8 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

They can't. and go by what they're feeling at the time, which sometimes leads them into bad situations or a final one. My best friend , who had a great wife, nice rental house, job, hobbies, playing drums, hockey, dog, nice family, many friends, put a hose into the back of his van from the exhaust, and went to sleep, forever. He was always the class clown (Robin Williams), and tried to make people laugh. When I would go to his house at midday, his mom said he was still sleeping (major symptom if done a lot). He self medicated, like a lot of us, but for him it was to take away pain at times. This was in 1987, when there weren't a lot of medicines for the symptoms, and we didn't understand it , nor the counseling one can get. It's impossible to understand how bad they can feel, even though we all get depressed at times. This is a dark hole they get into, where nothing matters anymore, and they think there's no way out of. Support from a loved one is the most important thing they can get, although 9 out of 10 relationships fail because of it. One can't function and the other doesn't understand why, and they leave. With medication to help some symptoms, and a partner that understands and supports them, it can be handled, but not always.

Nice post.

38 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I don't get this 'threatening' to jump business. If you're going to jump then do it. If not, then stop wasting everyone's time. Make your mind up. Think about it before you climb out onto a balcony, not after.

Rational people don't want to jump. Depression creates irrational thoughts.

 

He is tore between jumping to end the mental pain and staying alive and trying to live.

 

 

8 hours ago, mania said:

Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately?

Well It IS Warm In'it ??

8 hours ago, mania said:

Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately?

Behaving like they're at home...

Should stuck with sativa.

8 hours ago, mania said:

Whats up with Naked Germans in Pattaya lately?

You have to cook the bratwurst before eating it!

7 hours ago, bignok said:

The world does. Crazy politicians make life bad. Fish rots from head down

 

Nothing wrong with the world as long as you accept it for what it is and stop trying to change it.

6 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Yep looks like we have another WEED addict here....

Terrible stuff......should be banned!

2 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

They can't. and go by what they're feeling at the time, which sometimes leads them into bad situations or a final one. My best friend , who had a great wife, nice rental house, job, hobbies, playing drums, hockey, dog, nice family, many friends, put a hose into the back of his van from the exhaust, and went to sleep, forever. He was always the class clown (Robin Williams), and tried to make people laugh. When I would go to his house at midday, his mom said he was still sleeping (major symptom if done a lot). He self medicated, like a lot of us, but for him it was to take away pain at times. This was in 1987, when there weren't a lot of medicines for the symptoms, and we didn't understand it , nor the counseling one can get. It's impossible to understand how bad they can feel, even though we all get depressed at times. This is a dark hole they get into, where nothing matters anymore, and they think there's no way out of. Support from a loved one is the most important thing they can get, although 9 out of 10 relationships fail because of it. One can't function and the other doesn't understand why, and they leave. With medication to help some symptoms, and a partner that understands and supports them, it can be handled, but not always.

Thanks. We're pretty fragile, us humans, aren't we. Despite often not even imagining we are.

11 hours ago, 2baht said:

Damned foreigners!

Can you change your record?

he is a friend of another German guy down on Beach rd,  they must have been taking cannabis and then they lost the plot.  I don't know if his friend is in jail or in the nut house.   

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

I'm guessing this is sarcasm, as weed doesn't have you do things like this unless you are also suffering from some mental condition. Depression can do this, where some lose care about everything and can do some very strange things. I, and hundreds of others I've known, have smoked weed and never did anything like this. On the contrary, it makes you relax and think good things usually.

From the article in Thaiger

 

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However, excessive use can result in rapid fluctuations in blood pressure, feelings of panic, and hallucinations due to the high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) present in the substance. THC can remain in the body system for up to seven days after use.

 

What's the problem, If he wants to jump, his choice.that's the way he wants to go.

12 hours ago, retarius said:

Why are there so many suicides in the ex-pat community, especially this leaping off tall buildings in Pattaya?

So many?   How many do you think there have been recently?

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Nothing wrong with the world as long as you accept it for what it is and stop trying to change it.

He isnt trying to change it. He was sick of living. Stupid politicians are too blame.

10 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Well at least he was not throwing T.Vs and Fridges out the balcony and putting others in danger,,,,

He was earlier visiting massage places looking for his wife and belting other girls working there.

2 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Going by the pics....

 

love the thai dudes on the right balcony and not the left one,,where the naked dude is...

 

thai guy on the right...ooooo look a moo ping stand!!!!   im starving!

 

the 2nd pic of a huge black guy  jumps out and what appears to be a  very startled german guy!

 

*between sips of beer--lol   hope it wasnt in a thai buddha day.....Leo?*

 

german guy sitting in his room --online--nursing a hangover reading this thread...swearing off alcohol...at least until he feels sober again.....

 

amazing thailand! They NEED to have a reality show on these thai rescue squads!!!!!!

Maybe his gf is 1/10. 

3 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

love the thai dudes on the right balcony and not the left one,,where the naked dude is...

Maybe they couldn't access that condo.

21 minutes ago, bignok said:

He isnt trying to change it. He was sick of living. Stupid politicians are too blame.

No, that's just transferring responsibility. Accept instead of expecting. It is as it is, there is nothing else, start from there. He could be mentally ill, in which case he doesn't have a starting point. Drugs and/or alcohol as an escape perhaps but then he was expecting instead of accepting. 2,000 years ago the stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius said, "You can't control outside circumstances but you can control your reaction to them" that is as true today as it was then.

8 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

No, that's just transferring responsibility. Accept instead of expecting. It is as it is, there is nothing else, start from there. He could be mentally ill, in which case he doesn't have a starting point. Drugs and/or alcohol as an escape perhaps but then he was expecting instead of accepting. 2,000 years ago the stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius said, "You can't control outside circumstances but you can control your reaction to them" that is as true today as it was then.

Well he isn't well read.

23 hours ago, ezzra said:

It is plain to see that the man was on some kind of a 'high' and not in full control of his faculties to be doing that.

So... he's the one responsible for getting high... let him deal with it.

16 hours ago, Myran said:

What an absolutely disgusting comment.

Go find your safe place...

On 8/4/2023 at 5:22 AM, 2baht said:

Damned foreigners!

Yep, only thing I dislike about Thailand are some of the foreigners ????

On 8/4/2023 at 4:57 AM, webfact said:

German Man  

The Germans seem to be competing with the Brits in the bad boy foreigners of Thailand competition 

4 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yep, only thing I dislike about Thailand are some of the foreigners ????

That is why I left the UK!

6 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Go find your safe place...

Expressing that telling suicidal people to kill themselves is disgusting isn't something that belongs in a safe space. It should be common sense and the bare basics of compassion. Unsurprising that there are edgelords on AN that can't reach even that extremely low-set bar.

 

Hopefully you won't tell a relative or loved one to jump if they're ever up on that ledge.

Glad he didn't do a final swan-dive.

Not so nice being temporarily 'scheduled' and taken to the psych ward.  Hope nurse Ratchet was in a good mood that day.

On 8/4/2023 at 4:55 PM, steven100 said:

he is a friend of another German guy down on Beach rd,  they must have been taking cannabis and then they lost the plot.  I don't know if his friend is in jail or in the nut house.   

 

 

 

On the beer again?

18 minutes ago, NextG said:

On the beer again?

1/2 bottle G&T  and a Chang coming soon