Pattayabeerbacon Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Its prevelent, The surroundings are the key cause of mental illness. Was just in Phnom phen for example, some westerners were so far gone it was not a joke anymore , There was three foreign deaths in 24 hours in the week i was there, Must be the enamal laced 14THB cans of beer. Thailand i see alot less of these types, And thailand is of similar costs too. careful out there guy, mental illness from overuse of booze, poor life decisions, and over speanding is bad out here, If it comes to it just go home for 5-6 weeks , work, amd come back with 100K THB and live within your means for two months. dont just hang around in Asia, Take your money , spend it, Then go home unless your a qualified teacher or a millionaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchis Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 yeah, bear and bacon will do that to you ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikisteel Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 This guys 25 Satang short of a baht and he's giving advice whilst drinking beer that costs 14thb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Valid point. Alcohol is a depressant. If I recall correctly, the OP was trying to stay in Thailand while asking his family for money to support him. I would find that depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Maybe the prospects of going back to the uk to live in a cardboard box on the street in the snow and rain is enough to make some have a 'mental problem' ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 These people you speak of were likely mentally-struggling prior to their Phnom Phen recce. It certainly isn't a Western affliction and would go as far as to say you'd find more problems, sadly, in the Eastern hemisphere... every human struggles with their ego-centric beast of a mind. Anyway, that's neither here nor there, 14THB a beer you say?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 14 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Maybe the prospects of going back to the uk to live in a cardboard box on the street in the snow and rain is enough to make some have a 'mental problem' ! That's enough to make me want to jump in a river! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenbone Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 i think coffin dodging is a stronger indication of mental illness then suicide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Pattayabeerbacon said: careful out there guy, mental illness from overuse of booze, poor life decisions, and over speanding is bad out here, yeah yeah, did you see anything important like women of questionable moral character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Take your money , spend it, Then go home unless your a qualified teacher or a millionaire. What country does not want this? No country wants a retard that ends up homeless and mentally ill...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattayabeerbacon Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 51 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: Take your money , spend it, Then go home unless your a qualified teacher or a millionaire. What country does not want this? No country wants a retard that ends up homeless and mentally ill...???? You cannot just come here with ***$ and say of im gonna live **weeks/months , The environment is so full of temptation many will blow through 50% of there budget very quickly only to realise there dream of living on ***$ turned into a living on a quarter of what they expected. Then they have two choices, Rough it out on a low budget because the though to return to the western world feels unbearable then proceed to start drinking copious amounts of booze to numb the boredom or fly back home and work / save for the next trip. I've seen it time and time again many many farangs lose the plot trying to live out here long term on a budget with no job, no family, no real resources or marketable skills and ebd up homeless, or go completely mad with boredom/addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 5 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Maybe the prospects of going back to the uk to live in a cardboard box on the street in the snow and rain is enough to make some have a 'mental problem' ! Luxury! Some have to live in a hole in the road, eat gravel for breakfast and then get hacked to death by their parents. Seriously, life is too crazy now. Living long makes us crazy as when we get life experience we realise how barking the young people are and having to put up with it makes us crazy. eg. they are now telling us there are 33 genders or some such stupidity, all men are evil rapists and all white people are racist- need I go on? For most of humanities existence, most people never went further from where they were born than they could walk, they had extended families, stable unchanging lives and news came months after things happened. Now, we travel all over then world for work and leisure, have no extended family ( many have no one that cares about them ), change jobs regularly, and have news/ information forced into us all day long. It's no wonder we are going barking under it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said: Then they have two choices, Rough it out on a low budget because the though to return to the western world feels unbearable then proceed to start drinking copious amounts of booze to numb the boredom or fly back home and work / save for the next trip. I did the last option. If anyone gets bored in Thailand, they are not trying very hard. It was the most interesting place I ever lived except for Antarctica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookiescot Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: I did the last option. If anyone gets bored in Thailand, they are not trying very hard. It was the most interesting place I ever lived except for Antarctica. What are the women like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, Rookiescot said: What are the women like? In Antarctica? They are happy anyway, nudge nudge, as become queen of all they survey. There were 2 women on my base during summer with a population of men that varied but over 30 and up to 100. In the winter there were none, so Playboy was our friend. That was long ago, and now there are more, but I'll bet they are still queen of all they survey. What were they like? One was beautiful and didn't; the other was cute and did. Both were popular, to state the bleedin' obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said: I've seen it time and time again many many farangs lose the plot trying to live out here long term on a budget with no job, no family, no real resources or marketable skills and ebd up homeless, or go completely mad with boredom/addiction. Would it be different in a Manchester bedsit? This is the way retired men live all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattayabeerbacon Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Just now, BritManToo said: Would it be different in a Manchester bedsit? depends on the budget / Mental state of the individual. i have seen many seperate cases over here in thailand over the years, Some died here , some went home, some returned and died here. on individual case is A 40 Y/O londoner living in BKK with Catatonic skitzophrenia, He is was never right in the head but is gradually getting worse as he self medicates on the dismal 100 quid weekly allowance sent by relatives is not stretching as far as it used to. Last time i saw him he was eating cigarette butts and talking to himself and feeding the local stray cat population, He would be sectioned the minute he returned to the UK I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said: I've seen it time and time again many many farangs lose the plot trying to live out here long term on a budget with no job, no family, no real resources or marketable skills and ebd up homeless, or go completely mad with boredom/addiction. When I lived my last year in Thailand, I had no job, no family, no resources other than cash in the bank, wasn't allowed to work, so no need of marketable skills, lived in an hotel, and had a wonderful life. Didn't drink alcohol or use illegal drugs. No worries except renewing the retirement extension once, and remembering to go to the restaurant on hamburger special day. I left because I didn't have enough money to stay and pay for health insurance. I could have stayed without, but I'm not the sort to not pay my bills, and health care without can be astronomically expensive in LOS. Worst day of my life when I left LOS for the last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 The way the exchange rate is going is enough to give anybody mental problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 " serious mental problems of westerners" so why do you read the thaivisa forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 12 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said: dont just hang around in Asia, Take your money , spend it, Then go home unless your a qualified teacher or a millionaire. whats wrong with being an unqualified teacher ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartiniMan Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I guess this guy has never heard about flakka and the ongoing problem with bath salts There are crazies everywhere man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattayabeerbacon Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 i failed , i know what its like to fail in Asia, i am the definition of failure. I only want future versions of my self to understand the risk of South east asia, Its no longer the 1990s You can't walk in the door and start a life just because you have a western passport , We are treated equally with third world immigrants thanks to globalisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marin Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I think you are talking to yourself mate. Been here 30 years and have none of the problems you describe. In fact I have turned into a fitness nut here. Sure as hell in better shape mentally, financially, and physically than when I arrived. You on the other hand have had nothing but problems. Pity that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattayabeerbacon Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Just now, marin said: I think you are talking to yourself mate. Been here 30 years and have none of the problems you describe. In fact I have turned into a fitness nut here. Sure as hell in better shape mentally, financially, and physically than when I arrived. You on the other hand have had nothing but problems. Pity that. Power to you brother, I wish many follow your path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totally thaied up Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Lol... I have serious mental health problems and if I was alcohol or drug dependent, coming to Asia and drinking 14 baht beers would be the last thing you want to do. Your just begging for problems. I just see at our local waterholes in Chiang Mai the damage drinking 60 baht beers and sitting on bar-stools does for the population. Just imagine them being only 14 baht here in Thailand! It would be a race to the bottom for everyone's IQ levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 11 hours ago, brokenbone said: i think coffin dodging is a stronger indication of mental illness then suicide Then you are wrong. A death wish is not more healthy than the will to survive and aspire to happiness. The comment is just ageism, a form of hate, age hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, marin said: I think you are talking to yourself mate. Been here 30 years and have none of the problems you describe. In fact I have turned into a fitness nut here. Sure as hell in better shape mentally, financially, and physically than when I arrived. You on the other hand have had nothing but problems. Pity that. Me too. Though I still drink at the age of 63 I now swim, jog, diet and work out in Pattaya. Its very difficult to maintain the discipline when travelling to Issan or when travelling to Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyboy2018 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 6 hours ago, Rookiescot said: What are the women like? Cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 The whole world is strange save for thee and me and even thou art a little strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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