I think Monto is self employed? It's not just blue collar tradies (a huge number of whom are self employed), but most self employed who just can't take a break from their business, even if their mental health is poor. That's their reality
I'm self employed so I don't take hollidays and work through as much sickness as I can but I don't bitch about the fact that employees are in a different situation. I do worry that I don't have the same safety net that they do if something really bad happpens to me. For instance, I know a guy who got a brain tumor and had to take six months off work but came back to a job. If that happened to me I'd be bankrupt but that's the risk I take and I don't begrudge others for not taking that risk.