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Foreign Man Climbs Famous Chalong Temple and Jumps

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having had Severe mental health issues since I was a little kid   I sympathise with anyone afflicted by whatever  issue they have ,, The chances of successful treatments and cure is extremely low  ,, in my experience  especially under the British NHS   and going to expensive private Shrinks, Therapists is a lottery ,, some  are  good but  have no answers  others are charletans  or just doing it for a good salary .

 

Some of the drugs help but are at best sticking plasters,, I am now 65 and the  demons can well up and envelope  me at any time with crushing negativity and suicidal or  very self destructive behaviour ... I really thought as as a young man that one day I would be free of this monster lurking in my mind ,, alas at 65 its still there   and Im finding it more difficult  to deal with as I age , as my logic , hope  and  experience  of life tells me Im  not going to ever get  better ,, its odd because im very solvent , educated and successful  with great family and friends  and choices that few people have    and yet my life is  dominated by the  monster in my own mind that ruins everything , stops me being happy and content and the pit is always open  to fall into ,,,,most of my friend are amazed im still alive and they were saying that when i was young ,, ,, Im always on the edge   and now  older my mental strength to fight it is  lower ,, I ahve been in ICU 5 times in 50 years for Suicide attempts  and survived   ,   i could go over the edge again tonight, Tommorow ?? who knows ,,   When those guys tried to  steal my bike last week i did not give a <deleted>   , just piled in  could have been killed  but maybe that would be doing me a favour ... when I worked in  Offshore and military  support   and things went bad  people would observe that I was always the first to  jump in to  fix or  start emegency procedures  and it seemed I was  being proffessional and  cool headed , hmm , not true I just  thought what the hell  I dont care about myself  if i die so  i should take the big risks  to help other people  ,,,, i get  moaned at  even whilt being praised  Bosses, Family  , friends ,  even the cops  and fire service  in UK for running into a burning building in UK to save  out 2 complete strangers  before they had arrived  , I have always had this   self destructive side   I was first  put in a mental institution in UK at aged 8

I really wish I could just    get some real help and peace ,, but most of the time im hiding my true feelings  and frustrations and anger just to try and fit in .

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22 hours ago, Harsh Jones said:

The lengths ppl go to get little digs against Thailand on pretty much any topic is beyond pathetic.

You get out there and hug some Thai's, make them feel better! Make up for all those Thai bashers who don't understand how things work! Anyone who climbs on a temple is a fool!

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9 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

If suicide was really the purpose, there are a lot of other places to jump. Why climb a famous temple? Drugs involved?

Why would he think logically. Just strange you guys expect a destressed person to think practically.

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2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I hope he makes a full recovery and gets some help.

I don't think you read more than the OP.

 

From the actual link:

 

At 10:30 P.M. he has been pronounced dead at the Vachira Phuket Hospital. The Phuket Tourist Assistance Center (TAC) reported he is a Russian, 35, and will proceed to contacting his next-of-kin and embassy.

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22 hours ago, bignok said:

Suicidal people need help not bashings. Just a building. Objects are no sacred.

 

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Why would he think logically. Just strange you guys expect a destressed person to think practically.

On every suicide thread you always get a bunch of (the same?) smart rcess who feel the need to question why a person, who is clearly in a non-rational state of mind, isn't thinking logically. It's quite ironic, really.... posters unable to use logic, criticising other (dead!) people of the same.

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10 minutes ago, JayClay said:

 

On every suicide thread you always get a bunch of (the same?) smart rcess who feel the need to question why a person, who is clearly in a non-rational state of mind, isn't thinking logically. It's quite ironic, really.... posters unable to use logic, criticising other (dead!) people of the same.

I assume he jumped on purpose, but why assume it was a suicide? 

 

Suicide is difficult to understand. 

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I assume he jumped on purpose, but why assume it was a suicide? 

I'm not assuming anything.  I'm making an educated guess based on the information I have available to me.

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18 minutes ago, JayClay said:

I'm not assuming anything.  I'm making an educated guess based on the information I have available to me.

That's hilarious. 

 

What information is available to you other than he clime up and at some point, he jumped? 

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On 7/8/2023 at 9:23 AM, Gottfrid said:

Better go home and treat his issues, then. Why come to Thailand, take problem with him, climb on sacred temples and take a jump? He could at least considered using a regular balcony and show some respect to the locals.

He was Russian, likely being drafted, going to Ukraine and facing US cluster munitions at the front.

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The Thais probably think his ghost will haunt the temple for all eternity and bring bad luck.

 

I had my immediate falang neighbor (condo) off himself a year before the scamdemic and the place stayed empty until the day I moved out a few months ago, unrented and unsold. This is in an very popular, almost always 100% occupancy luxury condo.

 

Owner has been trying to sell for about 60-65% of the going market price ever since. If it was a foreign freehold unit I would jump on it.

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Saw the video on the news last night.

He was fighting off his would be rescuers and definitely jumped, whether he was trying to miss or land on the airbag is unclear.

He made contact with the side of the airbag and died from his injuries.

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1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

That's hilarious. 

 

What information is available to you other than he clime up and at some point, he jumped? 

"He was threatening to jump from a pagoda for several hours and finally jumped after trying to fight rescuers atop the temple."

 

Although according to other comments it appears that there is more information in the linked article which could be used to make the argument that it wasn't suicide.

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9 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

He was Russian, likely being drafted, going to Ukraine and facing US cluster munitions at the front.

So, what´s the problem? Seems like he had a death wish anyway. Request granted Sir!

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9 hours ago, JayClay said:

"He was threatening to jump from a pagoda for several hours and finally jumped after trying to fight rescuers atop the temple."

 

Although according to other comments it appears that there is more information in the linked article which could be used to make the argument that it wasn't suicide.

Youtuber? I don't think so.

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On 7/8/2023 at 8:27 AM, Harsh Jones said:

Were they supposed to be happy that some foreigner defaced their temple by climbing on it ?

 

The lengths ppl go to get little digs against Thailand on pretty much any topic is beyond pathetic.

Not only that, but he was probably putting the lives of the rescuers at risk.

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On 7/8/2023 at 7:48 AM, sungod said:

The man had issues, but the locals wanted to lynch him as he climbed on their temple......

 

Land of Smiles......

The man's issues don't mitigate his actions. I'd be pissed off too  if he were on my roof.

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