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    This thread has been positive for me. I've got a friend who is depressed at the moment, and another going through an ugly divorce. I'm gunna give them both a call tonight. We're all stronger together. Maybe if we all just reached out to that mate before they snapped, then three kids down south wouldn't be growing up without a mother and a father. Stay safe everyone and look out for your mates
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    This thread has been positive for me. I've got a friend who is depressed at the moment, and another going through an ugly divorce. I'm gunna give them both a call tonight. We're all stronger together. Maybe if we all just reached out to that mate before they snapped, then three kids down south wouldn't be growing up without a mother and a father. Stay safe everyone and look out for your mates



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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    This thread has been positive for me. I've got a friend who is depressed at the moment, and another going through an ugly divorce. I'm gunna give them both a call tonight. We're all stronger together. Maybe if we all just reached out to that mate before they snapped, then three kids down south wouldn't be growing up without a mother and a father. Stay safe everyone and look out for your mates
    Good on you Jim , too many blokes suffer in silence. Because it's not the bloke thing to do . I've seen this a few times recently & have done simular . Catch up for a quiet beer ,coffee and a chat . I'm shit house at reading people but it's not hard to put 1+1 together . The relationship break up seems to really rock the middle aged blokes that I know . The financial pressure seems to pay a higher part . Ie working there arse off ,getting freehold. Then they have to face a 250 thousand mortgage etc . P Woman have a big network of girlfriends that chat ninety to the dozen ,I'm sure that's why they cope .
    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    This thread has been positive for me. I've got a friend who is depressed at the moment, and another going through an ugly divorce. I'm gunna give them both a call tonight. We're all stronger together. Maybe if we all just reached out to that mate before they snapped, then three kids down south wouldn't be growing up without a mother and a father. Stay safe everyone and look out for your mates

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    This thread has been positive for me. I've got a friend who is depressed at the moment, and another going through an ugly divorce. I'm gunna give them both a call tonight. We're all stronger together. Maybe if we all just reached out to that mate before they snapped, then three kids down south wouldn't be growing up without a mother and a father. Stay safe everyone and look out for your mates
    Very sad situation when anyone takes a life and ruins their own and their family's.

    Probably the best point to come form this thread I think quoted above. I am currently one of "those" guys wearing blue. The amount of people that fight with depression, real depression, is SCARY and the public only see the tip of the ice berg. In my current role I deal with maybe 15-20 people in custody each shift. If I have one or two each shift that are NOT medicated for Depression, Schizophrenia or some sort of Psychotic issue I am surprised.

    The amount of times I have seen "hard c&#ts in tears and broken, well I have lost count its daily.

    The amount of people I have personally cut down from hanging or found dead from self inflicted death also I have lost count - its almost daily in my region.

    The common denominator that I see is not that they are bad people but they don't have support or a good shoulder to lean on, just things that seem small but are huge to them in their time of need.
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