Hi, my name is Leonard. And i have had to flee.
The first picture is me on a good day, after my sister spends time supporting me, the other pictures are of my current situation in hospital
I like to be called Lenny. I am a 53 year old vulnerable adult. I have had a very rocky childhood aswel as adulthood by being placed in deprived areas. I was once a looked after child who went through the system, lots of things happened to me growing up which weakened me through the years ahead. In my adult years, ive been involved with hostel accommodations. My sister has been my support network for the past 5 years. There has been many situations where my sister has pulled me from many bad situations that involved people that take advantage of me. I suffer from phsoriasis, and each time I visit my sister, she helps me to stay looking fresh. I visit my sister often and she gives me food, cleans my clothes and reminds me to bathe and tells me to do my creaming. Each time I go home, I feel happier, I feel healthier, and I look great within my own skin. When a few days pass by when I am back in my own flat, which is a fair distance away from my sister, I am struggling to look after myself, I struggling with motivation on feeding myself, batheing myself and taking my daily meds. By the time I see my sister next, I am very hungry, I havnt bathed and haven't taken my medications. Recently, I went to visit my sister, and I left on a Thursday and went back to my flat. On the Saturday I was dragged into a bad situation where I felt I didn't have a choice. A user had taken me to their property and forced things onto me I didn't want to do. I felt in alot of distress and I felt scared, and I felt I couldn't answer the phone and talk to my sister freely. My sister was very concerned so she decided to confront the person as she is fully aware that this person has done this many times before. By the time my sister had got to the person flat, he stated to her "your brother has just been taken by ambulance 10 minutes ago" my sister confronted and questioned the person and explained "if my brother has been taken by ambulance, then why isn't he answering my calls now" it turned out that this person had stolen my phone. When I was forced things into my system, I became very unwell and wasn't responding properly, considering that the thing forced, was a high. They panicked and hid all their content and contacted a ambulance. 10 minutes after me being taken by paramedics, my sister came to the abusers property. When she asked to see call log of 999 call, he refused to show and said he didn't have a phone. When my sister was at their property, she said she is going to ring her brother again, and the abuser jumped up, went into the bathroom quickly to turn the phone on silent. When my sister got to the hospital, the calls were being declined. My abuser stole my phone. Along side all this, people were dossing around in my flat from time to time, they stole accets, I didn't have much but I had a ring stolen, some branded clothes that my sister gave to me and now my phone has been stolen right under my nose when I became poorly and taken into hospital. Little did I know, he took my phone so I couldn't speak to my sister and inform her once at hospital.
Thank you for taken the time out to read about me. My aim is to be able to move closer to my sister by going private rented. I would feel happier, safer and more confident being closer to my sister. The reason being is this has happened befour but there is not alot of support for re housing. It's not been a easy ride for me trying to get out of a deprived area, I have been placed here, knowing my vulnerabilitys. I also want others in my situation to understand your not on your own, reach out for help when you can