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[scepticalbee]

So, I don't really know where you put all your "experience"... We can't have any proof of it in here, though.

[santi84]

Scepticalbee,

Unfortunately for you, I have enough professional experience in the mental health to not be phased by some internet poster throwing out words like "murderous" and "push a poster to suicide".

[santi84]

Apologies for engaging the troll. My children are napping and it's raining outside. I should go grab a good book.

[scepticalbee]

Yes, sure, I'm the troll and you're not even if you're the one who's destroying the topic,not me. You could just say "I disagree, because", develop your idea while staying polite but no, you have to be aggressive, and to belittle other posters while seeking support in your online "friends" in here.

[scepticalbee]

I've already asked you to ignore my posts if you don't feel like replying to them, honestly I'd really appreciate it. And yes, your harsh and sneering comments could kill someone who's jobless and who's living on the edge. Are you really an experienced Human Being, anyway?

[scepticalbee]

So, Heather, I really apologize for these parenthesis for which I'm not responsible at all. I'll keep my advice, though: I think that trying to get better would help you to get a job more easily than trying to find a place where you could legally buy your medication.

[scepticalbee]

I'm not a specialist, though, but you should have probably heard about the medication addiction that harms the depressed person more than it really helps her/him. And this is an assertion made by professionals in their various reports, seminaries and books which could easily be found and read by literate people,of course.
I hope that you found my advice helpful.

[HLJHLJ]

and again; bad, incorrect and potentially dangerous advice.

[scepticalbee]

It's just your opinion, not the whole world's one.
I'm waiting for this topic's author's one, though...

[Teacher in Rome]

To the OP: I think that if you're suffering mental illness of any kind (or have a history of it), you need to discuss this with your own medical practitioner before deciding whether or not to go and teach abroad. Naturally, you'd probably not choose to discuss your personal history on an online forum, so there's a limit to specific advice people can give here.

Nevertheless, the advice (particularly on the first page) would seem spot on. Some countries may not give you a work visa if you aren't 100% fit. In other countries, you might find it hard to get the same / equivalent medication. Depending on the severity of your illness, you may also need access to therapies ("talking" or otherwise) and a support network that may not be so easy to find. And of course, the culture shock might also be difficult.

Like others who've offered advice and opinions here, I've seen the effects that mental ill health has. From what I know (admittedly little compared to posters like santi84 who has much more hands-on experience) mental illness takes many forms, lasts different durations of time, and affects people in very different ways. So I'd really urge you to speak to your own medical practitioner who's taken care of you up to now and who knows you best before heading off to a new country where you might not know anyone.

Good luck!

[Mr. Kalgukshi]

This thread is being unlocked with the understanding that if it once again degenerates into off-topic, flaming, confrontational and trolling comments, it and the makers of the aforementioned inappropriate comments will cease to exist on this board.

I kid you not.

[demitrescou]

[HeatherG]

He/she has been banned. Just ignore it.

[scot47]

Mental illness can also affect TEFLers when they come back from Shangri-La and are forced to adapt to life back home !

[haleynicole14]