Poveglia is a small island floating in the lagoons of Venice. In stark contrast to the beauty of its surroundings, the island is a festering blemish. The waves reluctantly lapping its darkened shores will often carry away the polished remains of human bones. When the first outbreak of bubonic plague swept through Europe, the number of dead and dying in the city of Venice became unbearable. The bodies were piling up, the stench was oppressive, and something had to be done. The local authorities decided to use Poveglia as a dumping ground for the diseased bodies.

Care in the community Rob mate – it’s the only explanation as to why people like Damo are free to roam the fair streets of our great city.

Its probably just as well though when you read stories like the one I read in the deeds to our last house.

In a nutshell (see what I did there), the bloke who'd bought the house in 1935 (Mavis Lane) came home from the war a nervous wreck and in the mid 1950's he was committed to High Royds after a nervous breakdown. These days they'd treat you with drugs and a few months off work, back then they just locked you away and threw away the key, he was incarcerated at High Royds until he finally committed suicide in the 1970s - all of this was written in an affidavit as part of the deeds as his wife had kept the house until she went into care in the late 1990s, their niece had to declare all of this to get a power of attourney.

I know of two people who have had what is loosely described as a "nervous breakdown" in the last two years, both were treated successfully and back at work (albeit different work) within a few months.

awful, pointless, irrelevant thread.

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