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I have been following Adam now for 17 months and watching as he attempts to navigate his mental distress.\u00a0 It has become very apparent that, for a person like Adam, finding help while navigating the social stigmas he faces is a challenging process to say the least.<\/p>\n\"_76A6820\"<\/a>\n

An article about Adam\u2019s beating in Maui appeared in the local newspaper, Maui Now.<\/a> Some of the comments following the article state that the \u201cmokes\u201d should take the influx of homeless into their own hands and clearly illustrate the stigmatization the homeless face there.<\/p>\n

I believe that Adam\u2019s struggles and the stigmas he faces are an important part of this story, but at the same time watching Adam trying to figure it out on his own while facing the duel stigmas of mental illness and homelessness has been frustrating for me.\u00a0 I find myself wanting to intervene and help him. This is why, when Adam told me he would be returning to live on the beach after he left the hospital in Hawaii, I offered to get him a plane ticket home. This shifted my role as a documentarian, but I was truly concerned for Adam\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m now wishing that Adam had a mentor that could help him navigate the process he\u2019s going through \u2013 much like the guides that helped the Shamans I\u2019ve met. I would like to help Adam find someone that could serve that role for him. But, again I am faced with questions. Should I intervene? Would my suggestions even be helpful? Should I be the observant and objective documentarian or is it okay to simply be someone who is trying to help a new friend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been following Adam now for 17 months and watching as he attempts to navigate his mental distress.\u00a0 It has become very apparent that, for a person like Adam, finding help while navigating the social stigmas he faces is a challenging process to say the least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[501],"tags":[503,601,15,517,516,526],"class_list":["post-5596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crazywise","tag-adam","tag-crazywise","tag-culture","tag-homelessness","tag-mental-illness","tag-stigmatization"],"yoast_head":"\nDocumentary Challenges: When to Intervene? - Phil Borges<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/28\/documentary-challenges-when-to-intervene\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documentary Challenges: When to Intervene? 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