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<blockquote data-quote="JD-Kid" data-source="post: 97440" data-attributes="member: 479"><p>know a few that have taken there own lifes some of the times loss of family or friend some of them farming worrys some health probs </p><p> </p><p>most of the time the ones that talk about are the ones wanting help and asking for it the only way they know how others just seem OK nothing strange in there day to day and on the day just go to work as if nothing is going on but don't come home one i know told his wife going to feed the dogs hour later shes thinking ummmm takeing a while found him in the woolshed </p><p> </p><p>there will be some signs in there actions maybe not in spoken words just things a tad strange IE a messy person may get things in order or people getting things in order wills etc that they have been putting off for years just wee things they can't mask keep in mind people plan it so they do drop hints in there actions </p><p> </p><p>GP's can help a lot ,same with support groups ,phone help hotlines , some drugs help some others change of lifestyle job etc </p><p> </p><p>some sad to say do reaccure and tend to be better at masking it bloody hard to stop them guy i knew had a bad crash killing his best mate for years he had probs sound of cut off saws etc would set him off flash backs etc years later guy he worked for went overseas he took his life while his boss was away ,his boss being one of the few that kept a watch on him </p><p> </p><p>i'm not 100% sold on the farming being stressfull i think the mind set in farming is a bit diffrent and also the lack of outside contact working alone etc yes there is stress money weather etc etc but i think adding other factors in there alowing things to stew away thinking things over makeing things bigger and worst than they realy are</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JD-Kid, post: 97440, member: 479"] know a few that have taken there own lifes some of the times loss of family or friend some of them farming worrys some health probs most of the time the ones that talk about are the ones wanting help and asking for it the only way they know how others just seem OK nothing strange in there day to day and on the day just go to work as if nothing is going on but don't come home one i know told his wife going to feed the dogs hour later shes thinking ummmm takeing a while found him in the woolshed there will be some signs in there actions maybe not in spoken words just things a tad strange IE a messy person may get things in order or people getting things in order wills etc that they have been putting off for years just wee things they can't mask keep in mind people plan it so they do drop hints in there actions GP's can help a lot ,same with support groups ,phone help hotlines , some drugs help some others change of lifestyle job etc some sad to say do reaccure and tend to be better at masking it bloody hard to stop them guy i knew had a bad crash killing his best mate for years he had probs sound of cut off saws etc would set him off flash backs etc years later guy he worked for went overseas he took his life while his boss was away ,his boss being one of the few that kept a watch on him i'm not 100% sold on the farming being stressfull i think the mind set in farming is a bit diffrent and also the lack of outside contact working alone etc yes there is stress money weather etc etc but i think adding other factors in there alowing things to stew away thinking things over makeing things bigger and worst than they realy are [/QUOTE]
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