My mother is mentally ill and homeless
Hi. I decided to post here because I don’t like talking about this stuff in my personal life all that much. Sorry if there are typos, I am writing this on my phone.
To condense the background as much as possible I (24F) have been worried about my mother who is mentally ill and currently homeless. She has struggled with mental health my entire life. It reached its peak when I was in middle school and an altercation happened between her and my dad that lead to the police being called and a restraining order placed on her. My dad had full custody of us from that point on and they tried supervised visitations with her but it just lead to extreme distress for me as a teenager. Because of that factor and her behavior during these visits it was ultimately stopped and all contact ceased until I was 18.
Now that I am an adult we have pretty low contact. I know that her brother was kind enough to support her financially (rent, utilities, phone bill) for a while. Last year her mother passed and she received inheritance money that she has already blown through. She has let me know that she is homeless as of right now. I placed a pick up order for food at a fast food place near her for dinner tonight because she texted me saying she was so hungry but needed help paying for it but honestly I just don’t know what to do. I’m looking for any advice at all. She refuses to talk to most of her family because they try to convince her to seek help. I’m just at a loss and my relationship with her has always been a strain on my mental health but I don’t want to fail her as a daughter.