https://safetyatworkblog.com/2008/09/12/politician-who-attempted-suicide-is-sacked/ Award winning news, commentary and opinion on workplace health and safety Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://safetyatworkblog.com/2008/09/12/politician-who-attempted-suicide-is-sacked/#comment-2113 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:34:10 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-2113 […] Further to other SafetyAtWorkBlog posts concerning Ms Paula Wriedt’s sacking, Ms Wriedt has issued a statement expressing her […]

]]> https://safetyatworkblog.com/2008/09/12/politician-who-attempted-suicide-is-sacked/#comment-2112 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:56:10 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-2112 Neville
Your points are valid but given your last sentence why is the approach to combatting stress segmented into work and non-work? Is this demarcation what the work/life balance movement is trying to erase?

]]> https://safetyatworkblog.com/2008/09/12/politician-who-attempted-suicide-is-sacked/#comment-2111 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:05:34 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-2111 The difficulty is in proportioning \’work\’ experience from \’real life\’ experience. It may well be that Ms Wriedt\’s depression came from her ministerial work, or it may be that her personal life was the real cause. In any case, \’stress\’ cases have the unfortunate reputation of being an \’escape situation\’, where the person who needs help in regaining the reality of life and learning to live with what they have, gets lost in blamining someone of some other situation for their condition.
In my experience, rarely does the true cause(s) of a persons strees get identified and therefore assist in proper treatment.

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