Thread: Gun confiscated as Marlborough farmers battle quake trauma

Originally Posted by kotuku

there is an unfortunate irony here -the majority of suicides are by overdose of prescribed medication or as mentioned hanging.
working here in westcoast mental health im seeing screeds of it presently ,the majority of which is people getting into sitautions "relationship breakups"and attempting to bolster themselves with alcoholand extra pills which at the end of the day in fact only serves to make the situation seem10Xworse and leave a desperate person thinking "fuck this i want out"
now that ""...""can mean two things-"i cant face it anymore,noone wants a useless bastard",or sometimes "well look what youve done now,driven me to kill myself".
either way Its gonna leave a hell of a lot of deeply upset and confused people.

Ok the reason im saying this is after 4.5decades of working in frontline mental health ,the last decade of that in forensic mental health,it is alas not an unfamiliar situation.yes ive had both clients and colleagues(last twonurses within 2weeks of each other)suceed.believe me nursing does not insulate you from that gut wrenching "what if".
all i can say is if you or someone you know is in this frame of mind ,FFS step up and say something.if that means making a call to mental health services do it.
if you feel uncomfortable PM me-Im only too happy to support your efforts to sort it.
we need to keep an eye oncobbers in CHCH too ,this port hills fire fiasco landing right on top of the 6yr anniversary of the killer quake-mark my words -it will and does fuck with peoples heads ,no matter how strong they are or percieve themselves to be.

+1
Alot of wisdom in that post.