Is it different where you live?

[marcusuk63]

I live in Norway and we have 4 seasons, but our summer is short, and the autumn and winter long, cold and very dark. I get depressed when I'm not seeing the sun. I truly believe in the power of vitamin D (sunshine). Our health system is free and supposedly good. Our mental health care is, on the other hand, shitty. It's almost impossible to get real help (except for medication, they love to prescribe SSRIs).

Our suicidal rate is increasing enormously.

I agree , i hibernate in winter i get really down when its winter , when it's summer i'm outside as much as possible .

 

[g0921]

Living in Hong Kong. I have always hate Chinese society(no offense, nothing wrong about it. I am just not born for being one), plus the population density here,

and all recent events....
I have never been this low in my life.

 

[Bandzbandz]

Living in Hong Kong. I have always hate Chinese society(no offense, nothing wrong about it. I am just not born for being one), plus the population density here,

and all recent events....
I have never been this low in my life.

I was just speaking to one of my university friends who went back home to Hong Kong. He was always such a cool and chill guy and was always quiet. I facetimed him around last week and I could tell that he wasnt himself and was very depressed. As a fresh graduate, he couldnt find a job (he just graduated summer 2019) and looked so exhausted. When I asked him where he was going he said we was going to protest and I was genuinely worried for his life considering the police brutality ongoing. I was hurt seeing the look of defeat on his face because he felt so let down by everything around him in the country. Please stay strong and safe.

 

[g0921]

I was just speaking to one of my university friends who went back home to Hong Kong. He was always such a cool and chill guy and was always quiet. I facetimed him around last week and I could tell that he wasnt himself and was very depressed. As a fresh graduate, he couldnt find a job (he just graduated summer 2019) and looked so exhausted. When I asked him where he was going he said we was going to protest and I was genuinely worried for his life considering the police brutality ongoing. I was hurt seeing the look of defeat on his face because he felt so let down by everything around him in the country. Please stay strong and safe.

I would not die in Hong Kong, but it is so gonna be my reason of death. (Plan to CTB oversea, becoz how impossible it is to get English country working visa to live a decent life.) Tho I can't do it now, as so many of us are fighting for the future... how they shouted out "I will not commit suicide"while arrested by police. There would be too much guilt...

Actually people are lucky if they just got beat up, and got on the news... More of them just disappear, then their "suicide" corpses would be found days after, which we all know it is the police or pro-Chinese individuals doing.

Wish your friend would stay strong and keep fighting as well.

 

[Tim101]

I live in Norway and we have 4 seasons, but our summer is short, and the autumn and winter long, cold and very dark. I get depressed when I'm not seeing the sun. I truly believe in the power of vitamin D (sunshine). Our health system is free and supposedly good. Our mental health care is, on the other hand, shitty. It's almost impossible to get real help (except for medication, they love to prescribe SSRIs).

Our suicidal rate is increasing enormously.

I agree with sunshine and vitamin D. In Australia there can be too much sunshine. Where I live the sun rises at 5.10 am and sets 6.50 pm in spring and summer. That is a LOT of sunshine. I look forward to winter but dislike the cold nights and mornings 13 degrees average. Days get to about 22 degrees and sunny. I lived in UK loved it but my bones always felt frozen!!

 

[Bandzbandz]

I would not die in Hong Kong, but it is so gonna be my reason of death. (Plan to CTB oversea, becoz how impossible it is to get English country working visa to live a decent life.) Tho I can't do it now, as so many of us are fighting for the future... how they shouted out "I will not commit suicide"while arrested by police. There would be too much guilt...

Actually people are lucky if they just got beat up, and got on the news... More of them just disappear, then their "suicide" corpses would be found days after, which we all know it is the police or pro-Chinese individuals doing.

Wish your friend would stay strong and keep fighting as well.

Oh man, that is so scary. It just really hurt me because I know my friend and how he is usually and he just seemed like he was surrounded by walls he cannot escape. Please do feel free to PM me if you ever want to talk about anything.

 

[Tim101]

Oh man, that is so scary. It just really hurt me because I know my friend and how he is usually and he just seemed like he was surrounded by walls he cannot escape. Please do feel free to PM me if you ever want to talk about anything.

The situation in HK is distressing. I know someone studying at uni there on exchange. It is a fascinating city
With many expats. You could consider a student visa to AU. There are many here. Also HK there is wide divide in wealth. Chinese have free entry and treat it like their homeland. A terrible situation.

 

[g0921]

The situation in HK is distressing. I know someone studying at uni there on exchange. It is a fascinating city
With many expats. You could consider a student visa to AU. There are many here. Also HK there is wide divide in wealth. Chinese have free entry and treat it like their homeland. A terrible situation.

To be honest, Chinese not just treat it like their homeland, but as if they own the bloody place. (God sake, just some respect plz?)

Oh man, that is so scary. It just really hurt me because I know my friend and how he is usually and he just seemed like he was surrounded by walls he cannot escape. Please do feel free to PM me if you ever want to talk about anything.

"surrounded by walls he cannot escape" well said.... I am not sure how is it for you guys. But immigrate to other countries is extreme difficult here, unless you are rich or highly professional. And of course, I am neither.
Thank you for your offer, I will think of you when it happen.

 

[ValideSultana]

Me too, and its not bad for me at all.

I didn't say it was bad. What I said was, "Enough said". There are many things I can't do that if I lived in my country of birth I would be able to do. There are many things I can't say, as people here would either be angry, blame me, judge me, or think I'm crazy depending on the subject. I have made friends here, really good friends, but regardless of how close I am with them, I have to guard what I say and do constantly, which I've never had to do before.

 

[Bandzbandz]

I didn't say it was bad. What I said was, "Enough said". There are many things I can't do that if I lived in my country of birth I would be able to do. There are many things I can't say, as people here would either be angry, blame me, judge me, or think I'm crazy depending on the subject. I have made friends here, really good friends, but regardless of how close I am with them, I have to guard what I say and do constantly, which I've never had to do before.

My situation is the exact same. I cant buy a property where I was born because I'm not a citizen. It's tough but thats the law of the land and my parents did not have a better choice so I'm stuck with what I have. Same with the politics thing as well. You and I might be living in the same place!

 

[LastRide]

Well, I live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, unemployment is non-existent, no major political problems, no wars waged with anyone for ages....but believe it or not one of the highest suicide rates worldwide ! Depression is not attached to social status or wealth ! And actually you can want to ctb without even being depressed.

 

[The Warm Industry]

Well, I live on a tropical country. So, it feels like it's summer 9 out of 12 months. The city where I live is also a beach town which it's hot almost all of the time. People are always angry and mad in their daily lives and I got used to it after some time, so it's not much of a "peaceful" town and/or country.

 

[S1mpleme]

I live pretty isolated but live in Holland. Is it different in other countries? Is it better in other countries if you are depressed to live?

Never been in Holand, but I'd love to see those tulips, such a beautiful place that I miss so much especially now. I live in US and this country sucks. Compared to Europe (but depends what city or village), US mostly has big territories, if you go outside you will see cars and almost no people. I used to live in a city where only a few people a year walking outside, the rest just cars. Even big cities like NYC don't make you feel better. Here everyone with fake smile on his face trying to keep distance, if you wait for a bus, you can't just talk to someone, it's kinda complicated. Honestly I like more Europe, people more open in there. I met online few guys from Russia (2 different guys), they know nothing about me, just a random person from the internet, but invited me to their homes, offered to drink vodka and try their baths. People are friendly and open, you will never find someone like this in US.

 

[ReadyToFly]

One thing I've learned is you can always change the scenery but you can't change the problem. In the US it's the same thing.. isolation. People not wanting to help you or deal with you because you've experienced trauma and it's too much for them and just a burden to them. They want you to "get over it" then when you try you end up worse than you were before.

 

[Lefty]

I live in Washington State, USA. The suicide rate has been increasing at an alarming rate.

The New York Times - "The Soaring Rate of Suicide by Young People" - First, and perhaps most challenging, we need to address some of the underlying causes: a profoundly broken economy that robs young people of opportunities for a healthy and productive life, a constant news cycle full of dire predictions, and, of course, access to lethal means like guns.

The first steps to treatment ignores the fact that we face a dire shortage of medical professionals, especially psychiatrists like Dr. Friedman himself, who can properly prescribe medication and provide accompanying therapy — the combination proven most effective in treating both depression and anxiety.

"a time of relentless school shootings and obvious evidence of climate change that the depression of teenagers is attributed to media and drugs" - "the causes of young people's depression and despair: the isolation, cyber-preoccupation and bullying he mentions, and the feelings of inadequacy and uncertainty that fuel and compound them"

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I also live in the same state. WA has one of the highest rates of suicides out of the country. In my city, its even higher then the state average. *Cough* Eastern WA