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A parallel Australia - tackling mental health : Comments

By Rob Moodie, published 24/10/2005

Rob Moodie suggests ways of combatting the increasing prevalence of mental health problems in Australia.

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Davo,

This is my first post, and I'd just like to waste it by saying that you don't know what you're talking about. Yes, there are situations like those you'd discussed, but when some guy gets dragged into hospital, drugged out in an effort to put him out of his anguish, and has probably been searching himself for a way out of his pshycosis, who are you to say then that it isn't physical, inescapable, that the genetic problems don't exist? That genetics aren't the cause for his inability to just overcome 'life's circumstances'? (Hey, he probably wishes it were that himself!) You don't know what it's like until you're a sufferer, friend, family, finally relative of the person who suffers from these horrible conditions. I watched this person go through various unstoppable mood-swings, manic to seriously flat and depressed for no good reason. I remember only a few years ago when we were still in school. She was outside the classroom with the rest, sitting down, leaning against the wall with an expression of pure dettachment on her face. She looked so miserable, everyone asked her 'what's wrong', all she could answer was 'I'm fine.' Why? Because the truth is she didn't know. There was nothing then in her life to cause such anguish, but hey, that's just how manic-depressive Bipolar is. Soon after that she started going through a long, horrible time of trauma you'll probably never get to have. Think I'm making it up? Well I sought an answer from her, just for you. She confirms it, that she knew of no reason as to why she felt so depressed. She didn't cause it, but it happened. It was genetic. She has other family members who are just like her. So who are you, ye who stands with his eyes closed saying that the light is blue, to make these accusations about what you've never known. People should drop these types of opinions. No matter if you've direct contact with the mentally ill or not, it will always ripple across our world and society, hurtfully effecting others.
Posted by voice_of_reason, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 10:53:12 PM
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Oh, and Moodie rocks!
Posted by voice_of_reason, Tuesday, 23 January 2007 10:56:17 PM
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