COVID-19 leading many Thais into stress, depression, burnout or suicidal thoughts

[snoop1130]

 

Many Thai people are suffering from stress, depression, burnout or are at risk of committing suicide as a result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Director-general of the Department of Mental Health Amporn Benjaponpitak said today (Tuesday) that the department conducted an online survey and assessment of the mental health of more than 2.5 million people, via the www.วัดใจ.com or Mental Health Check-in systems.

 

The survey and assessment shows:

 

• 216,098 of the respondents, or 8.38%, are suffering from stress.
• 254,243, or 9.86%, are prone to depression.
• 140,939, or 5.46%, are at risk of committing suicide.
• 25,552, or 4.16%, are suffering from burnout.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/covid-19-leading-many-thais-into-stress-depression-burnout-or-suicidal-thoughts/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-01-11

 

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[BangkokReady]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Many Thai people are suffering from stress, depression, burnout or are at risk of committing suicide as a result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic.

Very sad, but think about the many foreigners who are facing the same fate.  They have far less support while having the added stress of also being discriminated against, individually and systemically, and treated like they all have covid.

[Geoffggi]

I would say living life under strict confinement, lack of employment and being able to socialize with others is the main cause. 

[redwood1]

Maybe if people were not bombarded 24/7 with all the covid nonsense they might have a better outlook on life...Maybe if they were not constantly changing covid rules that would help too...

Thailand use to be a fun place....I dont think people like the New Normal..

[daveAustin]

Sad. This is what mass hysteria perpetuated by self-indulged media coupled with narcissistic governments that couldn’t give a F about the minions does to people. This thing is being milked to death and more damage is being done than the poxy virus itself. 

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Many Thai people are suffering from stress, depression, burnout or are at risk of committing suicide as a result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic

More like 2 years of employment worries and a shrinking income.

I haven't noticed too many high earners throwing themselves off of bridges?

Edited January 12, 2022 by hotchilli

[mikesil]

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Many Thai people are suffering from stress, depression, burnout or are at risk of committing suicide as a result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic.

It's not the "result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic".  It's the result of a govt whose first responsibility is to itself.

[bdenner]

What else could these poor people expect from an inept Covid Czar and his brain dead henchman, no name should be needed!

[Expat68]

39 minutes ago, mikesil said:

It's not the "result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic".  It's the result of a govt whose first responsibility is to itself.

Governments all the same the world over

[JonnyF]

Quelle surprise!

 

That's what happens when you take away people's livelihoods via lockdowns/restrictions without providing a support network.

[mvdf]

Very distressing consequences of this pandemic. The adjunct or secondary effects are far reaching, impacting not just the health of immunocompromised people but also the mental and financial well-being of the non-infected, the economies of governments and job markets. It indirectly curtailed civil liberties, decimated jobs, lowered the happiness index whilst doing the opposite to the poverty index and reduced some of the most stable countries to a state of mendicancy.

 

Mental health issues can be very challenging here as resources to address them are limited and those affected tend to hermetically contain or insulate themselves until it's too late.

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, mikesil said:

It's not the "result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic".  It's the result of a govt whose first responsibility is to itself.

Exactly. The virus didn't introduce lockdowns etc. That was down to government reactions to the virus.

Same in every country that introduced lockdown type reponses IMO.

Edited January 12, 2022 by thaibeachlovers

[TooMuchTime]

Just like in every other country, it isn't covid causing this, it is the nonsense shutdowns and forced closures.

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

Just like in every other country, it isn't covid causing this, it is the nonsense shutdowns and forced closures.

And why are all these countries requiring these shutdowns and closures.... pure random behaviour?

[thaibeachlovers]

17 minutes ago, mvdf said:

Very distressing consequences of this pandemic. The adjunct or secondary effects are far reaching, impacting not just the health of immunocompromised people but also the mental and financial well-being of the non-infected, the economies of governments and job markets. It indirectly curtailed civil liberties, decimated jobs, lowered the happiness index whilst doing the opposite to the poverty index and reduced some of the most stable countries to a state of mendicancy.

 

Mental health issues can be very challenging here as resources to address them are limited and those affected tend to hermetically contain or insulate themselves until it's too late.

 

 

I knew what the result of lockdowns etc would be and I'm sure I posted such when it all began.

 

However, if I knew, governments must have known as well. Sadly none that I know of did anything to deal with the consequences of their actions at the beginning when they had time to get it right.

Edited January 12, 2022 by thaibeachlovers

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And why are all these countries requiring these shutdowns and closures.... pure random behaviour?

IMO they resorted to knee jerk policies because they wanted to be seen to be doing something. I don't think it's a secret that I was of the opinion that Sweden got it right, at the beginning.

[jacko45k]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO they resorted to knee jerk policies because they wanted to be seen to be doing something. I don't think it's a secret that I was of the opinion that Sweden got it right, at the beginning.

Well subsequently Sweden got berated for bad results, but a person I know over there is suggesting life is OK..... it was also OK in Oz and NZ who went into strict lockdowns. (Pre Omicron). Most of my recollection of many countries was complaints 'too little... too late', said very much wrt UK. I also feel what we have to do NOW, in light of omicron, should be  a different approach! 

[spidermike007]

I would make a case that it is not Covid that is creating many of these problems. Granted, it is a factor. Rather, it is Prayuth, Anutin, Phiphat and others who are desperately clinging to power, and using Covid to scare the people into submission. And in addition, it is the nature of the continual economic shutdowns, their highly selective nature, and the extremely timid and cowardly approach to tourism, that have contributed to incredible hardship on millions of Thais. And the tiny amount of relief these fools have provided was embarrassingly insufficient. Yet, there is cash for new fighter jets. 

 

Suicide here has skyrocketed, according to friends who are EMT's in Bangkok. No wonder. 

 

Prayuth has succeeded in bringing unhappiness to his people. 

Edited January 12, 2022 by spidermike007

[thaibeachlovers]

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

it was also OK in Oz and NZ who went into strict lockdowns.

As one that is actually living in NZ, I disagree that it was "OK". Far from IMO. I'm not alone in that either, by far.

However, I doubt they publish the opinions of those that disagree with our "leader".

 

I suspect that we will be living with the detrimental societal effects of government policies for far too long in the future.

Edited January 12, 2022 by thaibeachlovers

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

As one that is actually living in NZ, I disagree that it was "OK". Far from IMO. I'm not alone in that either, by far.

However, I doubt they publish the opinions of those that disagree with our "leader".

Infection numbers and deaths were held low..... and some normality within the country persisted did it not?

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Infection numbers and deaths were held low..... and some normality within the country persisted did it not?

Yes, because we live in an island nation far far away that was easy to quarantine, but IMO the bad effects on societal cohesion will be severe.

 

BTW, it's likely that they just postponed widespread infection. We are currently being warned to expect many infections now that omicron is loose in the community.

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

BTW, it's likely that they just postponed widespread infection. We are currently being warned to expect many infections now that omicron is loose in the community.

Be optimistic.... widespread infection with omicron is not going to be as bad as say Delta would have been.

[thaibeachlovers]

Changed my mind on that post

Edited January 12, 2022 by thaibeachlovers

[swm59nj]

It’s having this effect on people all over the world.  Not just Thailand 

[thaibeachlovers]

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Be optimistic.... widespread infection with omicron is not going to be as bad as say Delta would have been.

I don't care either way, as I long ago accepted that I'll get it and probably be a casualty, or I won't and either option will be just life as a gamble.

[userabcd]

Just now, jacko45k said:

And why are all these countries requiring these shutdowns and closures.... pure random behaviour?

Because govt have not and never provided enough medical facilities for such events preferring to spend the money and utilize govt money resources mostly  elsewhere.

[TooMuchTime]

33 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And why are all these countries requiring these shutdowns and closures.... pure random behaviour?

Because they don't know how to make good decisions and just take orders.

LMAO if you think shutting everyone down and destroying the economy for normal people is the right thing to do.

 

A whole lot of rich people got richer while everyone else gets shafted.

 

Hey uhh close your business or we will heavily fine you or put you in jail.  Oh, you don't have any money now? oops!

 

If only govt allowed people to make their own decisions.

[SteveAZ]

This isn’t unique to Thailand. Similar issues seen every where. 

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, userabcd said:

Because govt have not and never provided enough medical facilities for such events preferring to spend the money and utilize govt money resources mostly  elsewhere.

So they are justified.

[Stargeezr]

Yes the majority of Thais are not rich, or like the people on this forum have money from their

home countries to rely on.  With many people who are so in debt as well, the stress has to be a lot.

  Then there are those who use drugs etc. , which put them in more debt, or owing to mafia types, who

have only the desire to get paid back at a high profit, the depression and suicides will likely keep going up.

When I see my Thai family members working 6 days a week, I can see a burnout factor as well.

  :Life is not so easy if you are not a well off expat.