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7 weeks is too long in one place !

I probably won't come here again all  I saw was drunken old fools !

I need to be on a place that Stimulates my mind ,a place where people are of intelligent,and interesting , NOT sitting by a pool in view talay !!!!!

Exactly I have moved buildings to Arcadia resort where I see the same drunken farangs buying cheap Leo to drown their sorrows 

Please is retirement not for me or is Pattaya?

I do like Manila riding the subway could see myself living there so I could walk up & down the subway 

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

Whenever I see Dr Oliver for a consultation about vaccinations, my lungs etc, he doesn't charge me, only a reasonable fee for any medicines 🙂

That's because he enjoys doing the prostate exam on you 🍑🤞

1 hour ago, susanlea said:

You went to Pattaya to see doctors? Try doing something else.

Susan ,you would have to be mad not to make use of the cheap dentist on your vacation.

But...as you only joined this forum last week.... supposedly anyway...you wouldn't know.

I bet anything that you are another forum member on here using the name SUSAN .... probably you Liverpool Lou ....is this your feminine side coming out using a woman's name when your a bloke?

Fair dinkum you using another name joining last week and picking a woman's name , some screwed up people on here !

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. In NZ we get about 10 minutes, if lucky and it costs large. Not much time for psychotherapy, or anything. Costs far too much for those "follow ups" unless rich, and if rich can afford the real thing. GPs will prescribe drugs and see you in 3 months to renew prescription.

In Australia to see a GP costs me $60 after Medicare rebate , something like 5 minutes consultation .

Blood tests are FREE by the Australian government though and I get a full blood test monthly 

But paying $60 just to see a doctor for 5 minutes is outrageous 

Mind you I paid the equivalent of $42 AUD to see Dr Oliver in  Pattaya recently AND he wanted 1400 baht or around $65 AUD for a blood test !!!!!

1400 baht for a blood test !

3 hours ago, susanlea said:

If you flew to Thailand to have fun you shouldn't be depressed. 

Im going to be honest with you ,I took 7 weeks leave from my job .

Pattaya made me depressed especially after 3 weeks 

The greatest happy moments was walking up & down  the Manila subway last Monday & Tuesday night !!!!!

Just the look on the passengers face as they looked up at me walking through the 8 carriages .

I was dangling a set of keys in one hand patrolling like a police man , I felt good 

47 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Yes, same with chin up/pull ups.  Everyone should at least be able to lift their own weight.

I can't do even do 10 pushups ,but I lift weights everyday 

It's a good challenge to start though 

Does medication actually cure the depression or just treat it

I remember years ago when I was working in the actual hospital wards in the Psych dept a guy came in and he had to have Shock treatment!

I didn't know that still exists in Australia but it does 

Apparently he would lay days in bed without getting out !

I think they put electric stun gun to the side of your head I heard.

1 hour ago, susanlea said:

Learning to do pull ups. Most people can't do them.

Push ups is another one 

Anyone here over 60 can do say 25 push ups without stopping ?

7 minutes ago, Galong said:

I'm 68. I started keeping track of my cycling mileage from 60 onward. I'm well over 100,000 km now. I don't do really long rides and I don't go fast. I rarely take a day off. Cycling is my retirement activity, period. 

How dangerous is that ?

A very big challenge and high risk !

I wouldn't do it , you risk being hit by cars and trucks 

Very big challenge,who would do that ? Anyone ?

Buzzin in Pattaya has 100k subscribers 

He was very brave to admit he has depression caused by no particular reason 

Chemical imbalance?

I also get depressed ,some days are down days no reason why 

8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Never seen him, maybe that's why, not popular enough to make decent money

It's"  "Buzzin in Pattaya '" YouTuber 

This Pattaya YouTuber who was talking about it today is a bar owner and for some reason he has no idea why he is depressed?

This is chemically imbalance,is it not ?

I just watched a famous Pattaya YouTuber admit he has depression, and was on medication.

One would envy his life and wonder why 

So let's talk about is depression REAL?

I want to tell you guys I travelled to Manila Philippines last week 

Last Wednesday I ordered a Grab from my hotel to the Manila North cemetery,a place where people live 

Every song playing in a Grab in the Philippines is usually slow  1980's music and Air Supply or similar 

The driver doesn't even acknowledge me and the radio is on playing Air Supply,"  just as I am" song 

As soon as I get to Manila North cemetery there is more old sad 1980's  music playing, 

Anyway I walk thru the gates to see people living in maseolums or crypts they look happy and well dressed 

They look at me staring ,there are signs no photos 

I start to imagine sadness and I start crying 

People were looking at me 

I really sorry for these people 

I see a guy and this is no joke sitting on a crypt wearing a 711 uniform well dressed 

I felt sadness he must live in a grave room and work at 711 

I walk up to him ," Do 711 know you live in here and work there ? 

Without even saying what?

He immediately said Yes Sir 

I  started to feel emotional and the manager of the cemetery at the gates seem to be concerned about me as I left crying he asked me if I was ok coming out of his tinted air conditioning office as others are forced to live in grave  tombs ,glasses around his nose ,are you ok sir ?

I hate this in the Philippines being called that

I have no idea about if this was depression?

I feel depression is not real and others  factors,such as real sadness in the heat of the moment 

I find if I don't get my 250mg testereone shot monthly I feel sad ,down ,sad music line air supply goes thru my head 

Is depression real ??

1 hour ago, save the frogs said:

 

a bit harsh to pass judgement and call the guy's entire life into question, no?

not to mention you don't know much about him. 

 

You would go out with him wearing black socks and sandals ?

In hot weather and he's wearing these !

35 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

The other day you were in Pattaya? I thought you were in the Philippines. Or I guess the other day could be back in March.

I'm back in Pattaya 

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

A very good example of "lack of impulse control" not so different from "so I stopped one guy and told him the bad manners"

 

Sometimes it is just better to not nothing, breathe, relax, sabai sabai

 

The at of not be upset by the world around you. Things you can not control

Very true..but ...it's not so easy in real life ..yo let someone push past you 

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

I think it's more lack of boundries and inability to set limits, then impulse control. They get thrown into a society that does not enforce limits on personal behavior like their home country does, so they don't have the self-control skills required for long term success.

Very interesting points.

Possibly 

The foreigners Farangs who fall in love and start buying houses ,giving money to uncles aunties etc

The hero mentality is a dead-end road that doesn't earn appreciation, it earns the label of being a fool. Money is appreciated at first, then it's expected, then it becomes dependent upon and entitled. The shift through those phases happens pretty fast.