Really sorry to hear about his suicide attempt, I have a lot of sympathy for him and hope he gets the help he needs. Everyone who has ever suffered from depression will know just how bad this illness is, we need a better understanding of how it effects the person and their families and hopefully after the death of Gary Speed and now the news of Dean Windass, more people will be aware of how a person can look happy on the outside, but inside they are deeply troubled, therefore help is required before it is too late. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...id-was-my-way-out-of-black-hole-of-depression
There are many people suffering from the same ailments as Dean so I wish him well perhaps if he got a job on a full time basis it may help
Agree with everything you say, Boab. For my sins, I'm a Samaritans listener and when I joined, it shocked me to find that a huge percentage of our callers were depression sufferers. I'm not going to go on a crusade here, but would like to take this opportunity tell you guys out there that The Samaritans are available 24/7 to give you confidential emotional support if you're entertaining dark thoughts. If you don't want to speak to someone, there's always the mediums of email & texting. Look us up.
Good stuff, your free support and dedication to help others is something sadly lacking in the modern society. Much appreciated.
I think I would become emotionally involved and it would effect me. I'm sure many who do the work do get emotionally involved, but they are perhaps better at dealing with it than I would be. I do voluntary work for a local Learning Disability society and I am involved with the local MS Society, this takes up quite a bit of my free time. Really enjoy it, always asking others to take part.
On the subject of Mr Windass hope he gets all the help he needs, depression can be a horrible illness. Very difficult to understand if you've never suffered from it or had the ones you love suffer from it.
