Depression

Started by Eamonnca1, October 25, 2013, 09:11:55 PM

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Fear Bun Na Sceilpe

Very tough atm for a lot of people and our services are very weak.very difficult to get the right help

paddyjohn

Bumping this ladies & gents.

Keep an eye on each other.

Captain Obvious

Good program on Virgin media one at the moment. "breakdown Irelands mental health battle"

DrinkingHarp

Just lost a good friend today to suicide

I knew him for over thirty years and he had his demons but was fighting them and seeking treatment.
This was his third attempt in the past fifteen years and will be greatly missed. Stood up in his wedding just over a year ago and was my partner in our Monday Night Golf League.

If you or someone you know has a problem PLEASE reach out!!

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Dougal Maguire

Quote from: DrinkingHarp on November 17, 2021, 12:10:01 AM
Just lost a good friend today to suicide

I knew him for over thirty years and he had his demons but was fighting them and seeking treatment.
This was his third attempt in the past fifteen years and will be greatly missed. Stood up in his wedding just over a year ago and was my partner in our Monday Night Golf League.

If you or someone you know has a problem PLEASE reach out!!
I'm very sorry for your loss. Stay strong.
Careful now

Jeepers Creepers

Sorry to hear that DH. Not nice to hear.

Milltown Row2




Awful, sorry for your loss..

This pandemic (suicide) is ripping through families with no proper services to help people suffering with depression (this was happening long before Covid btw). The waiting lists to be seen is massive,  but more importantly a lot of people don't come forward to get help (tried getting my daughter seen with anxiety issues but list was too long and see didn't want to open up to a 'stranger').

My sister has been working part-time as a counsellor, ranging from issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, loss and relationship difficulties that are affecting their ability to manage life. Its been that busy that she's started up fulltime. During the lockdown she had to just deal with clients over the phone.

People need to reach out to professionals and seek the right help, obviously talking to friends and checking in with people is great, but do we really know what to say or how to help? Professional help with the right medication is needed.

 
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

fearsiuil

Awful news, sorry for your great loss.

A tough time of the year for many people.

tbrick18

Just a bit of a vent really.

My 14 year old son had been getting bullied in school, verbal type stuff, towards the end of last year. He got into a really low state and docs referred him to CAMHS.
The school did their bit and stepped in and sorted everything out there but he's been a ball of nerves since with severe anxiety. He's not socialising at all, it seems in school he's not really got any friends and we've noticed he's not eating in school either. He's stopped playing football and I can't get him to take part in anything where other people are involved. He's particularly stressed by everything in school.

He had his first CAMHS counselling session today, privately 1-1 and remote via zoom.
They have asked for face to face sessions with him beginning next week and have just contacted my wife to say they are worried about him and to keep an eye on sharp objects.
It's extremely worrying as he's a really good lad. We'd always have said he was shy, but perhaps there was always something there.

Keep an eye on your kids everyone. Lockdowns have been hard on them, the modern world is a tougher place in many regards to what it was when we were that age.

Tony Baloney

Sorry to hear that tb. It's tough going out there for weans at the minute.

Rudi

Good luck Brick, I feel your pain. I have huge problems with my 14 year old boy, who has threatened to kill himself since he was 9, massive anger issues. The wife & I have tried alot of stuff, nothing is working. It's a  long road ahead impossible to live in the moment or enjoy life, just waiting for the next meltdown. Counsellors are non existent, GP,s are utterly useless. Teachers in fairness do their best. That's what I've found. The mind is a complex place, but the problems appear to be exacerbated by how young people form relationships/ friendships these days ie social media. Its toxic.
Good luck

Jeepers Creepers

Not nice Brick and Rudi.  Wishing both your families the best!

tbrick18

Quote from: Rudi on February 23, 2022, 07:21:25 PM
Good luck Brick, I feel your pain. I have huge problems with my 14 year old boy, who has threatened to kill himself since he was 9, massive anger issues. The wife & I have tried alot of stuff, nothing is working. It's a  long road ahead impossible to live in the moment or enjoy life, just waiting for the next meltdown. Counsellors are non existent, GP,s are utterly useless. Teachers in fairness do their best. That's what I've found. The mind is a complex place, but the problems appear to be exacerbated by how young people form relationships/ friendships these days ie social media. Its toxic.
Good luck

Ah Rudi, that's rough.
We've actually been really lucky with the school and the GP. The school stepped in straight away and to made it look like it was a teacher who noticed the behaviour and reported it rather than my lad. To be fair to the boys concerned, I don't think they thought they were bullying. They thought they were having a laugh and that my lad was laughing along. They both apologised and said they thought that they were still friends and nothing has happened since, as far as I know.
My lad has said to the GP that he has thought about hurting himself and that's the real fear there.
He's become really isolated in that he wont participate in anything in school or out of it. I've managed to get him to start 1-1 guitar lessons just to have something to focus on.
I really hope things get better for you. There's no worse feeling than seeing a child going through this and not being able to do much to help.

Dire Ear

Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on February 23, 2022, 07:27:11 PM
Not nice Brick and Rudi.  Wishing both your families the best!
I second this,  it's a very tough time to be raising children, Ive a 16yo and a 10yo
Good luck all

Milltown Row2

So difficult to get the the right treatment and have the proper diagnosis to give the right treatment!

We laugh about how Americans are seeing therapists from an early age but it normalise's things and it become ok to talk to someone, a stranger who'll allow the child to actually open up

I did seek treatment for my kid a few years ago, privately, but she wouldn't go, was anxious all the time and thinking the worst would happen or over thinking things (like her ma!) thankfully she seems to have grown out of it and I believe going to college and living out of the house has brought her on no end.

Hopefully for you fathers going through it its just a phase they are going through and with the right treatment and support from home they will manage to overcome this

There are no where near enough practitioners to cover the NHS and even in the private sector there is still not enough! My sister is doing a lot of consultations lately since getting her exams, the phone never stops she says
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea