Puff raises a point but think it's worded massively insensitively i dont work personally i volunteer for a variety of projects, from the sussex fa, to setting up mental health projects at a number of football clubs. I dont claim any benefits also my wife earns a nice wage and we have a youngster who isnt that well so i stay at home and do my work as a volunteer. I am looking at going charity status on my projects in the future. I also find the pressure of daily work massively difficult not from the fact its hard getting up from 9-5pm but having to be well 7days a week i do it for a year or so then end up in hospital. then spend a few years on the social recovering, but during that i do engage in services it is important to.Puff Daddy wrote:In my job of trying to get the long term unemployed back into work, I counsel a hell of lot of people suffering from anxiety and depression and my belief is, many of them hide behind this excuse. Yesterday, one of customers who claims to have suffered with this for nearly 10 years and who has not done a stroke of work in that time, told me, one in four people in this country has this condition. In a country with a 60 million population, does that mean 15 million of us are not quite right in the head ?
Today i did a presentation and did touch on a number of things that i think puff might be getting at. I work with a few people in my time who are not engaging in any mental health services, have depression and they clearly do but they do nothing to engage in services just turn up to our weekly sessions that sort of thing does need to train. Today i included that services users now have to be actively engaging with services if they want to play on match days as i feel there has to be a desire and a commitment to get better or personally programs like what i run are pointless in the long run.