Outside a night club?
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I wonder how many years it will be before people stop imagining they understand someone else's mental health problems? To say that it is understandable because his dad died, or that it is not credible because he earns millions are both armchair diagnoses of what is reported as an illness. Admittedly the first assumption shows compassion while the second shows ignorance, so well done @thunderbolt
Our mental disposition is a product of our innate brain function and our life experiences, but the infuence of the two varies hugely between individuals. In some a crisis is entirely endogenous (and here the mental health issue may be plain for all to see). In others it is a reaction to events. In some the endogenous disposition lowers the bar for abreaction to events. Others are more stoic, perhaps, albeit the crisis, if it comes, can have more dramatic consequences. How often have you thought 'didn't see that coming' when someone with whom you are acquainted does something dramatic, anything from suddenly walking out on their life, to killing themself? On the other hand some wear their mental health on their sleeve (which is actually part of their coping process) and everyone has a pretty good ideal of where they are at and what they are likely to do.
For me if a person takes a break due to mental health issies, the best response is to wish them the best, ask if there is anything I can do, leave the door open and let them heal. Prodding and poking to find out exactly what's wrong with them (depression? anxiety? suicidal ideation) is just rude. Suggesting they are making it all up to gain an advantage or cover for a failing is insulting.
Yes, and Piers Moron is a hypocrite, racist sexist bully and should be ****** and burned.
