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Bedroom Tax
So, there's been a suicide because of the 'bedroom tax'. Poor woman couldn't afford the £80 per month for 2 empty bedrooms when her children left home. How many more before it's abolished?
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Well she didn't kill herself before the 'bedroom tax' was brought in which led her to believe she wouldn't be able to afford the extra £80+ per month, which meant she had to leave her home of 18 years. I don't think anyone gives a stuff about the £80 per week, they simply find it heartbreakin g that they have to leave their home, which they have lived in for years...
12:17 Mon 13th May 2013
I think it best to say that this lady committed suicide whilst the' balance of her mind was disturbed'.Apparently she had a crippling illness--Myasthenia Gravis. Although she wanted to work her doctor told her that she wasn't fit to do so but she somehow never registered as disabled . Therefore she did not get disability benefit. The'bedroom tax' was probably the last straw for her to contend with.
magsmay...too bloody right i will be with you.
Just to remind you and put things in perspective, my knowledge of Psychiatric Disorders is nil.
I spent 3 months Psychiatry in an East End mental Hospital as a student, knocking of this Jewish Psychiatric nurse from Basle.
So it will be a one sided conversation about psychiatry ...;-)
Just to remind you and put things in perspective, my knowledge of Psychiatric Disorders is nil.
I spent 3 months Psychiatry in an East End mental Hospital as a student, knocking of this Jewish Psychiatric nurse from Basle.
So it will be a one sided conversation about psychiatry ...;-)
@em// perfectly rational, sane people kill themselves, a love affair gone wrong, husband or wife walked out the door, and you lose your job//
they may be perfectly sensible until something happens -because they have suffered loss they are unbalanced mentally - at the point of taking the pills or whatever they are not rational are they? -thats the whole point? Rational sane people do not put a gun to their head jump in front of a train or whatever -at that point in time they are acting irrationally.
they may be perfectly sensible until something happens -because they have suffered loss they are unbalanced mentally - at the point of taking the pills or whatever they are not rational are they? -thats the whole point? Rational sane people do not put a gun to their head jump in front of a train or whatever -at that point in time they are acting irrationally.
it's total rubbish to keep on suggesting that people only commit suicide because they are unbalanced and mentally ill. Some are and do it out of desperation, a good friend who was a manic depressive did and there was no saving him, he tried any number of times, then succeeded, but i have known others who were having a blip in their relationship, took an overdose and gone.
Magsmay-''but lets leave it to the 15 year old experts and armchair psychologists''
Jolly good Mags, enjoy getting hammered in an imaginary way with someone you only know in a virtual world, drinking cocktails you have dreamed up in your head- and you are lecturing ME about mental illness.
lm fao.xx
Jolly good Mags, enjoy getting hammered in an imaginary way with someone you only know in a virtual world, drinking cocktails you have dreamed up in your head- and you are lecturing ME about mental illness.
lm fao.xx
the post is a perfectly serious one, so are you really going to start this little feud again.. it's like kids in a playground...
marje, i hope that they find another reason why she committed suicide, because if there are more, and they are put down to financial problems, overloaded with bedroom tax, can't pay, heat or eat, then perhaps the government will stop and pause for a bit, though i suspect that it won't
seems hellbent on punishing those with least in the bank
marje, i hope that they find another reason why she committed suicide, because if there are more, and they are put down to financial problems, overloaded with bedroom tax, can't pay, heat or eat, then perhaps the government will stop and pause for a bit, though i suspect that it won't
seems hellbent on punishing those with least in the bank
magsmay i havent sat on the inquests, no, but have had honest conversations with would be suicides and their loved ones. Some of the suicides eventually succeeded. Personally I have been in a place where the thought that, once my responsibilities were discharged, I could end my own life, was a solid source of comfort to me. I don't consider that I had or have a mental health issue and neither did the consultant with whom I discussed it.
For those who have been discussing the mental health/illness/disease issue. the titles changed as part of the PC wave that changed "incontinence services" to "continence promotion services", "VD clinics" to "sexual health" and "mental retardation" to "learning difficulty" or "learning disability"
For those who have been discussing the mental health/illness/disease issue. the titles changed as part of the PC wave that changed "incontinence services" to "continence promotion services", "VD clinics" to "sexual health" and "mental retardation" to "learning difficulty" or "learning disability"