Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
It's far more complex than simply offering up working at the pit as a solution .

As I've pointed out up until the last 15 years nobody talked about mental health for fear of ridicule , for all you know many of your fellow miners could have experienced poor mental health and you wouldn't know it was that .

Breakdown in relationships is one area that leads to poor mental health and people today split with wives and partners more than they did , almost nobody when I was at school was brought up by a single parent for instance .

Society and communities have changed from what they once were and people move around the country more than they did due to work for example .

People can often feel isolated and disconnected today , we had more or less the same people on our street when I was growing up and now people don't put roots down as they once did .

Those are just a few examples and it's only the tip of the iceberg because as I say mental health is complex and it's a complex world today .
Made me smile this post Animal, especially the comments about knowing everyone on the same street and single parent families. It's amazing how much the world has changed. Having got to a similar age as you, I often think back to how things used to be.... 😁