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Don Chance

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  1. Top psychologist in the world agrees. He has warned people about Trump for years.
  2. Thai's weaponize language. They don't speak English because this gives then power over Aliens. You will often be surprised that many Thai's can infact speak English but choose not to. Passive-aggressive language is a form of indirect communication that expresses negative feelings, anger, or resistance without openly addressing them. This "weaponized" language is a manipulative tactic designed to avoid direct conflict while still making the aggressor's displeasure known, often leaving the recipient feeling confused or guilty
  3. Disgusting corrupt country.
  4. I've seen a few train wrecks recently will old guys losing their marbles. You need to consider something that are very important if you want to keep living smoothly in SE Asia. 1) You need TWO bank accounts from different banks at least one in the first world. You need TWO visa or mastercard credit cards. 2) You need a check your online account regularly. You need to have a computer, laptop or good phone and keep up to date with pensions and taxes. 3) May need a virtual number like with callcentric. You can send and receive SMS, make calls take calls etc. To verify your banking. You can get a western phone$ for 3$ a month. 4) You need to think about your healthy. If your mental health is going, your memory etc. Age 65-90 You need to slowdown and find place to stay for a longer period of time or go home. I've seen a number of people end up homeless and deported recently because they forgot their pin code and could not contract anyone.
  5. The masochist has been taught from an early age to hate herself and to consider herself unworthy of love and worthless as a person. Consequently, s/he is prone to self-destructive, punishing and self-defeating behaviors. Though capable of pleasure and possessed of social skills, the masochist avoids or undermines pleasurable experiences. She does not admit to enjoying herself. She seeks suffering, pain and hurt in relationships and situations. She rejects help and resents people who offer help. She actively renders futile attempts to assist or ameliorate or mitigate or even solve their problems and predicaments. And these self-penalizing behaviors are also self-purging. They tend to relieve the masochist with overwhelming pent-up anxiety. They are cathartic. Masochist conduct is equally aimed at avoiding intimacy and its benefits, companionship and support, as it is at punishing herself. And so masochists tend to choose people and circumstances that inevitably and predictably lead to failure, misdelusionment, disappointment and mistreatment. Contrary to this, they tend to avoid relationships, interactions and circumstances and people that are likely to result in success or gratification. They reject, disdain or even suspect people who consistently treat them well. Masochist find caring, loving people sexually unattractive. The masochist typically adopts unrealistic goals and this way she generates underachievements, inevitably. Masochist routinely fail at mundane tasks, even when these tasks are crucial to their own advancement and personal objectives. And even when they adequately carry out identical assignments on behalf of others.
  6. Now they just have to ban preservatives from Thai beer and it will be much healthier like Cambodia beer. Cambodian sell it cheap, so they sell more, hence no need to put some strange chemical in it.
  7. It maybe too difficult for many people to change. They don't know where to start. Start by purifying your body and renouncing. Start with COFFEE! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3621334/
  8. The key social transitioning. You need to develop a life and personality that is busy doing thing that do not involve alcohol. You need a new personality state, the alcoholic personality state may come back but you need to avoid triggers. Go out to bars in Bangkok maybe a trigger. Learn tennis for example. Study Buddhism. Religion is what AA is selling you, it may work too.
  9. I use Western Union or Money Gram that my bank offers for no fees. Just send the money to my self. It is cheaper than ATM fees, better rates, takes some time at the bank to get the money but take out a large sum, it is worth it.
  10. Westerners shouldn't live in Thailand. If you must you should live 1) In a bubble with other farangs. 2) In a bubble with your family from the west.
  11. There is no drug or surgery that will change someones 'sex.' Gender is performative, it is defined by society, by your own idea of what it means to be a male or female. Change your own mind, not your body. Don't define yourself based on what other think, look within. Taking drugs or surgery are dangerous and harmful, please avoid.
  12. I think this is an attribution error. You are experience anxiety and having sex with some random person. It is call "Anxiolytic Sex." It is like when rape victims report having an organism. Or when the war ends everyone comes home and gets married. It also explains why many men act violent or tough around women an it gets them laid. Women with financial problems experience anxiety too.
  13. Joy – a sense of elation, happiness, and perhaps even exhilaration, often experienced as a sudden spike due to something good happening. Gratitude – a feeling of thankfulness, for something specific or simply all-encompassing, often accompanied by humility and even reverence. Serenity – a calm and peaceful feeling of acceptance of oneself. Interest – a feeling of curiosity or fascination that demands and captures your attention. Hope – a feeling of optimism and anticipation about a positive future. Pride – a sense of approval of oneself and pleasure in an achievement, skill, or personal attribute. Amusement – a feeling of lighthearted pleasure and enjoyment, often accompanied by smiles and easy laughter. Inspiration – feeling engaged, uplifted, and motivated by something you witnessed. Awe – an emotion that is evoked when you witness something grand, spectacular, or breathtaking, sparking a sense of overwhelming appreciation. Elevation – the feeling you get when you see someone engaging in an act of kindness, generosity, or inner goodness, spurring you to aspire to similar action. Altruism – usually referred to as an act of selflessness and generosity towards others, but can also describe the feeling you get from helping others. Satisfaction – a sense of pleasure and contentment you get from accomplishing something or fulfilling a need. Relief – the feeling of happiness you experience when an uncertain situation turns out for the best, or a negative outcome is avoided. Affection – an emotional attachment to someone or something, accompanied by a liking for them and a sense of pleasure in their company. Cheerfulness – a feeling of brightness, being upbeat and noticeably happy or chipper; feeling like everything is going your way. Surprise (the good kind!) – a sense of delight when someone brings you unexpected happiness or a situation goes even better than you had hoped. Confidence – emotion involving a strong sense of self-esteem and belief in yourself; can be specific to a situation or activity, or more universal. Admiration – a feeling of warm approval, respect, and appreciation for someone or something. Enthusiasm – a sense of excitement, accompanied by motivation and engagement. Eagerness – like a less intense form of enthusiasm; a feeling of readiness and excitement for something. Euphoria – intense and the all-encompassing sense of joy or happiness, often experienced when something extremely positive and exciting happens. Contentment – peaceful, comforting, and low-key sense of happiness and well being. Enjoyment – a feeling of taking pleasure in what is going on around you, especially in situations like a leisure activity or social gathering. Optimism – positive and hopeful emotion that encourages you to look forward to a bright future, one in which you believe that things will mostly work out. Happiness – a feeling of pleasure and contentment in the way things are going; a general sense of enjoyment of and enthusiasm for life. Love – perhaps the strongest of all positive emotions, love is a feeling of deep and enduring affection for someone, along with a willingness to put their needs ahead of your own; it can be directed towards an individual, a group of people, or even all humanity.
  14. Attractive women grow up pedistalized. They meet men and they all agree with her. Her reality testing gets all messed up. Her whole life becomes an echo chamber.
  15. If you believe your monotheist book is the actually words of the creator of the universe; there is something seriously wrong with you!
  16. Simple do not rent an apartment. Rent a guesthouse is much better, it includes cleaning. For cooking get a simple hot pot. If there is problem you can change rooms or guesthouses. In Thailand you are set up to fail.
  17. You can get Baclofen without a prescript, dry Diamond Pharmacy in Bangkok.
  18. We are getting to know each other too much in the modern world. It was much better before. Now we don't like what we see.
  19. Maybe a visa violation or being charged with a crime. I think 1 to 5 year ban is common. What is it like to actually return to a country after having a harrowing experience with immigration police, no doubt very traumatic. Do people just never come back again? Is it worth it? If you return what will immigration do when you arrive again at the border? Just act like nothing happened or question and detain you again?
  20. I think there is a lot of mental illness in Thailand. The "culture" masks it and makes it normal.
  21. It looked like a normal can of beer, one of the top 3, i won't mention the name. i should say counterfeit beer.

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