working in a city with a population of 19,000 people.
I show these videos to people and they can't believe it is real, but it is and it is everywhere.
Keep up the good work Mark.
I’d say that there are many thousands more just like Ruby here in Los Angeles. Every large city has plenty of individuals like this roaming the streets. Even smaller towns are not immune except that their police departments simply get rid of their unwanted by giving them a one way ticket on a Greyhound bus to LA, which dumps them five blocks from my studio.
Soft White Underbelly is that really true? A one way ticket out of pleasantville??!! I thought I heard it all, smh.. this world is such a despicable place.
Yes, some of my interviewees have told me they got to Skid Row via a one way ticket from Kansas or Alabama or wherever.
@@SoftWhiteUnderbelly LA is the promised land. I had a young couple, who were living in a tent, tell me their goal was to move to LA, to avoid the East Coast winters. We talked a lot about wether that was a good idea or not. They saved up money and did it two years ago.
Jeff Bezos or Zuckerberg could put billions into these homelessness & mental heath issues and yet they just don’t.
This just started and the way she says “yes sir” broke my heart
Yep seems like she's been in a controlling abusive situation.
She was probably taught manners.....those are things people say you when you are taught to respect people, specifically your elders.
Me too
CAPELLASAMPIERE I disagree, saying yes sir is subservient. Yes sir or yes ma’am seems unusual in this situation.
In a school setting is only place where it seems normal
@@KidsWithGuns1992 you're certainly entitled to your opinion and I can see how in this situation it may seem that way. I personally believe she was trying to be courteous and show she has manners and isn't just a scum drug user. I use yes sir and ma'am when it's my elders. We won't know unless she tells!
I know this woman... so sad. I was in rehab with her in victorville, ca. She does need help. She needs mercy, love, and kindness. God bless. Heartbreaking!!!!!
What was she like
I hope you’re doing alright now 🖤
@@ks-hh1cf I am thank you!!!❤
Jake T someone very close to me passed away last November. He was my soulmate. My person in life. My best friend. He struggled badly with addiction and couldn’t battle it anymore. So since he passed, I’ve been trying to understand addiction and that’s what lead me to soft white underbelly. I’ve also been following a man called CG Kid because he explains what addiction is like. I miss my Steven everyday. And I’m glad that you’re winning this battle ❤️
@@ks-hh1cf I'm far from winning. It's an everyday battle. I do know that despite him losing the fight he loved you more then he ever did the drugs. Sometimes they change the way people think. Drugs are evil but they allow us to escape. Sometimes we run to far... I hope and pray you heal from this. Hold no blame. God bless!
Shes has multiple diagnosis that is triggered by her drug addiction. She's a person that fell through the cracks. I pray for her....mental health in this country is one our biggest issues.
Truly mental health is such a big issue in the US. My daughter struggled with severe anxiety and other issues from a young age. I could write a book on the mess of therapists, psychiatrists, clinicians and teachers we dealt with. Just terrible.
@@susanurbanczyk9084 so sorry for your daughter
Yes. It's so painfully heartbreaking.
Give her a detox and within a week or two you'll see a brand new person. I've known people in similar situations and they always came around. Meth exaggerates mental illness like no other from the psychosis. Also can make a perfectly healthy individual develop and show mental health signs that are indistinguishable from the meth..
I completely agree
When she told Mark “Thanks for keeping your eyes open because sometimes i have to close mine” That was deep. There so much negativity in the world sometimes it’s easier to keep your eyes closed and ignore what’s really happening. Ruby is an amazing soul 💜
*thank you for keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine.." She says mind... so much deeper, so much more painful..
“I love you too” awe I love that you replied that to her, Mark 💙
Hes a very sweet and special person ❤
Take care Mark. Documenting suffering can take a great toll on you before you realize it.
Paying witness to our sisters and brothers in these videos can be hard but to read the outpouring compassion in most comments gives me hope that one day we will create a kinder world...............oh yeah, and guys lets do our part by being good men and great fathers(i know i bang on about that but....)
Never give up hope...it is a great motor in live!
This is so important. I'm really hoping that he talkes care of himself.
@Bingo Wingz Your mentality is part of the problem we are talking about.
Yes❤
@Bingo Wingz why are you even here if you're going to spread negativity? You're just becoming part of the problem.. You need to move on... Haven't you ever heard the saying, "If you can't say nothing nice don't say nothing at all."? You need to practice that in your life... I don't see you out here reaching out to give a helping hand... Move on...
4 years into my marriage my husband was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic , i was difficult to stay and there was times i felt like i could not take anymore . i felt like if i left him he would be taken advantage of and would have a short life. he was loving for the most part , i told him as long as he took his meds i would stay, i glad it made me a stronger person and more compassionate to others less fortunates. he passed at 59 from a stroke , 2009 and i miss him.
Bless you for staying by his side 💕
Im so sorry my sister. Praying for u.
Dianna Odman So sorry for your loss
Bless you. Kind woman :). He passed knowing you loved him
Wow! What does not kill you makes you stronger? Stay safe. Xxox
When she started crying i started crying. You can feel the pain. She seems like a real true person. I pray for her so much.
I’ve realized after binge watching these interviews how blessed I am.
Agree with you Jackie! Me too! ❤
Wow she's awesome, Mark!!!! You're a great person and have a wonderful heart. Thank you again for sharing Thier stories with all of us.
Imagine how long and scary her journey must be, May she find some light along the way.
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amen
MFL TEACHER 🤔 I'm not to such that wouldn't only add to her pain.
For all intense purposes. Pretty sure light is not the ideal place for her to regain stability. She's had quite enough light for now perhaps a skin specialist and a clean candlelit cozy cozy darkened room to recover. Keeping her out of the constant struggles of a day and a life on skid rows rat infested race. Somewhere to rest her weary bones.Where the sandman is welcome to sprinkle her with he's magic like a madman on a mission.Perhaps a good opportunity to familiarize yourself with a double dose of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia ☆"And when all the glitter fades, there'lll still be stardust in her veins"☆
⏳The more sand that escapes from the hourglass of our life,
the clearer we should see through it.⌛
what that black stuff all over head hands arms?
@@yvonnespearing might be paint or tar
You can tell that Ruby is a real good person she's a giver.
Lol ok
@Jason Rangel87 stop yelling, maybe you can hear yourself
Jason Rangel87 Just because she’s mentally ill DOES NOT mean she’s not a good person! I think she IS a good person who is very very sick. Part of mental illness is that you think your well when you clearly are not. Take your judgements elsewhere sir. And STOP YELLING!!!
She’s fucked up. Compete failure
you dont know her personally and can not make that determination. .
There's no way in hell I could interview all of these people and then go to sleep at night or be mentally okay myself.
Without helping and just sending them back out after. I agree. Im new to this channel so I hope he at least offers help and offers a way out for them😔
I’ve seen some interviews where a person thanks him for food or for a tent or something. This channel bring awareness and takes us into the lives of people who are really struggling on the streets. He doesn’t owe anybody anything and we can’t expect him to give everything away and support everybody he interviews.
Peaceful Christianity He does help them. He obviously can’t help every single person there and most people don’t want help. He has tried to take some of them to treatment facilities and they refuse. He isn’t doing this to help all of them, it’s not possible
If you watch til the end he lists charities where you can donate money to help...
I don't understand why people are responding telling me to donate to charities. My comment was about the mental exhaustion from talking to these people and seeing these people.
When she said: "Thank you for being a wonderful man in this world. Thank you for around the world and keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine."
Omg this broke my heart and made me tear up.
Same. Same. Same.,😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I have bilolar with phycosis. There have been many times when i sound like that women. But the difference is i have a loving family who understands mental illness. Especially my mother who was a psychiatric nurse for many years. When i am at my worst. My mother is always there for me. Im terrified of my parents not being around. I could easily end up like this woman. Thank you for showing this to the world.
Monica Broussard 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾...praying for you.
I think that way all the time. You are so right.
Bless you 🙏♥
Wish my mom and family was understanding, happy you count your blessings :)
Yeap when we have mental issues we SEE the world and ppl different. I undestand u completly. 💚 I am more Stable now but yes, i am her and she is me. Hope she can find light soon.💕
Mark: "what is that?"
Ruby: "figure it out."
😂😂😂😂 Mood all 2020
I was co fused what was on her head an hands. It wasnt in the first video. My heart breaks for her. I really pray she gets help. She needs it. Poor women😔
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Not thirsty but you gorgeous
@@dmoney8502 thank you kindly sir 🤗
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am a psychiatric nurse, and this video broke my heart. Ruby seems like a beautiful woman with mental health concerns. So many individuals like her exist in this world without the proper supports. I wish her well, and hope that someone is able to connect with her to provide her with what she needs to lead a happy life.
I can’t even imagine what those eyes have seen.... Drugs no doubt bring out the demons... a Tortured soul who has lost hope... Heartbreaking
She probably did see the devil I mean who knows. Skid row sucks that bad.
Yea usually when your active in using your desensitized to traumatic things happened around you I’m sure she has seen woman beaten I’m sure even murdered being to scared to help drugs and the lifestyle that comes along with it is very ugly and dark people do very disturbing things
@@saturns2749 totally. Super sketch.
Katherine Dobson I’m literally sitting here caring. You may not believe me but I’m deadass serious and if you know how to message direct on here (I have no clue how) I’m asking you to message me.
Katherine Dobson I’m fr. Whether it’s a week from now or randomly in a year. Idc, we can def chat, we may have a lot of random things in common 💙
When she started talking about her kids she calmed down and opened up for a minute.
"thank you for being a wonderful man in this world. Thank you for going all around the world and keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine." What a beautiful and tragic statement
“Thank you for going all around the world and keeping your mind open because sometimes I have to close mine” woah.
Read your comment before i got to that part. I teared up. Totaaaally broke down when she said it in her broken voice. Ill never be able to forget this. Like when someone told me they loved being around me because i was the only person who was pleasant to listen to their voice besides their own. My heart sank to my stomach. I feel a knot in my throat. So hard to watch.
A nation is judged by how they care for their most vulnerable citizens.
Privacy Matters No. America does not do the best of any country in caring for its vulnerable.
Privacy Matters New Zealand, Australia, any Scandinavian nation, Britain, Ireland, Canada - do you want me to keep going?
Privacy Matters are you for real?! Are you aware of the situations in Britain, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Greece etc? Are you really that ignorant?
Privacy Matters as you should, given your size and population.......
Privacy Matters if that is your best you should be ashamed.
Some people so easily forget these are someone's child, someone's sibling, someone's parent, someone's friend...we're all only human. I hope one day you find peace, Ruby. 💜
Mark, your work has begun to change my outlook towards addiction, mental illness and humanity. I was hard nosed towards addicts and homeless. I have seen so much pain in these interviews, pain that only a drug can relieve for a short period of time. Thank you.
I love how Ruby always has a gift for you. You've made such an impact on her & make her feel listened too. Seems like Ruby has been thru hell & back. God bless you Ruby you deserve a better life than this. I hope someday you get the help you deserve.....
Yes Patty Ruby likes to give back to those whom give to easing her pain
Non judgemental
Being supremely sweetness.
Walk a mile in someone elses shoes ,
Then judge,
This is hard to watch, living must be so confusing and difficult for her.
Yes how sad .She must be terrified all the time .Tough lady.
Word. This was painful to watch. Ugh my heart is hurting.
This made me cry
In teeears
@@tannaviajohnson3474 I know it.Poor lady I want to hug her and bathe her feed her and tuck her in a warm soft bed .She needs that so bad.
I feel so bad for this woman. She is so far gone. Nothing she's saying seems to make sense. Thoughts are jumbled. Her emotions are constantly jumping all over the place. :/ I wonder if this is permanent or she can one day recover.
I really feel like she needs help and possible medication for mental issues she is going through. Please she deserves better I hope she can turn her life around.
I am a lesbian
@@Negativespace95 how is médications going to inporve her Life ?
@@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344 Yay ur a lesbian and?? What's ur point😕
@@lolaispure4296 it will help her mentally which will help her life. When you lose your mind you can't function.
These videos help me understand myself, siblings, and friends. It reminds me just one decision can put many of us in their shoes. Thanks Mark.
Sooo true!
bigga bigga do elaborate
There for the grace of God go I
bigga bigga and you can also have the addictive gene. Just trying to figure out how’s its more complex than I would understand
bigga bigga wow
I LOVE her she always brings him stuff and she has nothing... what a beautiful soul
The way she says “yes sir thank you” made me cry..
I don’t know if it’s because she’s being polite or because someone made her feel like she doesn’t deserve kindness so she keeps saying “yes sir, yes sir…”. I just want to hug her..
Such a caring a loving soul tormented and broken but still managing to remain
The pain. Edit: went to watch her first video. She’s deteriorated so quickly, within 3 months.
So sad. I'm going to look for her first video.
She has. I also think a big difference is she is either high here....or just beginning to come down. Where as I don't believe she was high in the first.
Depends on what they're taking, it can be a fast decline.
I think she's in the same place.
@@sammirolo yeah shes incoherent and just talking nonsense :/
Please.. I think she needs hospitalization.. She does not look good at all. My heart breaks into million pieces. I would to tell her that are people far away who care and cry for her.. Pray for all those broken souls out there.. They never found the peace they deserve.
There are over 15,000 people on skid row of which around 90% need hospitalization and many other things. It’s too hard and over populated in LA. People bring them some food weekly, and have places that give water and fresh needles to prevent spreading disease but that’s really all they can do..😢
do you want to see her on restrains and being treated like crap? there are support groups for the kind of pain, situation, she is on.
@@Thaa_judgeee they need a home. housing. and go to meetings to heal. to meet witjh people who had gonne through the same crap as many of them have, been raped as children.
anacionqtfixo I understand. I lived on skid row about 6 years ago. It’s just not that easy. How do you home over 15,000 people for free plus all the other homeless in LA. It will take time and hopefully gets better one day. But they do have people that come and do a meeting type thing is the street. Even a pastor would come on sundays and read out the Bible and do a little service.
@@Thaa_judgeee some of them are not from LA and wish probably they were closer to where theya are from. the States is not a poor country; you make AMAZON taxes as the smalll bussinesses pay and tht's the money. it will create jobs. the small town where aI live is that size. Not that much housing.
I used to drive to San Francisco once a month to give out food, water and clean socks. I never could sleep on those nights after getting home. It's heart breaking.
Man I could only wish she was doing better....
U don’t have to wish .why don’t u donate to her recovery ?
@@nicoleymacaroni How much have you donated to it ?
@@nicoleymacaroni you are so RUDE!
Mark don’t ever stop making these videos , what you do is amazing and we can’t ever thank you enough 💕
Thank you. It’s nice to know some of you see it this way.
@@SoftWhiteUnderbelly For sure..I'm in Ireland and I watch a lot of your videos. This poor woman and she is one of many. A drop in the ocean 💚💚💚☘
These are the people we should be caring for..
for what??
Yes indeed they need So much love.
She seems to be having a psychotic episode...her mind is broken.
It's called schizophrenia
@@deannasoriano2771 possibly..however...I'm not a doctor....I can only speculate...
Deanna Soriano psychosis is part of schizophrenia but psychosis from drugs is different from true schizophrenia
Yes i suffer from phycosis and i believe that was whaf she was going through
She's very broken and I wish I knew who she is and give her a damn hug.
"Respect always until disrespected first!" My new favorite quote❣️
She is tormented and needs peace and quiet. Bless her!
Damn she’s broken in a way I haven’t seen before.
Yep shes done. Mark, will you please tell us: what was all that black stuff on her and what did she throw to you? Thank u.
I’m not sure what was on her head at the start of the interview she was ranting about someone giving her “Mexican water” and said it’s not like normal water because it leaves stains and referred to her hands and head. I was thinking somebody threw something on her.
Yes that's a fact.She needs help.
Sadly drugs break the brain, I brother who has passed was addicted to ice, he was normal to begin with and then started speaking like this, crying all the time, thinking people where listening through the power lines so he ripped off the power points. It was horrible and I wish I could have help him but he pushed me away and it was so hard.
Leatherface
I didn’t under any of this. Scattered conversations. She’s in my prayers tonight
I didn’t follow anything she said. Her mind is obviously in shambles
Schizophrenic
My heart breaks for you, Ruby. You deserve to be cared for and loved. Will we as a society ever take proper care of our mentally ill? Mark, thank you for what you do. Awareness is key to saving Ruby and people like her from life on the streets.
No, not awareness, ACTION is needed
She has to quit using meth
It hugs heavy when she immediately starts crying. You can tell it’s always right under the surface… and goes to the depths of her soul. really wish her the change she deserves….
I have a patient who is schizophrenic and he always is giving us gifts. When she said she brought something for the interviewer, it reminded me of my patient. So giving.
Are all of your patients democrats?
"Thank you for keeping an open mind, because sometimes I have to close mine." I felt that
May grace wrap its arms around Ruby so she can find the help she needs ASAP. A inpatient mental health facility may be a first step.
Ruby!!! You're still fkn standing!!! Yes you are still here!!! LET SOMEONE HELP YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly!
Thank you Mark for taking time to talk to these poor souls. You are amazing. It is important to hear their voice.
You are spreading awareness bro,never stop you're a really good person and you're helping these people with this channel. God bless you.
Awww... Ruby is spinning... mind is racing... emotions running high... needs sleep!
Mucho Love and Hugs, Ruby.... ❤💙
Imagine if this was your mother. Very, very sad.
It's unimaginable that she's anyone's mother. She needs her mother and doesn't know where her children are. That might be for the best.
Or your daughter 😢
Profound thought. It’s easy to forget these beautiful souls are twisted with pain. Remembering to treat them as you would want your own mother treated is a great approach. She’s so confused. Can’t anyone help her? Rehab or hospital?
Or ur girlfriend
Or ur babysitter
💔 I work with the homeless and I get clients like this all the time ... there’s so many people that come in like this and have burned every bridge and exhausted everyone they know and been given up on....and having to work to stabilize them takes literally a team of people ... it should never get to this point and unfortunately it does every single day
Thank you for your service Bern, you are an angel. Thank you thank you THANK YOU! ✌️❤️❤️
This is so sad, when I watched her first interview three month ago I was in tears. She was so polite, hopeful and such a beautiful soul. She leafy such an impact on me and was the reason I started to do activism work for the homeless before corona. Wether it be mental health or drug use we can’t know but she needs help. And my heart aches just watching this. Please don’t let this woman die on the streets. If you interview her again let her know that we are routing for her across the globe.
Isn't it interesting how many people have opinions on Ruby's situation, BUT they cannot sort out their own situations. Food for thought....
Yea hindsight is 20/20 is actually very hard to look at your life objectively because theirs so many emotions involved.
SWU,
Mark , you are such a beautiful kind man . I adore you , your art and your work ! Thank you so much for helping the helpless , you give a voice to these beautiful humans that are suffering a life unimaginable. I wish every human had a heart like yours . I am blown away , by your compassion, and kindness. I admire you Mark ! I pray for you and I pray for your safety , health , and I pray you prosperous in every thing you do .
Bless her heart ❤️! Let’s all pray for her sanity
you can tell she is such a beautiful soul. she genuinely seems like a sweet loving women that’s been through a lot. hug your loved ones. 💓
Thank you for listening to her and being there for her. So many people are brushed off but you let them be heard and seen. These videos validate their existence when society at large says and does otherwise. You really are contributing so much to the betterment of humanity.
These interviews show people that have suffered immensely yet can somehow smile, offer to help others, etc. They manage to uplift me. I would support them how I could. Thanks for doing these. Blessings.
I just found this channel and I am stuck right to all of these videos . Great work . Sad stories .
I dedicate this video to the woman who gave me life...that's all she gave me
This broke my heart. She is not only an addict with mental issues, but she is hurting and heartbroken. She seems like she has a good heart. I will pray for her.
And this is what the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill did. Ruby and people like her are living out on the streets, with no one to care for them. They should not have thrown them out and into the community and given them the right to refuse medication that is helpful to them. They should have thrown the abusive employees out and revamped the entire system and transformed these facilities into loving homes, providing a therapeutic environment. Breaks my heart to see how mentally ill she is. This woman needs help so badly. Praying she gets rescued from her life🙏🏼
The reason all that will never happen is bc to work in the mental health or health care system takes a lot of compassion, empathy, patience, knowledge of different diagnoses to know how to treat someone or react, to possess physical and mental endurance, etc..all of these things are needed and to turn around and pay minimum wage for back breaking mentally exhausting work, leads companies to only hire completely unqualified ppl and that right there continues a failing system.. it’s terrible
@@modaciouslav4792 I worked as a nurse caring for the mentally ill, and I loved it. The therapy aids that I worked with made good money after their raises and had the best benefits available in my state and a secure guaranteed retirement. The problem was they were unionized and once they passed probation, they could not be fired for any reason at all.
Ugh I wrote a long comment, but it vanished when I tried to post it… this is all that I had copied before I finished it… sorry if my original comment does eventually post. I’ll delete this then. I just felt it was important to speak about the issue you brought up because it’s the truth and lays the blame exactly where it belongs and makes it clear it’s OUR responsibility to make it right for these people.
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I just replied on another video of Ruby’s to a judgmental comment about exactly this issue. The mass closing of institutions throughout the US left 100,000s of patients/victims out in the streets with nowhere to turn. Families didn’t take back their family members. They mostly turned their backs. Doctors did almost nothing to advocate for the mentally ill. They focused on patients covered by insurance, who paid.
Our government invested in building prisons and privatized them into profitable businesses. Jails make obscene amounts of money with very little investments/overhead. Mental health problems became criminal. Homelessness became prosecutable. The mentally ill became convicts and we simply looked the other way. Before the internet it was fairly easy to mislead people, allowing us to trust the government was doing what was right and in society’s best interest.
Ruby and countless others are a result of our apathy, ignorance, and our willingness to NOT see what it before us. There are also others that are criminals, etc…. But Ruby and others who are clinically mentally I’ll are the actual victims resulting from state, officials, medical abuse and greed. We desperately need to acknowledge we need centers and residential facilities and medical professionals to care for these people. They are entitled to exist as humans. Being mentally I’ll does not negate their humanity. We should be questioning our ethics and humanity for allowing this crisis to explode across our country and choosing to ignore it or slap a”drug addiction” label on it so we can justify the issue as self induced and criminal.
Thank you!
Please do more interviews with her! She came in my store I used to work at in San Bernardino and I always wondered what happened to her since I saw her.
Extremely hard to watch😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
Is that tar mac or some oil paint on her head and hand? Seems as though someone poured something on her and she was trying to shield herself?
I thought it was a tattoo at first but it has no pattern so it might be she shaves part of her head,no rhyme or reason to the cut or shape just probably scraps her hair off with a razor,wait no its on the side of her face by her chin IDK yea some kind of paint or ink. It's on her hands too ,from the front of the black and white photo it kind of looked like mold growing out of her head. I hope she finds help one day ,shes a sweet soul.
Nice attention to detail. I just figured it was a tattoo and didn't think much further about it.
Tar mac yeah probably. So sad. She doesnt seem to remember even what happened.
1:10
Mary Sunshine yeah it may even be some kind of skin fungus/mould. Whatever is happening to this lady I hope she can at least get some sort of medical attention.
Brokenness at a phenomenal level! 💔
Mark you are by far the best one doing these interviews on TH-cam.
Thanks.
Ruby,
You have a kind and giving energy.
You speak a lot of truth in for those of us willing to listen.💚
I don't think she's been doing good, unfortunately :( It's as if she's in the midst of a mental breakdown. Sending ALL my good thoughts to her.
Sending her love from Australia. I pray she finds happiness and good health 🌸
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Oh Ruby!!! ♥️🦅♥️🦅♥️.... please get help. I say this before even watching the whole thing. My heart hurts
What did she say was with the discoloration
Minerva Minavera Mexican water
Ruby is a gift from God and Mark for you to reply so kindly, “I Love You, too!” was precious!! You are such a beautiful soul yourself and I wish the whole world would watch your videos! They are all so humbling and just make me feel grateful and each video has someone beautiful inside in my opinion!!! Love Miss Ruby and God bless this sweet lady🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've met so many people & nearly lost my whole mind due to drug use. LSD pcp meth & crack have caused so many to become schizophrenic or suffer from deep psychosis. I know people who have came out of it with help & medications but most are in mental institutions & idk if they'll ever get out. If they do most have nowhere to go long term and end up on the streets sick anyways. It's so very heartbreaking.
LSD? i understand that it is a drug to cause psychosis but I disagree that it fits in the same category as PCP meth and crack. Psychedelics like LSD can have positive changes to ones perspective on life (if taken appropriately and considering mental health genetics, etc.) Where as PCP, meth, heroine, etc don't improve but rather destroys ones life over time.
@@cinda9278 Maybe so I have heard that but people who use it like that are few & far between so I'll leave it as this All drug's including LSD & all
Recreational drug use of any kind of drug is extremely dangerous & playing Russian roulette with one's life when doing so period.
Cinda I had a “bad” trip on acid and went to hell. Even though the trip was terrifying I know god is real now. I’m completely fucked up mentally by it but I’m kind of glad I had that bad trip, kinda saved my life in a way.
She looked so much better in the first video.
I hate this for her.
She did! Really gone down hill fast. 💔
I see ahuge downfall from the first interview. She almost seems manic in a way. She needs intervention - seriously, this nation (its citizens) fails its people when it comes to mental health.
She's so respectful, polite and such a character. Looks like she's very interesting to talk to or hang out with that's for sure. 👍🏻✌️
I remember coming back to her first interview so many times just because of the thumbnail....just so much pain in one photo breaks my heart 💔 I am so sorry Ruby
This made me so SAD! But also so grateful for my life....whenever I think I've got it bad I simply tune in and gain perspective. Thank you for shedding light to a woman in MI.
She might be confused about a lot of things, but the one thing she is sure of is the fact that Mark cares- and she is thankful. Respect man.
Oh, man. When I was a kid, my mom had a friend a lot like her that lived on the streets in KC. I never met her, but I had dozens of conversations like this with her over the years. She would call to talk to my mom and if mom wasn't home, she would talk to me. She would pour her heart out to me even though I was only 8, 10, 12, 13, years old. She just wanted to connect with someone so badly. She'd lost custody of her children and it wasn't long into the phone calls before she would cry like this and try to pull herself together with a joke, only to start sobbing again over her babies who were pre-teens by that time. They were still infants to her. She made sure to remind me that I had a good mom over and over again. She had 2 tiny dogs that managed to survive several crack houses with her. Until one didn't. I remember that phone call above all others, because this woman finally broke completely. My mom tried to help her but there was always a reason she couldn't be helped. She died on the floor of a crack house. I was told by everyone that knew her that she had the biggest blue eyes you ever saw. Bette Davis eyes, they said. RIP Sherri 💛
I live in KC to man these streets are pretty rough. I been struggling with meth and fentanyl for awhile but im doing alright.
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6:05 “you’re my everything, the whole enchilada wey” LMAO, That was funny, God bless her.
“If you want to change the world go home and love your family” couldn’t be truer now. Love your children, hug them a bit longer today, tell them you love them, show them you love them, give them your everything Bc they are our future .
Whitney Houston said it best!! 😂 for real tho, ur absolutely right
No this isn’t true. That’s not the message mark is trying to send.
@@nicoleymacaroni I know it's been a year since you wrote your comment, but I feel the need to respond. As generic as it sounds, 'go home & love your family' is honestly the easiest, most important action a parent/ guardian can do to lower the chances of their children/ vulnerable family members from ending up like so many on Mark's channel.
Kids who grow up without love & support are FAR more likely to grow into lost adults.
So ya, it really does all start at home.
As for what message Mark is trying to send, I don't think he's trying to send a SPECIFIC message. I think it's all up for personal interpretation; but all in hopes that it sparks SOMETHING in the viewers mind that can be helpful- in any way. If a viewer watches an interview & takes from that- that they need to spend more time with their kids, that's something positive that came out of Mark's work. That's what matters.
Daily routine seems to make us forget how blessed we are. These videos remind me every day how good I have it and how lucky I am to have the parents and family I have. God bless you Mark, you do amazing work.
Poor Ruby. Another lost person. Her heart is not bad, just lost. Bless her.
If there’s one person out of all your interviewees I wish I could help it’s Ruby. All that brokenness and gentleness and yet, oddly, hope...her pain and loss move me greatly and I hope that God in his mercy one day welcomes her home to a peace that she has probably never known in this life. Ruby, I love you too. We all do.
The work you’re doing is something that the government should be doing 😇
I think a big factor that contributes into choosing a self-destructive path is guilt. Some people blame on themselves the terrible and traumatic experiences that had happened to them even though they had no control over it, further they can’t manage to let go making more and more bad decisions. My father was homeless by choice. No matter how many times we tried to bring him home, he always went back until he died on a sidewalk. He was beaten there, tortured, kidnapped, and who knows what else but he always went back. Physical addition to drugs and alcohol can be cured but once your mind is broken, it cant be fixed. Please please take care of your children, they’re so fragile and your guidance and protection is crucial for them.
I was thinking about this the other night because I have been clean since 2015 and I just in the last two weeks forgave myself and realized I’m still worthy of love( even tho I’ve been abused a lot.)
That guilt and shame is a motherfucker, even when it’s not ours to carry. And trauma can take so long to even look at.
While you are still alive there is a chance. It might be small but there is a chance
This is so true.. there might be few people with no conscious but out of all the feelings I’ve felt, guilt was the worst. Guilt is such a strong feeling, it eats you up and you will never have peace. There are things that wasn’t your fault and you shouldn’t blame yourself. Things that you’ve done, you need ask for forgiveness and then forgive yourself. Sadly I think most of the people who feel guilt are good people and in the end it kills them.
Alla Deese 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 so true
there are sociological issues at stake that we tend to "psychologize". This is a good example of individualistic thinking. I believe on the contrary that is no coincidence that America suffers from this kind of stuff more than many "developed" countries, and it can't be because americans happen to be more self-destructive than other people. It is much more related to the society as a whole, its economy, its political system and the crucial role of institutions...
I just want to give her a big hug. She seems like a kind-hearted woman💖
Mark, I just wanted to say I have recently found your account and I appreciate your heart for people so much. Just started watching your interviews with Ruby from first to most recent and I find myself sobing into my hands. Her progression, mannerisms, and speech remind me so much of my birth mother, who also fell through the cracks when it came to mental health and substance abuse treatment. You're someone I would love to share my story with because I know you would be eager and open to listen. But I digress... my birth mom is now living (hopefully still alive) in a location unknown to me because we could not keep up with her constant relocation after I was finally out of foster care homes and adopted. I tried so hard to care for her when I was younger but had to let go eventually. Seeing Ruby and how she speaks of her visions and the way her stories run together are so familiar to me. It breaks my heart in such an unspeakable way. Again, thank you for giving a voice to these people and earnestly listening to their words and their hearts. I admire you and send love ❤
She seems to be in a psychotic state meth derived. Yet I see a soul shine through when it can, a great mibd put to the use of insanity... Whe she says she doesn't know where the five children are... Let's pray for her and her children, that they may be loved and at peace... And ruby seems so smart and kind beneath the drugs, may she find recovery
Beautiful comment
What a beautiful soul xx I’m sorry you feel so sad right now Ruby. I wish I could take your pain, tears and mental torment away from you.
Sending you lots of love from Australia xx
This is why I stayed single after leaving a Narcissist.
Same, so much better and I'm happier
And thats how u become a narcissist yourself
This person is schizophrenic. Not a narcissist. Fact not opinion.
@Steph C I was thinking the same! I have had lots of great relationships that didn't work out, as well as a couple of pretty lousy ones (glad they didn't work out).....have a great relationship going on seven years now, she is perfect!
Are people ok!
I've watched every interview on this channel & while of course I feel for all , Ruby really got me. I pray she gets the help & piece of mind she deserves.they all do! I'm rooting for you Ruby!💋
First , thank you sir for what you do and sharing the stories of souls that are struggling, though some are not so unhappy. You are incredibly talented person . Thank you for using your skills to so purely and compassionately capture their moment in time . The knowledge and insight we can gain from your work is priceless.
What’s up with people giving/gifting items? I have a sibling that does that too. Sometimes she’ll “gift” my own stuff.
Meow so my sibling is being charitable when they give me my own items pawning them off as if it isn’t mine
Meow i was being sincere. You should try it sometime
Tell your sister to leave your stuff alone.
Monica G. Only if that worked. I tried. I just moved away bc of all my family drama.
They don’t to be around much longer
Dear Ruby
I pray you get safe and have the help you truly need.
Whatever gets you through
I pray you get it
🙏😢❤️
No words can express this.
I weep with you sister.
Ruby, I'm so sorry. I believe God has a special place seated at His table, where all His children are welcomed! I hope you slow down a little while and sleep. I'm so sorry ...I wish I could hug the pain right out of your heart 💔
Another beautiful comment ❤️
Omg she broke my heart. God Bless Ruby.
Ruby is the one person I can never get out of my head. I think of her all the time, pray for her. She has touched me so deeply with her kind heart and innocent ways. I pray to source that she finds peace and gets some help. I will continue to think about her and pray for her forever. Thank you, Mark, for giving these people a voice and an ear, for hearing them and for sharing their stories for people to see. Addiction touches all walks of life, and mental health issues run rampant. They go hand in hand oftentimes. People need to watch these videos and see the humanity in each and every person you photograph and interview. The homeless, mentally ill and downtrodden are invisible to so many people. Thank you again for seeing them, and giving them an outlet to be seen as individuals; as human beings, and to allow people to see that this could be your daughter, son, sister, brother. Ruby has such a sweet innocence and kindness to her. Thank you for posting updates and for all you do behind the scenes for these people as well. I was so happy to see Amanda’s update yesterday!! Keep up your incredible work and most importantly, your kindness to these lost souls. It means so much.