The National 13 May 2021
Consultant psychiatrist at Pacific International Hospital said there is no shame in admitting that we need mental health care. Some signs of mental health issues are:
UNHAPPINESS in life and lifestyle that may have previously provided happiness for many years.
BOREDOM with people and things of previous interest - food, music, friends and places.
FEELING a need for sudden adventure and change.
CONFUSION about identify and self worth.
ANGER with spouse for feeling tied down.
INABILITY to make decisions about where to go next.
CONTINUED looking back over decisions of the past with options and mistakes.
Before I left Australia, my younger daughter said I was having a massive mid life crisis from work problems. She was probably right.
I was involved in community affairs and the parish council of the church. There were severe problems starting with the government plan to build the Barwon Correction Centre near the town.
As Secretary of the local branch of the Australian Labor Party, I supported the prison that was more modern than Pentridge prison.
I lost many friends but was aware of the deep unemployment coming to the district with the closure of the Ford Factory in Geelong.
Then I came to PNG and walked straight into the hate campaign against AIDS Holistics. The campaign cured my mid life crisis and made me stronger. The people have been massively helped.
I was president of the Catholic church school building committee. At a meeting, one stupid member denounced me as a communist.
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