Real Stories: Meet Sandra

by Mark Horvath · 2009-08-15 12:19:00 UTC
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I have to warn you that this video is hard to watch. Sometimes people just ‘give up' and stop fighting. I believe that may be the case with Sandra. It's called ‘learned helplessness' and I see it in all walks of life. But under this bridge in New Orleans my heart broke.

Sandra has lived here for a year. She has made herself believe homelessness is not that bad, just a little boring.

Sandra didn't have any wishes.

 

Sandra from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo.

 

 

 

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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