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Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:16:16 +0000

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Movember: Day 2. Hair Follicles Retreat : DPE Australia — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:23:41 +0000

[...] Last night, Duncan Riley challenged me on “my personal sponsorship target”. AU$1000 would be cool. Now that’s a serious amount of dosh to help out BeyondBlue. [...]

By: Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:32:54 +0000

I’ll sponsor Nick if you sponsor me )

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:30:15 +0000

Duncan

Same here. I’ve hinted at it in previous posts on my blog. And in twitter.

The great google machine will suck these, and many other utterances ready for all to read about it in the future.

Nick

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Movember: Day 2. Hair Follicles Retreat | www.nickhodge.com — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:27:56 +0000

[...] Last night, Duncan Riley challenged me on “my personal sponsorship target”. AU$1000 would be cool. Now that’s a serious amount of dosh to help out BeyondBlue. [...]

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Sponsor Nick Hodge’s Moustache « Richard Giles: Blog — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:30:45 +0000

[...] Nick Hodge’s Moustache Posted November 1, 2007 Taking a leaf out of Duncan’s book, I thought I’d ask people to seriously consider sponsoring Nick Hodge in this [...]

By: duncan

duncan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:48:55 +0000

The thing is Nick: what I’ve written above is the closest I’ve ever been to admitting my time with the black dog, and I’m betting that it will be used against me in the future. There is still this stigma that to suffer depression= you’re nuts, and that you should just buck up and deal with it. As you know, it’s just not that simple…and I cant count how many times I wished it was.

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:28:11 +0000

Duncan

I also feel for those who cannot seek help.

The largest suicide rate is now in men 35-50 having previously been in teenage boys. Much work over the last 10 years has reduced the rate in younger men. BeyondBlue is one of the key organisations helping blokes.

The reduction of stigmatisation of depression and mental health is also helping. Funding from Federal and State Gov’ts, too.

Nick

By: duncan

duncan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:17:49 +0000

Nick
I was just fortunate enough that I had cash to burn on private help…2 years prior and I wouldn’t have been able to afford it. I should have been a shrink BTW: $180/ hr.

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:16:24 +0000

Duncan

Thanks for the call out. As a fellow depression sufferer, thankfully diagnosed and handled in a similar professional way, BeyondBlue helped me.

Their web site and resources was one of the first places I reached out for. Also a big shout out to Jeff Kennett. Love him or loath him, he’s an excellent ambassador for us who suffer with the black dog.

Nick