I think everyone has, whether or not they have the wherewithal to realise it. For some people, it manifests as misery. For others, rage, or even petty irritation.
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Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:17 pmI think everyone has, whether or not they have the wherewithal to realise it. For some people, it manifests as misery. For others, rage, or even petty irritation.
Oh come on. We are talking about mental illness, not people being pissed off or irritable about something. That’s not depression. It’s the opposite. It’s finding personal ways of dealing with the ups and downs of normal life.
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It's the same questionable faculty. You go 'measure' a quadrillion neurons, perhaps with an e-meter?Dallow Spicer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:55 pmYou're conflating psychology with psychiatry. Two very different things.
Clearly a few serious nutcases at various institutions, stemming from extreme neglegt, and has to be put in a padded cell, or perhaps send them on a one way ticket to Mondulkiri?
Oh Christ alive. 440 now has a Scientologist posting. We’ve reached new depths.
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That's the thing - being pissed off or irritable about a particular issue is one thing. Being pissed off or irritable about minor grievances, on a regular basis, is normally a manifestation of a depressive episode.Dallow Spicer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:27 pmStarving Pelican wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:17 pmI think everyone has, whether or not they have the wherewithal to realise it. For some people, it manifests as misery. For others, rage, or even petty irritation.
Oh come on. We are talking about mental illness, not people being pissed off or irritable about something. That’s not depression. It’s the opposite. It’s finding personal ways of dealing with the ups and downs of normal life.
Not sure about mental illness being the cause. I think Cambodia certainly has a higher rate of drug addicts, criminals, losers and drunks in the barang population compared to their western homeland.
That’s strongly influenced by the ability to hold a TEFLer job here even when being a complete screwup, whereas in their home country they would be jobless. The ability to stretch money for them on .50 beers attracts the lowlifes.
That’s strongly influenced by the ability to hold a TEFLer job here even when being a complete screwup, whereas in their home country they would be jobless. The ability to stretch money for them on .50 beers attracts the lowlifes.
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With very good reason, Mr Spicer, you have your defence mechanisms buttoned pretty tight. I genuinely hope one of those buttons never pops off.
All I can say is don't take mental health for granted. Like pulling a muscle the worst can happen to anybody at any time.
All I can say is don't take mental health for granted. Like pulling a muscle the worst can happen to anybody at any time.
Who is We've ? . you seem unstable Del Boy.. you're direction is twisted dude.Dallow Spicer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:38 pmOh Christ alive. 440 now has a Scientologist posting. We’ve reached new depths.
As Rob said, don't pop a button. I love you.pm me for support if you want.
Jesus fucking Christ Jep - put a sock in it.
I’m trying to breath some life into the forum by starting threads that might engage people.
Perhaps I shouldn’t bother. Perhaps it’s best to let you and batty bury it under the mediocrity of your insane and asinine interjections on every single fucking subject.
I’m trying to breath some life into the forum by starting threads that might engage people.
Perhaps I shouldn’t bother. Perhaps it’s best to let you and batty bury it under the mediocrity of your insane and asinine interjections on every single fucking subject.
GMJS-440 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:08 pmNot sure about mental illness being the cause. I think Cambodia certainly has a higher rate of drug addicts, criminals, losers and drunks in the barang population compared to their western homeland.
That’s strongly influenced by the ability to hold a TEFLer job here even when being a complete screwup, whereas in their home country they would be jobless. The ability to stretch money for them on .50 beers attracts the lowlifes.
Are you suggesting those types are more prone to mental illness than others?
And is it mental illness, or just the fact that they’re misfits and dropouts and that the self destructive behaviour they exhibit is not mental Illness as such but instead is just the usual asshattery that they would display in the U.K. or Sydney or whereever they come from?
In other words - is it being an expat that provides other stresses and strains to make you ill, or are the conditions already there? And do the unique conditions of being an expat in Cambodia increase or decrease those strains?
That’s what I was trying to get at with this thread before people started to provide amateurish online assessments of my own fucking health.
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I think he does miss the insanity. But I suppose it could just be guilt.batshitcrazyweirdo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:21 pmI am sorry to inform you that the spell of the pearl of the orient is upon you, and there is no way to cure it except ................ come back.
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I'm the sanest person i know..Dallow Spicer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:15 pmGMJS-440 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:08 pmNot sure about mental illness being the cause. I think Cambodia certainly has a higher rate of drug addicts, criminals, losers and drunks in the barang population compared to their western homeland.
That’s strongly influenced by the ability to hold a TEFLer job here even when being a complete screwup, whereas in their home country they would be jobless. The ability to stretch money for them on .50 beers attracts the lowlifes.
Are you suggesting those types are more prone to mental illness than others?
And is it mental illness, or just the fact that they’re misfits and dropouts and that the self destructive behaviour they exhibit is not mental Illness as such but instead is just the usual asshattery that they would display in the U.K. or Sydney or whereever they come from?
In other words - is it being an expat that provides other stresses and strains to make you ill, or are the conditions already there? And do the unique conditions of being an expat in Cambodia increase or decrease those strains?
That’s what I was trying to get at with this thread before people started to provide amateurish online assessments of my own fucking health.
Doing nothing in Asia can be hugely stressfull. As can working 7 days a week in Barangland. Gotta get a balance in life innit.
I suspect many people settle in Cambodia for the relatively easy work life, and too much of a good thing and free time can take it's toll.
We are not that different to our cavemen ancestors or wild animals, where survival and suffering is inevitible in life, so maybe some expats seek out destructive habits. Then as you get older, suffering becomes a way of life and maybe these feelings calm down and one is less likely to come off the rails?
So basically do we need to be struggling to feel normal?
^^^Batshit.
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