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Dealing with depression - suicidal thoughts - Join the conversation (including helpline details)
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<blockquote data-quote="Global ovine" data-source="post: 97444" data-attributes="member: 493"><p>I agree with JD. A lot of fuss about Quad bike accidents in NZ, but fatalities still about half that of suicide. Personally I think the NZ problem is accentuated by farms being much larger than in Europe therefore farmers are more isolated. Many would not see their neighbours for weeks unless somewhere away from the farm. We do not have a village culture here. Once every rural town could support a rugby team, now that is gone and even large service towns with populations over 1000 cannot muster sufficient numbers from their district.</p><p>I was shocked recently by a Dr. mate when discussing the proportion of the population on anti depression drugs. It's not just a farming problem, it is the modern lifestyle problem and isolation, even in a crowd. On a 24 hr clock basis, it was only 10 seconds ago when our ancestors came out of caves and saw that the world has more than about 20 people in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Global ovine, post: 97444, member: 493"] I agree with JD. A lot of fuss about Quad bike accidents in NZ, but fatalities still about half that of suicide. Personally I think the NZ problem is accentuated by farms being much larger than in Europe therefore farmers are more isolated. Many would not see their neighbours for weeks unless somewhere away from the farm. We do not have a village culture here. Once every rural town could support a rugby team, now that is gone and even large service towns with populations over 1000 cannot muster sufficient numbers from their district. I was shocked recently by a Dr. mate when discussing the proportion of the population on anti depression drugs. It's not just a farming problem, it is the modern lifestyle problem and isolation, even in a crowd. On a 24 hr clock basis, it was only 10 seconds ago when our ancestors came out of caves and saw that the world has more than about 20 people in it. [/QUOTE]
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