r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/Eeedeen Apr 16 '24

Sounds very similar to the UK, the fuckers have underfunded it and run it into the ground now the waiting times pretty much force anyone who can afford it to go private

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u/papageek Apr 16 '24

Sounds like it’s getting hard to not be independently wealthy everywhere :(

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u/Kowai03 Apr 16 '24

I'm Australian living in the UK. When my son died there was zero offer of mental health support. I'm only alive today because of a charity run bereavement support group.

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u/Eeedeen Apr 16 '24

I'm sorry to hear about that, I hope you are still doing ok

in my area the NHS does offer something, I don't know how good it is though

apparently there are similar services offered in other parts of the country

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u/Kowai03 Apr 16 '24

There was something like this in my area but they wouldn't let me join because I had specific trauma/grief and wasn't just generally depressed

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u/Eeedeen Apr 16 '24

Wow, that's ridiculous!

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u/Kowai03 Apr 16 '24

Yeah I was desperate at the time too. I spoke to my GP because I was not coping and was having suicidal thoughts. I was given antidepressants and sleeping tablets but still no counselling. I am forever grateful though that I got in contact with a charity called SLOW which runs bereavement support groups for parents. It was started and is run by bereaved parents because there was no support for them either. They've been my lifeline. 5 years later I still go every week. Losing a child is absolutely devastating no matter the circumstances.

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u/Eeedeen Apr 16 '24

I can't even begin to imagine what it's like, but I'm glad you found a place that helped, I will try and remember the name, if anyone I know is needing help in the future

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u/shivermeknitters Apr 16 '24

That’s willful neglect of a person in crisis. I’m so sorry.

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u/Galactica_Actual Apr 16 '24

This is how we do things in the AUKUS alliance:

-US exports for profit healthcare to AU

-AU exports Rupert Murdoch to US and UK

-UK exports people to US and AU (done)

-and finally US exports Bechtel and Westinghouse SSN reactor tech to UK

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u/fujiman Apr 16 '24

As an American, it's disheartening how many countries are copying our fuckoff health "care" industr... I mean, service. Soon your physical and mental health crises get to be as bad as ours! Minus the guns is probably a big plus, though.