@i-need-a-martini wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
ok got it...
But I think Jilly has got it right.
It must be so hard for these ppl to be driven out of their own environment and customs and try to assimilate into a totally different one such as ours.
So please explain what 'environment' and 'customs' have to do with potential post natal deperession and a car accident?
Quite a lot, I would imagine.
A lot, in fact I would hazard a guess that most West African ppl in Australia are refugees from the conflicts in Africa which have been resettled in Australia.
I can only imagine the suffering they've gone through, being driven from their homes, possibly seperated from their families, seeing loved ones killed, herded together in refugee camps. Waiting for many years to be resettled. Coming to a country where people, customs, traditions, lifestyle are so different from your own you may as well be living on a different planet amongs aliens. Learning a new language. Maybe living off welfare and charity. Social workers on your doorstep constantly prying into your affairs. So it might have seemed
Who wouldn't go through bouts of depression? Especially after having a baby. We don't know the young woman's circumstances and family arrangements so it's hard to say what tipped her over.
So authorites are calling it post-natal depression. Mental illness is always a good one-size-fits-all diagnosis.
I don't know any more about the lady in the car "accident". It could have been a similar experience for her.
I don't think any of us can speculate until more information comes out and even then we need to be careful. Feeling for all involved in this very tragic situation.
