Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Ramin, a young man who ended up in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. For ad-free, uncensored videos and plenty of exclusive content please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. 0:00 – “I Never Thought I’d Sit Here” 1:24 – Living With Borderline Personality Disorder 2:35 – Raised In Silicon Valley Perfectionism 5:09 – “I Had No Sense Of Identity” 8:44 – Discovering Medicine & Pharmacology 13:16 – Curiosity Turned Into Obsession 18:56 – The First Drug Experiment 23:20 – The DoorDash Robbery That Changed Everything 29:26 – PTSD, Panic Attacks & Benzos 32:25 – Seizures, Withdrawals & Doctor Shopping 33:56 – Introduced To Heroin 38:22 – Living Between Addiction & Survival 40:28 – Moving To Los Angeles For A Fresh Start 41:30 – Wanting To Make Films Like SWU 46:18 – Interviewing People In MacArthur Park 49:29 – The Alley He Shouldn’t Have Entered 50:45 – Watching A Woman Get Attacked 55:28 – Trying To Stop A Murder 57:14 – “I Got Stabbed” 58:24 – Bleeding Out In The Street 1:00:23 – The Woman With The Knife 1:01:04 – Surgeons Trying To Save His Arm 1:03:33 – Choosing Between Surgery Or Amputation 1:06:33 – Mark On The Dangers Of This Work 1:08:25 – Beverly Hills To MacArthur Park In 10 Minutes 1:12:34 – Why So Many End Up On Skid Row 1:15:14 – Fascination With Dangerous Worlds 1:17:19 – Learning To Belong Everywhere 1:21:05 – Looking For Love Instead Of Drugs 1:23:41 – The Relationship That Broke Him 1:26:27 – Therapy, Trauma & Starting Over 1:28:29 – “God Saved My Life” 1:30:17 – Why Mark Tells People NOT To Do This Work 1:31:24 – How SWU Changed Over Time 1:32:12 – Psych Ward, SSI & Feeling Failed By The System 1:33:18 – “Mom, I Love You” Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marklaita #skidrow #humanconnection #assault