Replying To gormdubhgorm: "I know mental health is a serious issue for some people it is almost fashionable to go on about it now! Dessie Farrell, Bressie etc.
But I do not think that a GAA forum is the place to discuss things like this (for this reason alone I disliked your post), but I will respond since it is here.
There are two things I never understand about people who let themselves be abused on social media and worse still let themselves be continually effected by it.
Firstly there are block and report functions on social media. Secondly a person does not have to use social media. I for instant am not on facebook it is a personal choice of mine. You have your own free will to turn it off.
That should not be forgotten. In fact I think people with mental health issues should avoid social media if at all possible as any comment can be a "trigger" no matter how slight.
I hope you continue in your recovery and maybe the Red hands would be playing the dubs this september :).
But thread's like this just lead to people going on about dark places, tunnels (not the port tunnel), seeing the light (not the croke park floodlight's) other people telling them to keep it up. I am not sure whether it is good or a bad thing. If everybody did the same thing about all their problems all forums would be flooded with issues."
I meant to put this post on the mental health awareness thread. I was wondering where it disappeared to.
Replying To gormdubhgorm: "I know mental health is a serious issue for some people it is almost fashionable to go on about it now! Dessie Farrell, Bressie etc.
But I do not think that a GAA forum is the place to discuss things like this (for this reason alone I disliked your post), but I will respond since it is here.
There are two things I never understand about people who let themselves be abused on social media and worse still let themselves be continually effected by it.
Firstly there are block and report functions on social media. Secondly a person does not have to use social media. I for instant am not on facebook it is a personal choice of mine. You have your own free will to turn it off.
That should not be forgotten. In fact I think people with mental health issues should avoid social media if at all possible as any comment can be a "trigger" no matter how slight.
I hope you continue in your recovery and maybe the Red hands would be playing the dubs this september :).
But thread's like this just lead to people going on about dark places, tunnels (not the port tunnel), seeing the light (not the croke park floodlight's) other people telling them to keep it up. I am not sure whether it is good or a bad thing. If everybody did the same thing about all their problems all forums would be flooded with issues."
I completely disagree gormdubhgorm that mental health has almost become "fashionable" to discuss. If you had suffered anything like depression, anxiety etc you would know that. I think GAA forum is a perfect place to discuss this as it can help people who don't have such worries or anxieties gain an understanding and it highlights to more people exactly what people suffering issues are going through. Social media can be a trigger but it is also a major source of help and source of goodwill etc to someone who has issues around self esteem/anxiety/mental health And if you looked at a lot of forums you will see threads like this and countless numbers of them and I don't see how discussing mental health and positive mental health is a bad thing