Why do you think creating awareness would make a negative impact on overall state of things?
If anything this is a sign it’s working.
I think one of the biggest issues is that people do not report their mental health issues or seek help.
This is a combination of poor support services being available so many simply don’t bother reporting and the stigma of mental health issues in this country preventing many others from reporting.
I don’t think this sub is an accurate representation of Ireland op
Mental health is bad here, worse elsewhere would be my takeaway.
The data isn’t accurate because most people suffer in silence in Ireland. Not to make assumptions but I think it’s obvious there’s no way Bulgaria and Romania are actually the lowest. Our health system is hopeless in terms of helping people with mental health issues. It’s no surprise people don’t report being depressed here.
For example Bulgaria and Romania have a higher suicide rate than us but apparently they’re lower than us for rates of depression. Lithuania has the 7th highest suicide rate in the world but they’re apparently below the EU average
Talking about mental health increases access to support and help which lowers future numbers of mental health reports. A low number could mean we are generally a very happy and healthy nation or it could mean we are a depressed nation that doesn’t like to talk about it.
People don’t talk here about mental health anymore..the fuckin gym’s are open
Haha, (it’s not funny in fairness) we are in the same bracket as all the countries where they are afraid to admit they have mental issues.
This is not a good thing.
I knew a fella with mental health problems. Pretty serious ones. He never admitted it but it was blatantly obvious. One time the building site health and safety fella brought about 50 of us in a circle and said
This is mental health week, lads this is serious, it’s OK to talk about it, who here has mental health problems. Anyone lads, who has mental health problems?
Nobody said anything then he took a picture of us all having our health and safety talk.
The fella with the mental health problems mumbles something about how anybody who stood up would be finished in the trade.
Great pictures on LinkedIn though. All of us stood in a circle behind the safety fella in our hi viz and hard hats.
It’s possible I was wrong and all the substance abuse, gambling addictions and odd behaviour I’ve seen on building sites over the last 20 years are just hard men doing hard men stuff and every body is rock solid mentally. I’ve never heard of one fella having depression or being sectioned on a building site.
I had an old boss that used to put a rumour around that anybody out sick was depressed.
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Why do you think creating awareness would make a negative impact on overall state of things?
If anything this is a sign it’s working.
I think one of the biggest issues is that people do not report their mental health issues or seek help.
This is a combination of poor support services being available so many simply don’t bother reporting and the stigma of mental health issues in this country preventing many others from reporting.
I don’t think this sub is an accurate representation of Ireland op
Mental health is bad here, worse elsewhere would be my takeaway.
The data isn’t accurate because most people suffer in silence in Ireland. Not to make assumptions but I think it’s obvious there’s no way Bulgaria and Romania are actually the lowest. Our health system is hopeless in terms of helping people with mental health issues. It’s no surprise people don’t report being depressed here.
For example Bulgaria and Romania have a higher suicide rate than us but apparently they’re lower than us for rates of depression. Lithuania has the 7th highest suicide rate in the world but they’re apparently below the EU average
Talking about mental health increases access to support and help which lowers future numbers of mental health reports. A low number could mean we are generally a very happy and healthy nation or it could mean we are a depressed nation that doesn’t like to talk about it.
People don’t talk here about mental health anymore..the fuckin gym’s are open
Haha, (it’s not funny in fairness) we are in the same bracket as all the countries where they are afraid to admit they have mental issues.
This is not a good thing.
I knew a fella with mental health problems. Pretty serious ones. He never admitted it but it was blatantly obvious. One time the building site health and safety fella brought about 50 of us in a circle and said
This is mental health week, lads this is serious, it’s OK to talk about it, who here has mental health problems. Anyone lads, who has mental health problems?
Nobody said anything then he took a picture of us all having our health and safety talk.
The fella with the mental health problems mumbles something about how anybody who stood up would be finished in the trade.
Great pictures on LinkedIn though. All of us stood in a circle behind the safety fella in our hi viz and hard hats.
It’s possible I was wrong and all the substance abuse, gambling addictions and odd behaviour I’ve seen on building sites over the last 20 years are just hard men doing hard men stuff and every body is rock solid mentally. I’ve never heard of one fella having depression or being sectioned on a building site.
I had an old boss that used to put a rumour around that anybody out sick was depressed.