Caroline has been offered help in the form of a free rehab program. She passed on that offer. I’ve learned that until an addict is ready I can only do so much. A person very experienced in addiction and recovery once told me, if an addict is ready to quit no one can stop them, but if an addict is not ready to quit no one can make them.
As someone in recovery this is true. But please try & keep judgement of that person out of it. When substances are someone’s life, taking them away can be like taking away their reason to live. I do talks for doctors about addiction now and the thing I say to them is that it’s not really about what they think recovery is - stopping the drink/drug. It’s about changing EVERYTHING else.
We also need to try to understand that this is the life they have grown comfortable with; no matter how it looks to us- they have grown comfortable in it. To leave the only form of routine that they know could be devastating and completely traumatizing to them. If they are safe, have a way to eat and sleep- we should let them have the only form of life they know.
Mark has said that she's the only person who's tried to pay him back and she does it all in this condition. She is one of the sweetest people he's interviewed.
My mother had schizophrenia and chose to stay living on the street no matter how much I tried to help her. She was the kindest sweetest soul .She was assaulted multiple times and almost killed. I finally was able to get her off the street legally when she became a senior. when I hear Caroline talk about her daughter, it brings it all back for me.
Have you read The Class Castle - I think you would really relate i have it on audible it is one of my favourite books and I relate - andThe Liar's club by Mary Karr one of the best books ever in my book a memoir and her mother had many breaks in her life - you have a rich history of story - it is how i commute my trauma and these authors in their memoirs love from Ireland
I wish her a warm fire a safe encampment for the night and this woman needs a shopping spree Mark ... she would probably go to an army supply store and get sturdy elements for life - and a warm meal and whatever brings her comfort tonight - but that would be the greatest video of taking her not Rebecca shoping she may just go to the grocer
She’s not even that old. I think she’s only 44 or something. She looks 64. If you see her first interview, she is absolutely gorgeous and very young looking. It wasn’t that long ago.
What a special woman. It makes me so sad to see her suffer, but I’m also so impressed that she has survived her journey. Caroline is someone I wish the blessings of the world to her.
Look, I understand people wanting her to have blessings. She is a human being and she deserves help. But what is this nonsense "What a special woman"? What is special about her? Shes a drug addicted lunatic. Shes probably caused alot of pain for her friends and family and you're here saying shes special. I tell you who's special? People who work hard, raise a family, dont cause problems for other people. Not druggies on the streets.
Oh man this breaks my heart; Caroline has been suffering for such a long time. Despite her obvious mental health issues and drug use her basic goodness and sweetness always shines through despite the fog of her mind......It kills me that she is and remains in this state. I cringe when I think of men using/abusing her and worry about her living on the streets in such a vulnerable condition.
Me too. She doesn’t deserve the hand she’s been dealt, starting with the respected and revered “Exemplary Christian Man” who systematically abused her and others when she was a little girl. People say addiction is a choice but if you have so much pain and are looking for relief and see no other options is it really a choice?
Caroline is so beautiful. Such a shame to see her eaten up by drugs and the streets. Her mind is also eaten up by drugs. Mark, I don’t know how you do this every day! Seeing these people just disintegrate before your eyes has to be hard on you. Thank you for looking out for them, as best you can, and keeping us updated. This one, in particular, hurts.
@@psychoticchemist It's brought on by her constant heroin use for a big part of her life. Go back and watch the first interview which was done like 10 years ago but think it was aired in the Spring of 2020. She was nothing like this.
@@carlosbent5046 No, Caroline is Mark's very first interview he did back in something like 2011, but he parked the project and didn't publish until he started SWU. She has since done another 4 or 5 interviews. This is the first in quite a while.
@Miss.Florida.Winner She does not qualify for hospice. She is not considered terminally ill and does not have a terminal disease that will end her life in 6 months or less. Due to her heroin addiction she will need to be in a detox center where she can be closely monitored and given drugs and supportive care to help through the withdrawal symptoms which are often severe and can even cause death. She will need treatment and counseling for her mental health and learn how to deal with triggers and urges. This is often ongoing for the rest of a person's life. I know from personal experience with someone in my family.
Please keep all of us informed as to Carolyn's situation. She is a family member of mine and until I found this site I could not find out where she was at. I only knew she was an addict living on the street. Several stints in rehab were not successful and we lost her
I think watching SWU makes you realize how little material stuff matters in life and what’s really important. I now feel content and lucky having a warm, safe place to live and a roof over my head, food to eat, with a few people around to care about and love and who love me. I think everyone deserves the same. Watching this channel makes you more grateful for, and aware of, your blessings.
Could be from a number of different catalysts, but the short answer is: mental illness. Addiction, too, is a mental illness. It’s likely the drug use lead to (or exasperated) the symptoms of an underlying disease or disorder such as paranoid schizophrenia.
My human heart is breaking for people you interview Mark. They are such beautiful human beings who have lost themselves somewhere along the way, due to hard circumstances I cannot relate to or comprehend. Watching these people talk, in an instant, I know what our purpose on this planet is. It is to open our hearts and help one another. Knowingly or not, you're doing just that Mark. Thank you.
This woman is amazing. She is one of the toughest women I have ever seen. She will be in my prayers constantly because she does not deserve to be hurt by anybody.
it's amazing they can send people into space...but not fix a broken brain. My sister suffered from mental illness...this video really hits home...just sad she has to get into a car for money and shame on the men who use a sick woman. Yes Mark please keep up with helping out when you can. It makes such a huge difference.
Hi Mark I just saw the first interview you had with Caroline 3 1/2 yrs ago and to look at her now and speaking it’s very sad. Caroline was a beautiful very smart woman and it’s unfortunate what the drugs have done to her body and mindset. Caroline I wish the best of luck and hope you get off the streets soon.
I remember your first interview with Caroline and she was so beautiful. I feel so sad for her. She’s been on skid row for years I can’t believe it’s the same person. Thank you for all the updates on Caroline I look forward to seeing more updates on this lovrely lady
Crazy or not, drug addicted or not , Caroline is a bad ass for being able to survive this long on the LA streets . I know first hand . I stayed in a high-rise on 5th and main and would watch the most horrific things on those streets from my 6th floor view . I never needed TV. My view had drama 24/7. Caroline is a Warrior!
You can’t say you know “first hand” unless you have ACTUALLY walked in her shoes. Not just a spectator from an actual home. NOBODY can truly say they fully understand anything about Caroline except for others like her that walk similar shoes.
Poor Caroline,I wish she was on a soft couch, with a bubble bath near by and a nice warm bed. She deserves way more than she settles for. I worry for her......sweet woman.
@@julieann4616there’s so much more to it then that. Sexual abuse, abandonment, trust issues from adults not helping her when they should have, grief and trauma. Please be compassionate.
Dear Caroline ❤ It was such a shock to see the interviews that followed her first one. I was so excited to see her featured today...but I end up weeping thru it....her tortured soul...
Wow, when Mark asked Caroline in her first video from 2010 what she wanted to say to her daughter, she began to cry and give a true heartfelt answer with care and compassion. Fast forward to 2024, Mark asked her the same question and she said to call 911 and mumble and develop a relationship with them and she said this with no emotion and no awareness. This woman is sadly gone. Years of hard core drugs have completely made her slip into schizophrenia.
It’s hard to believe there are men out there that could get intimate with someone with heavy mental issues like this. It’s hard to even grasp the nitty gritty of the deep dark recesses of life that go on in skid row. It’s scary to think about.
Mark really doesn't "need" to do anything, but i would not be surprised if he did have contact with the family, but who knows. I am also guessing he did talk to her about a program @Miss.Florida.Winner
@Miss.Florida.Winner That's not what hospice is for... It says he was offered a rehab & she turned it down. Unless someone can Baker Act her, it's a tuff sad situation. 😢❤
men dont get intimate with prostitutes . its just sex for money , whether its a street hooker or a highly paid escort , its still basically the same thing .
Caroline is such a sweet soul. I'm happy to see she is still with us, though I was hoping she would be in a better place than before. She deserves so much more than this.
I wonder what came first with Caroline. The mental illness or the drugs. The fact that she continues to survive out there, for all this time is remarkable.
the easiest place to be homeless is skid row , the worst part about it is that its just so damn dirty over there . but homeless people can get drugs , food , clothes , and showers over there almost every day . its a one stop shop for people who are homeless .
The drugs, watch her first interview. She was and still is a 1st class beauty, then it was a clear physical beauty with a blessed mind of kindness. Now that beauty of soul has manages to endure despite decades of pain that those of us that did survive and escape this would never dream of the decades of torment and suffering both physical and emotional. Who's mind would not have broken and yet to remain so righteous and kind. I wish, truly as I can see she is not capable of sobriety, that I could give her a place and the opiates needed that she may never have to risk her life again. Caroline, sweet caroline. If only I was in the position.
@@Tomdog83 just watched the current video Mark has of Caroline all these years later and she looks so so bad. The deterioration is absolutely overwhelming to look at… she is in such psychosis with her heroin and crack addiction. I don’t really believe this will ever change and Caroline will die one day before her time from it all. I can’t imagine what her potential could have been…😢❤
My Dad was homeless for about 25 years. He passed at 58, cardiovascular diease. He kept in contact with his parents and my whole life I never understand why he choose that lifestyle. It was because it was easier to party and carry on that lifestyle. It was a small freedom he still had to choose. He went back out after a sickness and died alone. He said he didn't want to die on his brothers couch. Yes his mental illness was off the charts. Alcoholism was his thang and never did a needle...but I know he smoked the shit 😮. Sometimes in life we take roads that never leads anywhere and half way through there is no turning back. I'm glad he had a tribe . I read all his hospital reports...hit by a bus, lite on fire. Drunk and disorderly. God Blessed him and Peace he found. ❤
Sorry you had to deal with that. My dad was an alcoholic. A gunshot ended his life. But, he wasn't on the streets. He did work as a cab driver and a bellboy at these ritzy hotels in Atlanta, Ga. He lived for that drink. He died in 1972. He's been gone a long time. I so wished I could have had a normal dad. He was abusive to my mother. She finally got away from him and we left while he was at work. My grandmother sent the money for the tickets. I remember pulling up in this small town in the middle of the night on a Greyhound bus. Been here ever since. Now I'm an old lady. My life hasn't been easy. But, I've done the best I could considering. Hope you have had a better life. Children of alcoholics.....well, they've seen enough. And, children of alcoholics do pay for their alcoholic dads or moms mistakes, in some way or another. I never realized it, until I went to therapy, just how my dad affected my life.
😢My ex and kids father has a similar story yet he only made it to 41 yrs old. His alcoholism and drug use but mostly the alcoholism was soo severe. He had Cirrhosis of the Liver really bad. But what did him in was 2 separate incidents of 1 a former co worker who pushed of a wall he was sitting on and n gave him a concussion. But it was the last aggression towards him some Meth head had done a Judo move on him and slammed his head on concrete. He thought my ex’s gf stole something from him. This is during Covid and they didn’t allow anyone in the hospital to advocate for him. They eventually did surgery as his head was swelling like a watermelon but after the surgery that area got infected and his brain got infected they had to take off part of his skull and part of his brain. He never recovered from that. If I had realized better the doctors tried to tell me but we his family wanted to give him a chance at recovery and the doctors were pushing for Hospice. I should have listened to the doctors as they knew he would never recover. Basically if you cannot swallow on your own than it don’t keep a person alive in a feeding tube and respirator let them die naturally because if you cannot swallow on your own that’s your bodies way of shutting down. Every case is different with the severe head trauma and part of his brain gone he wasn’t coming back. We gave his body a long time to recover but if he could have told us he would’ve wanted to go sooner. I feel soo guilty and apologize to my ex for not letting him go sooner. My ex was a small to medium built guy and he could fight the alcoholism made him weak and those two punks took advantage of that and seriously harmed a defenseless person. Who pushes someone off a wall? These are all cowardly forms of violence. They will see when they pass the wrongs they committed
Bless your heart my dad committed suicide in 2019 his kidney's could not take anymore alcohol he chose alcohol though he was a reputable professor and scientist and father of 3he chose i hope to find peace that you have with his choices ... thank you for sharing your grace
While her logic evades most listeners, there is an internal logic and flow to her narrative that makes sense to her and helps her make sense of her world. That deserves respect. She's engaged in a constant process of sense-making vis a vis the world around her, like we all are. In this way, she's just like the rest of us.
The bit that especially struck me was when she said about having been murdered, but she was still alive. That must really resonate with survivors of rape & violent assault, feeling dead inside, whilst externally still alive & going through the motions. 😢
You know I’ve always said that. It’s like she knows what’s she saying. And sometimes I can pick out a few sentences and they make sense. In some crazy way.
Such a sweet, sweet soul. Yes her mind may be irreparably damaged from drug use, but it hasn’t changed her disposition. She reminds me of Evelyn. Do you know that I still cry over Evelyn’s passing? She and others. Their stories stay with me. Mark I know the past few months have been absolutely brutal for you. You don’t even share the extent of it. I’m just glad that though struggling, you keep pouring out compassion for the least and the most vulnerable. Hero’s all get attacked these days.
It's fascinating to hear her speak with total clarity about tangible items like her sweater, phone, and sleeping bag. But speaking about herself and her life... totally different. I wish her well and hope she stays safe.
“It’s whoever is wearing me”…that is the wildest statement I THOUGHT I had ever heard until she said “the people in the cars are stealing my energy, and this is going to be going on all day”. My goodness she breaks my heart.
She may be referring to different personality aspects that she wears with different people, and she gets into cars all day to have sex for drug money - which is surely very draining. She’s put on the edge of sense, but both those phrases make sense to me.
Remember she was someone’s baby once this effects everyone around her I feel bad for her and her family I know it’s hard to watch a family member go through this and the helplessness you feel cus there’s nothing you can do except wait for a lucid moment she is in such a dangerous situation I wish her well love and light
Caroline's very first interview till now is heartbreaking! She was coherent, she seemed happy! Seems like a totally different person. I hope some way some how she makes it out of this❤❤❤❤
I would like to thank Mark Laita Soft White for creating such an impactful video, which brings awareness for many. Not everyone suffers from drug addictions but also mental and health challenges. Caroline is a brave soul and it’s a blessing in itself to be called her Hero. Affinity Painting buckets of love campaign’s mission is to reach those who really need and want help. Our goal is not only service our clients but to service your community. We trust that through our Buckets of Love, we will continues to reach anyone in need.
Every time I watch her interviews I feel like all the people she feels are taking the pieces of her are all the "Johns", users and abusers that have done just that - took advantage of this woman over the years diminishing her self worth, positivity and anything precious to her about her until mentally there is no "her" left... The mental illness is vocalising what a lot of the "working girls" must feel like at least to some extent. That's just how I interpret it. Either way - my heart breaks for her and I wish Caroline the best life which she deserves.
Just looking at her hands in her portrait makes me want to cry. She's so frail . So lost. So broken.I hope she is able to get off the streets. She doesn't belong there.
Caroline reminds me of my own mother. The endless delusional verbal stimming chatter. I learned to sit with her and make a safe space for her. Just as Mark is doing with Caroline.
She’s not entirely off when she talks about different energies… i’ve had enough interesting, spiritual experiences to realize that there are so many things I don’t understand about our planes of existence.
Society is only as strong as it's most vulnerable members. What does it say about our society that we allow people our fellow man to struggle like this?
I received my book today and it will be not only a work of art from you it will be a constant reminder to be kind and help people and all things vulnerable….
When Caroline talks about her daughter and people having her in different lives, it’s almost likes she’s trying to say that she hopes her & her daughter are together and happy in another parallel universe. It’s like she’s personified her drugs/homelessness as these people that have control of her. Very sad to see such a beautiful woman so lost in her own mind/drug abuse.
I waited so looong to get a Caroline update. She will ALWAYS be my fave on this channel. Cool, beautiful, kind-hearted, intelligent woman that just needs help to get better. ❤💔
I've watched several of Caroline interviews and seeing how she has progressed in her addiction. Her mind is lapsing and losing reality thank you for this update and I wonder how many more there will be before her body can no longer handle this. I'm praying for you Caroline😢😢
It's amazing that she has enough of an anchor hold on reality to secure some kind of food and shelter for herself but she is clearly in desperate need of help . I don't think that giving an addict money is a great long-term solution to keep them out of trouble but Mark has a good heart and does a lot for them behind the scenes as well as bringing them much-needed exposure !
Looks can be deceiving. When the video first started I was so excited because she looks beautiful and healthy. As soon as she starts talking you realize how bad she seems support. She seems like such an amazing caring person. May she find peace one day ❤. It would be so interesting to hear from her daughter.
I was just thinking about Caroline the other day. On the one hand I'm glad to see she's still around, but on the other it's so so sad to see how much she's deteriorated over the years. I hope the best for her.
Caroline, thank you for the update. I’m glad to see you’re still around. Please listen to any advice Mark gives you. Stay safe. Much love to you from Michigan 🙏❤️❤️❤️
I agree with Mark. I give money to active addicts also because just like you said, if you don’t give it to them, they may do something they don’t want to for it. Also, they are not going to get clean just because you said no. God bless you Mark for everything!🙏🏼
Absolutely. I do too, i want them to feel seen, so to speak. I used to give my tip money to one particular woman, a german heroin addict who came here in the 70s, i think. Or i would give her my clothes, which she probably sold, haha. Make sure to do whatever you can, small things are important. ❤
Speaking of the Affordable Connectivity Program, of which I'm a member, it is going to be cut off this month if Congress doesn't include it in the budget. Please - CALL YOUR CONGRESSPEOPLE AND SENATORS and tell them to keep it in!
@@bernitajenkins7581 it's not that they're purposely blocking it - MTG would certainly make a video about if that was the deal - but they just haven't made it a priority. And I wouldn't doubt that most of the GOP's current base have their own "Obamaphones".
Mark You have so much Patience to be able to sit and talk to these people that are so Mentally ill on top of being drug addicts. The conversations are so bizzare and disturbing how Caroline truly believes that this is Reality . Your kindness and will to listen to these people and be non judging while i’m watching saying OMG how can he get through these interviews, sometimes I have to walk away it gets so intense. Again Mark I think You are an incredible human being God Bless You
I’m afraid for Caroline that her mind and body has taken too much damage to the point of no return but with God all things are possible. I pray she can heal and get sober…we are rooting for you Caroline!!
Caroline has been offered help in the form of a free rehab program. She passed on that offer. I’ve learned that until an addict is ready I can only do so much. A person very experienced in addiction and recovery once told me, if an addict is ready to quit no one can stop them, but if an addict is not ready to quit no one can make them.
As someone in recovery this is true. But please try & keep judgement of that person out of it. When substances are someone’s life, taking them away can be like taking away their reason to live.
I do talks for doctors about addiction now and the thing I say to them is that it’s not really about what they think recovery is - stopping the drink/drug. It’s about changing EVERYTHING else.
It is best to help with no expectations. That way you also don't feel the urge to scold.
Thanks for Caroline’s update. I always wonder about her
This is true.the most you can do is say," I m here when you re ready", don t enable them, pray for them
We also need to try to understand that this is the life they have grown comfortable with; no matter how it looks to us- they have grown comfortable in it.
To leave the only form of routine that they know could be devastating and completely traumatizing to them.
If they are safe, have a way to eat and sleep- we should let them have the only form of life they know.
Mark has said that she's the only person who's tried to pay him back and she does it all in this condition. She is one of the sweetest people he's interviewed.
I love and adore her!
she is an absolute doll.
My mother had schizophrenia and chose to stay living on the street no matter how much I tried to help her. She was the kindest sweetest soul .She was assaulted multiple times and almost killed. I finally was able to get her off the street legally when she became a senior. when I hear Caroline talk about her daughter, it brings it all back for me.
Happy you were able to get your mom home, you're a good daughter.
so sorry you, as her child had to deal with that but god bless you for saving her.
You seem like an amazing daughter ❤. Sorry you had to go through that.
The government needs to get the message that state hospitals served a very important purpose. They need to be brought back in some form.
Have you read The Class Castle - I think you would really relate i have it on audible it is one of my favourite books and I relate - andThe Liar's club by Mary Karr one of the best books ever in my book a memoir and her mother had many breaks in her life - you have a rich history of story - it is how i commute my trauma and these authors in their memoirs love from Ireland
Sweet beautiful woman. A woman this sick and at this age living on the streets is heartbreaking. I wish her peace and love.
Well said. Heartbreaking to watch. I can’t imagine how Mark feels every day. To think he’s attacked often just blows my mind when all he does is care.
I think she is only in her late 40s/early 50s. She’s had a rough life.
I wish her a warm fire a safe encampment for the night and this woman needs a shopping spree Mark ... she would probably go to an army supply store and get sturdy elements for life - and a warm meal and whatever brings her comfort tonight - but that would be the greatest video of taking her not Rebecca shoping she may just go to the grocer
She’s not even that old. I think she’s only 44 or something. She looks 64. If you see her first interview, she is absolutely gorgeous and very young looking. It wasn’t that long ago.
@@Emzzz78Exactly!
What a special woman. It makes me so sad to see her suffer, but I’m also so impressed that she has survived her journey. Caroline is someone I wish the blessings of the world to her.
I’d love to see her clean and happy. I’d love to see an update video of her with her daughter happy and healthy. Drugs are so horrible
@@Emzzz78 I would love that too
Look, I understand people wanting her to have blessings. She is a human being and she deserves help. But what is this nonsense "What a special woman"? What is special about her? Shes a drug addicted lunatic. Shes probably caused alot of pain for her friends and family and you're here saying shes special. I tell you who's special? People who work hard, raise a family, dont cause problems for other people. Not druggies on the streets.
And her son, Charlie. I hope he is well.
If I could lift one person on this channel up out of their problems it would be Caroline.
same thoughts ❤😢
me too! it’s so frustrating when you want more for them then they even want for themselves. I’d ❤ to see her get clean.
I wish you could find some help for her, unfortunately
Me three..
Oh man this breaks my heart; Caroline has been suffering for such a long time. Despite her obvious mental health issues and drug use her basic goodness and sweetness always shines through despite the fog of her mind......It kills me that she is and remains in this state. I cringe when I think of men using/abusing her and worry about her living on the streets in such a vulnerable condition.
You. Horrible
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Me too. She doesn’t deserve the hand she’s been dealt, starting with the respected and revered “Exemplary Christian Man” who systematically abused her and others when she was a little girl. People say addiction is a choice but if you have so much pain and are looking for relief and see no other options is it really a choice?
I remember the very first conversation .....so heart-breaking to see her like this
Looks totally different
She was so pretty.
Me too… and please get help Caroline, you are such psychosis - if u go to rehab , get help with anti- psychotic meds you will prosper
Caroline is so beautiful. Such a shame to see her eaten up by drugs and the streets. Her mind is also eaten up by drugs. Mark, I don’t know how you do this every day! Seeing these people just disintegrate before your eyes has to be hard on you. Thank you for looking out for them, as best you can, and keeping us updated. This one, in particular, hurts.
It’s worth mentioning that this is a case of inherent mental illness - not mental damage from the drugs she’s done
Money. But he thinks he's saving the world by exploiting the mentally ill for entertainment.
@@psychoticchemistwhat makes you say this isn’t due to drug use?
@@psychoticchemistAs someone who has been watching Caroline since the beginning of her time on skid row, I politely disagree.
@@psychoticchemist It's brought on by her constant heroin use for a big part of her life. Go back and watch the first interview which was done like 10 years ago but think it was aired in the Spring of 2020. She was nothing like this.
I’m so sorry to see Caroline in this condition. I can’t finish watching this. So very tragic
Is this the lady with the dead rat 🐁 mouse 🐀
@@carlosbent5046 no that was someone a couple videos back who had lice and i couldnt watch that one cuz i have a lice phobia xD
@@carlosbent5046 No, Caroline is Mark's very first interview he did back in something like 2011, but he parked the project and didn't publish until he started SWU. She has since done another 4 or 5 interviews. This is the first in quite a while.
I forced myself 2 listen
She still has intial cognitive responses 2 Marks questions...even tho she trails off always
Caroline is schizophrenic and street drugs are not helping. She's one of Marks first interviews and a real sweetheart.
The drugs made her mentally ill
@@thematriarchy2075 She's taking street drugs because she's mentally ill.
@@LiesaW-mz8ojI think you are mistaken. She became mentally ill while on skid row and on drugs
She didn’t seem schizophrenic in the first interview though.. maybe the drugs caused all of this?
What do you think?
@@stuff1784 She's clearly deteriorated a lot, yes.
Even as fragmented as her mind is you Can feel how kind her spirit is thank you Mark for helping her stay out of cars even if it's just for today.
I’ll never forget Caroline giving Mark money. That shows who she really is. It’s always good to see her alive. Bless her! ❤️
A nice lady hope she gets what she needs
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@Miss.Florida.Winner She does not qualify for hospice. She is not considered terminally ill and does not have a terminal disease that will end her life in 6 months or less. Due to her heroin addiction she will need to be in a detox center where she can be closely monitored and given drugs and supportive care to help through the withdrawal symptoms which are often severe and can even cause death. She will need treatment and counseling for her mental health and learn how to deal with triggers and urges. This is often ongoing for the rest of a person's life. I know from personal experience with someone in my family.
I don’t remember her but I’ve been watching mark since 2020?🤷♀️
I hope she finds help or people help her.
@@joannerudolph5028There are several other interviews of Caroline.
Please keep all of us informed as to Carolyn's situation. She is a family member of mine and until I found this site I could not find out where she was at. I only knew she was an addict living on the street. Several stints in rehab were not successful and we lost her
Isn't there another way you can contact Mark? He probably won't see this comment.
Perhaps you can reconnect through him?
I think watching SWU makes you realize how little material stuff matters in life and what’s really important. I now feel content and lucky having a warm, safe place to live and a roof over my head, food to eat, with a few people around to care about and love and who love me. I think everyone deserves the same. Watching this channel makes you more grateful for, and aware of, your blessings.
I totally agree with you..
Agree
and our minds, the stability of our minds, we take it for granted.
She sounds completely crazy and extremely intelligent all at the same time. She’s a beautiful soul.
HOW in the heck can someone be SO lucid and coherent one second, and literally the next second be completely gone??!
Methamphetamine
Undiagnosed schizophrenia 💔
Could be from a number of different catalysts, but the short answer is: mental illness. Addiction, too, is a mental illness. It’s likely the drug use lead to (or exasperated) the symptoms of an underlying disease or disorder such as paranoid schizophrenia.
Be grateful that you clearly do not understand it. And you don’t have to either. Just be compassionate, that’s our only job.
This is so heartbreaking. A completely different person than the one interviewed in 2010. 😔
Literally
Mark. U never seem judgey when u interview them. You are literally one of my favorite people.
My human heart is breaking for people you interview Mark. They are such beautiful human beings who have lost themselves somewhere along the way, due to hard circumstances I cannot relate to or comprehend.
Watching these people talk, in an instant, I know what our purpose on this planet is. It is to open our hearts and help one another. Knowingly or not, you're doing just that Mark. Thank you.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU
Me too
There's a soft spot in my heart for Caroline.
She is so lucid when she talks about how to get a free phone. She is a survivor
Underneath the bleakness is a beautiful person.
Yes she is ❤
She literally only cares about saving other people. Never herself. She is surviving for the side of good energy in the universe. 😭.
This woman is amazing. She is one of the toughest women I have ever seen. She will be in my prayers constantly because she does not deserve to be hurt by anybody.
it's amazing they can send people into space...but not fix a broken brain. My sister suffered from mental illness...this video really hits home...just sad she has to get into a car for money and shame on the men who use a sick woman. Yes Mark please keep up with helping out when you can. It makes such a huge difference.
They can, they dont want to. Its not a money making. And u cant force a person to get help. Shes been offered help and refuses it
Hi Mark I just saw the first interview you had with Caroline 3 1/2 yrs ago and to look at her now and speaking it’s very sad. Caroline was a beautiful very smart woman and it’s unfortunate what the drugs have done to her body and mindset. Caroline I wish the best of luck and hope you get off the streets soon.
It was about 14 years ago, not 3.5
I remember your first interview with Caroline and she was so beautiful. I feel so sad for her. She’s been on skid row for years I can’t believe it’s the same person. Thank you for all the updates on Caroline I look forward to seeing more updates on this lovrely lady
Crazy or not, drug addicted or not , Caroline is a bad ass for being able to survive this long on the LA streets . I know first hand . I stayed in a high-rise on 5th and main and would watch the most horrific things on those streets from my 6th floor view . I never needed TV. My view had drama 24/7. Caroline is a Warrior!
You can’t say you know “first hand” unless you have ACTUALLY walked in her shoes. Not just a spectator from an actual home. NOBODY can truly say they fully understand anything about Caroline except for others like her that walk similar shoes.
Witnessing and living it are totally opposite things
That thumbnail photo?!? Her photograph is stunning. Well done Mark. Well wishes to Caroline.
That went off the rails real fast, at first I thought she was better
You thought she was doing better? Were your eyes closed when you clicked the video lol
Poor Caroline,I wish she was on a soft couch, with a bubble bath near by and a nice warm bed. She deserves way more than she settles for. I worry for her......sweet woman.
She comes from a very privileged background. She abandoned her daughter to pursue a life of drugs. Just fyi.
@@julieann4616there’s so much more to it then that. Sexual abuse, abandonment, trust issues from adults not helping her when they should have, grief and trauma. Please be compassionate.
Dear Caroline ❤ It was such a shock to see the interviews that followed her first one. I was so excited to see her featured today...but I end up weeping thru it....her tortured soul...
Wow, when Mark asked Caroline in her first video from 2010 what she wanted to say to her daughter, she began to cry and give a true heartfelt answer with care and compassion. Fast forward to 2024, Mark asked her the same question and she said to call 911 and mumble and develop a relationship with them and she said this with no emotion and no awareness. This woman is sadly gone. Years of hard core drugs have completely made her slip into schizophrenia.
It must be heartbreaking for Caroline’s daughter to see her mom in this condition…
It’s hard to believe there are men out there that could get intimate with someone with heavy mental issues like this. It’s hard to even grasp the nitty gritty of the deep dark recesses of life that go on in skid row. It’s scary to think about.
Mark really doesn't "need" to do anything, but i would not be surprised if he did have contact with the family, but who knows. I am also guessing he did talk to her about a program @Miss.Florida.Winner
Lots of predators out there, a sick world.
It is so sad.
@Miss.Florida.Winner That's not what hospice is for... It says he was offered a rehab & she turned it down. Unless someone can Baker Act her, it's a tuff sad situation. 😢❤
men dont get intimate with prostitutes . its just sex for money , whether its a street hooker or a highly paid escort , its still basically the same thing .
Caroline is such a sweet soul. I'm happy to see she is still with us, though I was hoping she would be in a better place than before. She deserves so much more than this.
Just watched her video from 13 years ago. no words. Tragic but I am glad she is still with us. 😢
It’s so sad how far she’s gone since then.
I wonder what came first with Caroline. The mental illness or the drugs. The fact that she continues to survive out there, for all this time is remarkable.
the easiest place to be homeless is skid row , the worst part about it is that its just so damn dirty over there . but homeless people can get drugs , food , clothes , and showers over there almost every day . its a one stop shop for people who are homeless .
The drugs, watch her first interview. She was and still is a 1st class beauty, then it was a clear physical beauty with a blessed mind of kindness. Now that beauty of soul has manages to endure despite decades of pain that those of us that did survive and escape this would never dream of the decades of torment and suffering both physical and emotional. Who's mind would not have broken and yet to remain so righteous and kind. I wish, truly as I can see she is not capable of sobriety, that I could give her a place and the opiates needed that she may never have to risk her life again. Caroline, sweet caroline. If only I was in the position.
@@Tomdog83 just watched the current video Mark has of Caroline all these years later and she looks so so bad. The deterioration is absolutely overwhelming to look at… she is in such psychosis with her heroin and crack addiction. I don’t really believe this will ever change and Caroline will die one day before her time from it all. I can’t imagine what her potential could have been…😢❤
Abuse came first
My Dad was homeless for about 25 years. He passed at 58, cardiovascular diease. He kept in contact with his parents and my whole life I never understand why he choose that lifestyle. It was because it was easier to party and carry on that lifestyle. It was a small freedom he still had to choose. He went back out after a sickness and died alone. He said he didn't want to die on his brothers couch. Yes his mental illness was off the charts. Alcoholism was his thang and never did a needle...but I know he smoked the shit 😮. Sometimes in life we take roads that never leads anywhere and half way through there is no turning back. I'm glad he had a tribe . I read all his hospital reports...hit by a bus, lite on fire. Drunk and disorderly.
God Blessed him and Peace he found. ❤
Sorry to hear that bro. Hope you're doing alright
Sorry you had to deal with that. My dad was an alcoholic. A gunshot ended his life. But, he wasn't on the streets. He did work as a cab driver and a bellboy at these ritzy hotels in Atlanta, Ga. He lived for that drink. He died in 1972. He's been gone a long time. I so wished I could have had a normal dad. He was abusive to my mother. She finally got away from him and we left while he was at work. My grandmother sent the money for the tickets. I remember pulling up in this small town in the middle of the night on a Greyhound bus. Been here ever since. Now I'm an old lady. My life hasn't been easy. But, I've done the best I could considering. Hope you have had a better life. Children of alcoholics.....well, they've seen enough. And, children of alcoholics do pay for their alcoholic dads or moms mistakes, in some way or another. I never realized it, until I went to therapy, just how my dad affected my life.
😢My ex and kids father has a similar story yet he only made it to 41 yrs old. His alcoholism and drug use but mostly the alcoholism was soo severe. He had Cirrhosis of the Liver really bad. But what did him in was 2 separate incidents of 1 a former co worker who pushed of a wall he was sitting on and n gave him a concussion. But it was the last aggression towards him some Meth head had done a Judo move on him and slammed his head on concrete. He thought my ex’s gf stole something from him. This is during Covid and they didn’t allow anyone in the hospital to advocate for him.
They eventually did surgery as his head was swelling like a watermelon but after the surgery that area got infected and his brain got infected they had to take off part of his skull and part of his brain. He never recovered from that. If I had realized better the doctors tried to tell me but we his family wanted to give him a chance at recovery and the doctors were pushing for Hospice. I should have listened to the doctors as they knew he would never recover. Basically if you cannot swallow on your own than it don’t keep a person alive in a feeding tube and respirator let them die naturally because if you cannot swallow on your own that’s your bodies way of shutting down. Every case is different with the severe head trauma and part of his brain gone he wasn’t coming back. We gave his body a long time to recover but if he could have told us he would’ve wanted to go sooner. I feel soo guilty and apologize to my ex for not letting him go sooner.
My ex was a small to medium built guy and he could fight the alcoholism made him weak and those two punks took advantage of that and seriously harmed a defenseless person.
Who pushes someone off a wall? These are all cowardly forms of violence. They will see when they pass the wrongs they committed
🙏🏾
Bless your heart my dad committed suicide in 2019 his kidney's could not take anymore alcohol he chose alcohol though he was a reputable professor and scientist and father of 3he chose i hope to find peace that you have with his choices ... thank you for sharing your grace
Caroline!! She is so sweet, it is easy to tell how much she appreciates Mark.
Awe. Caroline, love the clarity when talking about shopping!❤
While her logic evades most listeners, there is an internal logic and flow to her narrative that makes sense to her and helps her make sense of her world. That deserves respect. She's engaged in a constant process of sense-making vis a vis the world around her, like we all are. In this way, she's just like the rest of us.
The bit that especially struck me was when she said about having been murdered, but she was still alive. That must really resonate with survivors of rape & violent assault, feeling dead inside, whilst externally still alive & going through the motions. 😢
You know I’ve always said that. It’s like she knows what’s she saying. And sometimes I can pick out a few sentences and they make sense. In some crazy way.
Don’t glamorize schizophrenia / drug induced psychosis
I still go back and watch her first video every now and then.... Unbelievable..
Same!
Yep
Such a sweet, sweet soul. Yes her mind may be irreparably damaged from drug use, but it hasn’t changed her disposition. She reminds me of Evelyn. Do you know that I still cry over Evelyn’s passing? She and others. Their stories stay with me.
Mark I know the past few months have been absolutely brutal for you. You don’t even share the extent of it. I’m just glad that though struggling, you keep pouring out compassion for the least and the most vulnerable. Hero’s all get attacked these days.
It's fascinating to hear her speak with total clarity about tangible items like her sweater, phone, and sleeping bag. But speaking about herself and her life... totally different. I wish her well and hope she stays safe.
“It’s whoever is wearing me”…that is the wildest statement I THOUGHT I had ever heard until she said “the people in the cars are stealing my energy, and this is going to be going on all day”.
My goodness she breaks my heart.
She may be referring to different personality aspects that she wears with different people, and she gets into cars all day to have sex for drug money - which is surely very draining. She’s put on the edge of sense, but both those phrases make sense to me.
Thank you Affinity Painting Company, A business that invests in their community is a business I wish all the success to.
Remember she was someone’s baby once this effects everyone around her I feel bad for her and her family I know it’s hard to watch a family member go through this and the helplessness you feel cus there’s nothing you can do except wait for a lucid moment she is in such a dangerous situation I wish her well love and light
Caroline's very first interview till now is heartbreaking! She was coherent, she seemed happy! Seems like a totally different person. I hope some way some how she makes it out of this❤❤❤❤
Good morning Caroline and Mark.
Caroline glad your back on here. Prayers your way. 🙏
I would like to thank Mark Laita Soft White for creating such an impactful video, which brings awareness for many. Not everyone suffers from drug addictions but also mental and health challenges. Caroline is a brave soul and it’s a blessing in itself to be called her Hero. Affinity Painting buckets of love campaign’s mission is to reach those who really need and want help. Our goal is not only service our clients but to service your community. We trust that through our Buckets of Love, we will continues to reach anyone in need.
Every time I watch her interviews I feel like all the people she feels are taking the pieces of her are all the "Johns", users and abusers that have done just that - took advantage of this woman over the years diminishing her self worth, positivity and anything precious to her about her until mentally there is no "her" left... The mental illness is vocalising what a lot of the "working girls" must feel like at least to some extent. That's just how I interpret it. Either way - my heart breaks for her and I wish Caroline the best life which she deserves.
I think so too. Horrible.
Yes, she's saying the cars are taking her energy. It's the cars she's getting into where people are abusing and exploiting her 💔
She chose to be a prostitute.
Just looking at her hands in her portrait makes me want to cry. She's so frail . So lost. So broken.I hope she is able to get off the streets. She doesn't belong there.
Why is this woman not in supported housing and under mental healthcare, seriously!
Because you haven't helped her!!!
@@BAKER22-l4u Yes, it does often seem to be a question of "Why isn't anyone ( other than myself ) helping X ?"
Maybe she loves her freedom
@@BAKER22-l4u It is up to the government to help people like Caroline. Anyway, everyone helps because that is one of the reasons we pay taxes.
Why isn't Caroline and others on disability benefits?
Caroline reminds me of my own mother. The endless delusional verbal stimming chatter. I learned to sit with her and make a safe space for her. Just as Mark is doing with Caroline.
You’re a wonderful son. Sorry you’ve had to go through something this hard but I’m sure you are greatly appreciated. Bless you. 🙏🏽🤍
She’s not entirely off when she talks about different energies… i’ve had enough interesting, spiritual experiences to realize that there are so many things I don’t understand about our planes of existence.
I understand this too
Me too, a lot makes sense when you understand energy and the unseen. I probably sound similiar to Caroline to some people.
Shes not schizophrenic, its drug psychosis.
I honestly think it is both.
Right!! I agree 👍🏻
So sad. I try to visualize her back when she was a PTA mom living in Calabasas 💔
I can’t even imagine…
Society is only as strong as it's most vulnerable members. What does it say about our society that we allow people our fellow man to struggle like this?
I received my book today and it will be not only a work of art from you it will be a constant reminder to be kind and help people and all things vulnerable….
When Caroline talks about her daughter and people having her in different lives, it’s almost likes she’s trying to say that she hopes her & her daughter are together and happy in another parallel universe.
It’s like she’s personified her drugs/homelessness as these people that have control of her.
Very sad to see such a beautiful woman so lost in her own mind/drug abuse.
I saw the same as you commented
Interesting take
I waited so looong to get a Caroline update. She will ALWAYS be my fave on this channel. Cool, beautiful, kind-hearted, intelligent woman that just needs help to get better. ❤💔
This woman is fantastic. Her take on energy is absolutely fascinating!
Yes… I thought it was quite interesting. My heart goes out to her
Same thought
Genuinely excited to see a Caroline update.
I'm sorry. I cannot finish watching this her brain is scrambled. She is in terrible condition and it breaks my heart. God bless her ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Such a sweet and pure Soul. I hope SO much she can stay safe and gets Help. And accepts it. She has a golden heart.
THE WAY YOU SHOW PPL , WITHOUT ANY JUDGEMENT, IS AN AMAZING THING. THERE ISN'T ANYONE ELSE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING... NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY😊
Affinity painting company, they’re heroes! Very kind of them.
I've watched several of Caroline interviews and seeing how she has progressed in her addiction. Her mind is lapsing and losing reality thank you for this update and I wonder how many more there will be before her body can no longer handle this. I'm praying for you Caroline😢😢
The first 20 seconds were so normal… then oh my god
It's amazing that she has enough of an anchor hold on reality to secure some kind of food and shelter for herself but she is clearly in desperate need of help . I don't think that giving an addict money is a great long-term solution to keep them out of trouble but Mark has a good heart and does a lot for them behind the scenes as well as bringing them much-needed exposure !
What a sweet, lost soul. I hope she finds her way out some day. Thank you for checking up on her, Mark. ❤
Sweet Caroline!🎶 I saw her face & immediately, in my head, heard Mark say, 'Darlin'...what a lovely friendship these two have.💜
Someone give her a paint brush and canvas or a ball of clay and see what she comes up with. This is a creative spirit that's wasted on the streets.
Oh wow so happy to see Caroline. I loved her first interview. It is crazy to see the decline due to substances and behavioral health.
Looks can be deceiving. When the video first started I was so excited because she looks beautiful and healthy. As soon as she starts talking you realize how bad she seems support. She seems like such an amazing caring person. May she find peace one day ❤. It would be so interesting to hear from her daughter.
It’s unbelievable what happened to her in only 14 years. My heart aches for her.
I would love an update on Caroline, if you can, Mark. I’m really affected by this woman, for some reason. I hope she’s still around…
Me too😢
I was just thinking about Caroline the other day. On the one hand I'm glad to see she's still around, but on the other it's so so sad to see how much she's deteriorated over the years. I hope the best for her.
the level of disassociation is crazy
Heartbreaking and mind blowing
I’ll never forget Caroline giving Mark money shows who she really is❤❤
I remember that too. She has nothing and gave him a couple of $$'s
@@commonsense2680 you must not watch the videos then
What a beautiful soul this lady has. Sending her all the love possible and pray for her peace of mind. Xx
Caroline, thank you for the update. I’m glad to see you’re still around. Please listen to any advice Mark gives you.
Stay safe.
Much love to you from Michigan 🙏❤️❤️❤️
We need another update on Caroline.
It's amazing how she goes from one complex topic to another without even missing a beat 😮
Because it’s all made up
She’s lived the whole rich to rags story, rock star to prostitution. Her poor innocence taken. Rest Caroline
Watching this and then finding her first interview, marks very first interview...is extremely depressing.
She deserves help in so many ways. Wish she would embrace it cause she is a sweetheart.
Heartbreaking 💔 From her first interview until now. 😳🥺😢
I can't even guess what is happening with this poor woman. It's a shame.
I agree with Mark. I give money to active addicts also because just like you said, if you don’t give it to them, they may do something they don’t want to for it. Also, they are not going to get clean just because you said no. God bless you Mark for everything!🙏🏼
Absolutely. I do too, i want them to feel seen, so to speak. I used to give my tip money to one particular woman, a german heroin addict who came here in the 70s, i think. Or i would give her my clothes, which she probably sold, haha. Make sure to do whatever you can, small things are important. ❤
@@thematriarchy2075good point, and small things to many lucky people aren’t small… not when one has so little. ☮
How sad that Caroline is still selling herself on the streets. 😢 She's such a sweet character. She must be a constant worry for her daughter .😢
Sad that we don't do better at helping our homeless and mentally unwell persons.
Yes it is.. it’s heartbreaking.
Seriously!!!
Speaking of the Affordable Connectivity Program, of which I'm a member, it is going to be cut off this month if Congress doesn't include it in the budget. Please - CALL YOUR CONGRESSPEOPLE AND SENATORS and tell them to keep it in!
I hope Mark makes a video about it!
Blame the Republicans that are blocking it! 😔
@@bernitajenkins7581 it's not that they're purposely blocking it - MTG would certainly make a video about if that was the deal - but they just haven't made it a priority. And I wouldn't doubt that most of the GOP's current base have their own "Obamaphones".
Prayers go out to Caroline, I wish there could be real help for her.
I find her more interesting than Rebecca in what she has to say
Mark You have so much Patience to be able to sit and talk to these people that are so Mentally ill on top of being drug addicts.
The conversations are so bizzare and disturbing how Caroline truly believes that this is Reality . Your kindness and will to listen to these people and be non judging while i’m watching saying OMG how can he get through these interviews, sometimes I have to walk away it gets so intense. Again Mark I think You are an incredible human being God Bless You
Caroline so smart and lovely. This is hard to watch, hope you can help Caroline.
Thank you for your nonjudgmental & consistent compassion in offering her a safe place to share her story.
I’m afraid for Caroline that her mind and body has taken too much damage to the point of no return but with God all things are possible. I pray she can heal and get sober…we are rooting for you Caroline!!
I have to ask, is your last name Whynott?
She doesn’t want to
She was overlooked, one of many warm hearts & great minds.