** WARNING THIS BLOG POST IS AN ANGRY, CONTROVERSIAL AND OUT THERE POST**
Last night I went to bed early in pain with my back, this morning I woke up refreshed and relaxed until I looked at my phone and saw the disgusting news about the Mental Health talks last night. I am sure you have all heard what happened or at least one of the ten versions that are going around. To say that I am angry is the biggest understatement of the century. I am outraged, I feel like I have gotten a kick to the stomach and to be honest it will make me think twice about even bothering to vote in the next election. Like everything, we will never know the truth about how many TDs showed up and more importantly stayed for the full duration + of the talks yesterday because there are so many different facts and figures being thrown around. To be honest it doesn't mater whether there were ten/ fifteen/ twenty/ thirty TDs there last night, they ALL should have been there to discuss what is one of the biggest issues in Ireland at the moment. 1 in five people will at some stage suffer from a mental health issue, whether they are young, in school, in college, in work etc., no matter what the circumstances, it is a huge problem in this country at the minute. The only way to stop it from getting worse and from happening to 2 people in 5 is to talk about it, encourage people to talk about it, encourage people to not be ashamed about their mental health, to offer support and to offer ways to help. The people who SHOULD be setting an example and doing all they can to help the people in this country is the government, well the TDs who are fighting like children to form a government. I don't know why I am so surprised that barely a third of them showed up because 8 weeks after the general election they are still trying to form a government. There is no doubt in my mind that if they were Irish water talks every single one of them would have showed up, since when is water more important than an illness that has been known to kill people!! It is hard to tell how many people were there and who they were as each report I have read tells a different story. However what I did read about the current minister for health completely upset me as i read although he was there for the beginning of the talks and opened the talks, he left during the talks so he could go to the other meeting which was about forming a government. Now which genius decided to schedule the two meetings at the same time? As I have said if it was another topic it would have it's own time and day to make sure that every single TD could make it. Surely the minister for health could have suggested a different time for this meeting, surely he should have done so as it is technically his job to fight for mental health and put the health of the public first. Of course forming a government is extremely important but surely one more day wouldn't have mattered seen as they are taking their time after all, especially after the recent news that they are REDUCING the amount in the budget allocated to the mental health services and issues in the country. This time last year I was told that the treatment I required was not available to me due to a lack of funding and they are trying to reduce it even more!! Surely there is another sector that they could maybe reduce slightly instead of people's health and essentially their life!! Last year, without the right treatment, my anxiety and depression worsened and to be honest if it wasn't for my Fiancé, my amazing and strong parents, my sister and my close friends I honestly would not be here today, it is the strength of the above people that got me to the place I am today. What about the people who don't have this kind of support system around them and now they may not receive the treatment they require? Please tell me why we are bothering to vote if we are not being listened to?? Niall Breslin, aka Bressie, asked people last night on Twitter to write to their local TDs to ask if they were at yesterday's debate, I have emailed them and I hope you all do aswell. Whether you have suffered yourself, whether you have a family member or a friend who has been through the mill with mental health or you know of someone who has, please please speak out, ask questions and demand answers because unless we all come together on such an important and serious issue they will NEVER listen and we will never live in a fair and equal society that our fore parents in 1916 fought for. Please please spread the word, encourage people to talk about it and ask the questions that demand answers!! All my love as always, Em XX
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