Anyway, I was just leafing through the papers and this reoccurring theme popped up again.
"High rates of mental ill-health among farmers identified in a recent survey are "alarming" and should serve as a catalyst for further action, the Irish Farmers Association has said.
Some 22.8% of 457 farmers surveyed by the University College Dublin Agri Mental Health Group were considered at risk of suicide and 82% knew someone who had died by suicide, as reported in the Irish Examiner last week . . .
She pointed to a number of factors currently impacting farmers, including long hours, financial instability and
unpredictable weather, markets or regulations.
“These factors can contribute to high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression,” she said. . . .
. . . “
In more recent years farmers and the farming industry have been seriously put to the test by additional stressors and
environmental and financial changes. These changing circumstances requires developing extra resilience,”
The top reason for the stress farmers reported to the UCD group
were the extreme weather this year, , , ,
Recent survey results which found almost a quarter of farmers at risk of suicide were not surprising given pressures farmers face, Irish Farmers Association said
www.irishexaminer.com
See, if we are deprived from sunlight, not only does it effect the potatoes and tillage but also ourselves too, it actually physically effects our bodies and minds. This is all very well understood. The results show.
The Farmers are suffering from
SADness
And it's not only Farmers . . .
. . . Further, with less outdoor exposure to sunlight on the skin in winter, people with SAD may produce less Vitamin D [10, 11]. As Vitamin D is believed to play a role in serotonin activity, Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency have been associated with clinically significant depressive symptoms [12, 13]. Causal links between serotonin, melatonin, circadian rhythms, Vitamin D, and SAD have not yet been confirmed. However, associations among these key factors are present and are continuing to be researched.
2.1.1. Symptoms
Symptoms of winter seasonal pattern disorders center on sad mood and low energy [14–18]. Information for the lay public identify that people with SAD can feel sad, irritable, and may cry frequently; and they are tired and lethargic, have difficulty concentrating, sleep more than normal, lack energy, decrease their activity levels, withdraw from social situations, crave carbohydrates and sugars, and tend to gain weight due to overeating [5,
Record breaking rain and low temperatures through out the year are symptomatic an unusual unnatural cloudy climate climate and that is what Ireland experiences.
in summer, it's ridiculous
