About a year ago I went to a Parish Council meeting in my village. There is great pressure here to allow more and more building of houses in the village which is threatening to spoil the village and also over stretch the infra-structure. The sewage system is stretched, the school is full and the doctor's surgery is not able to cope with more people. Also the roads cannot cope with more traffic. At the meeting there was a man from the District council with a power point presentation. He said that most develpoment would be in three towns in the district. Apparently our village would only have five more houses built in the next ten years. It sounded ideal. But gradually we realized that no matter what we said everything could just turn around and we would have as many houses as the government wanted. This is what they call consultation! But if you don't attend these meetings they can just say no one is bothered. We now have a developer proposing to build 40 houses within the village. What happens next is that the District Council can refuse planning permission. However the last twice that they did this the developer's appeal was upheld. This is democracy at work!! Democracy seems to be being eroded before our very eyes.
There are two main types of depression, reactive, which is a reaction to your circumstances and endogenous, which is a part of your makeup and not entirely affected by your circumstances. I get the second type. When I am depressed I like to sleep a lot, this is probably not a good thing as depression can lift if you do not have extra sleep. It is all very well knowing that , but acting upon it is another thing. Exercise is also beneficial. Some sorts of depression can be lifted by taking these measures, but some people need medication. You need to get to know your doctor and develope a relationship with him/her where you feel you can trust their judgement. Do look for help as there are lots of possibilities out there. It is not good to spend long stretches of time on your own. Talking with other people will often help lift your spirits, especially if they are people who have gone through this experience themselves. Maybe you need to join a self help group. Avoid people who tell...
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