‘We need to talk about it’, says Thailand mental health chief as suicides increase during COVID-19

[Used2LuvThailand]

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

The current suicide rate is beyond anything we could have ever imagined. I have a friend who has a close friend who is an EMT in Bangkok. She said they are often called out to a home, and there is anywhere from one to six people who have committed suicide. She told us recently they were called out, and the mother, father, three children, and the grandmother were found dead, from drinking poison. They left a note. There is 200 baht in the drawer. That is all we have. We cannot take care of the children any longer. There is no hope left. We cannot work, as they will not let us, and we cannot afford to eat. She said her group of nurses and EMT's just sat down on the floor and weeped for a very long time. 

The people want the truth. The administration is doing everything in their power to suppress it. The creepy police who were at the scene warned the EMT's, who needed to take photos to document the scene, that if any of the photos were shared, or posted online, they would be looking at a 15 year prison sentence for "sedition".

I think it is safe to say this toxic bunch of power hungry creeps have re-written the definition of sedition. It now means doing anything that embarrasses us, bring humiliation upon us, reveal the truth about our destructive ways, show the people the extent of our failures, demonstrate the degree of unhappiness, sadness, desperation, sabotage, callous disregard, criminal intent, or willful neglect of, and towards the population of this nation. 

The paradox of the despotic authoritarians running that dumpster fire.  From the beginning of the pandemic, I could never understand why the elite were worried it.  Most of them openly despise the run-of-the-mill Thai person and couldn't care less if they live or die....that's evident from the country having the highest or second highest traffic death rate every year.  Then I thought it was about Face...not looking worse than their neighbors...now who knows...given their intellectual capacity and lack of internet access, I doubt they know, either.

[spidermike007]

14 hours ago, Used2LuvThailand said:

The paradox of the despotic authoritarians running that dumpster fire.  From the beginning of the pandemic, I could never understand why the elite were worried it.  Most of them openly despise the run-of-the-mill Thai person and couldn't care less if they live or die....that's evident from the country having the highest or second highest traffic death rate every year.  Then I thought it was about Face...not looking worse than their neighbors...now who knows...given their intellectual capacity and lack of internet access, I doubt they know, either.

And this is precisely the reason why, if the youth cannot figure out a way to oust the dinosaurs, Thailand will continue it's dramatic fall, and within two decades or so, could be looking at lower income African nation status, having been surpassed by Vietnam, the PI, and Malaysia, and being towards the bottom of the ASEAN pack.

 

And to think they used to be considered the Tiger of SE Asia. How far they have fallen, and how far will they continue to fall? Woe are the people of Thailand. 

 

 

[spidermike007]

Thailand may have a good health care system. On occasion when I need to visit a specialist, I can go to a private hospital, see a good doctor, and walk out the door without having to spend much money, especially compared to the completely broken health care system in the US. 

 

But, they have little to nothing in the way of a mental health care system. When was the last time you heard of a Thai couple seeing a shrink, or getting marriage counseling? It just does not happen here. Part of that is likely due to pride, face, a relatively undeveloped emotional nature, and other juvenile reasons, why they would not want to open up to a stranger. Nonetheless, it is a tragedy.