If you watched Mark Horvath’s invisible people series on Youtube where he interviews hundreds of homeless people across the globe, you’ll find that there’s a surprising amount of educated people who just ended up making poor decisions and are now too old to correct any of them. One former accountant made some shitty business deals, lost everything, and is now 82 who lives in his van. His day consists of working on his car, going to mcdonalds and reading the paper, and seeing a movie once a month. He gets $700 per month SSI but it’s nowhere near enough for an apartment, and just doesn’t care anymore to get even a subsidized one. He’s accepted that he’s going to die cold in his van alone.
I think Chris’s life will end up similar. He’ll eventually get used to living in shelters or his car, tote around what he’s able to, and abuse the library internet and PC lab until he’s banned from there too. him ending up involuntarily committed while on the streets would probably be the only thing that could save him. at the hospital where my mom worked at there was a good amount of crazy homeless people who had been in the psych ward for months. They had access to TV, books, and a game room with a banged up Wii and Mario Kart. if Chris misbehaves there the orderlies would basically just hit him in the head with a mallet of anti-schizophrenic drugs which will make him a drooling log.