{"id":6068,"date":"2015-09-12T14:49:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/?p=6068"},"modified":"2019-06-18T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:34:02","slug":"starting-a-new-life-in-thailand-long-term-psychological-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2015\/09\/ein-neues-leben-in-thailand-beginnen-langfristige-psychologische-probleme\/","title":{"rendered":"Langfristige psychologische Probleme beim Leben in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve been contemplating whether I&#8217;m slowing going mentally insane <a href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2018\/05\/wann-man-thailand-verlassen-sollte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leben in Thailand<\/a>. I guess the fact that I am aware of myself contemplating the fact reduces the possibility somewhat. That&#8217;s still not reassuring though.<\/p>\n<p>Diese Gedanken kamen mir, als meine Freunde aus England vor ein paar Wochen ankamen. Ich brachte sie zu Thermae, einem Freiberufler <a href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2015\/03\/thailandische-nutten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thail\u00e4ndische Nutte<\/a> Bar. Alle M\u00e4dchen dort sind Freiberuflerinnen und kommen und gehen, wie sie wollen. Die Freiberuflerinnen stehen in einer Reihe an der Wand und m\u00fcssen warten, bis ein Mann sie anspricht. Sie werden dich nie ansprechen.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of weird place and I thought I&#8217;d show my mates as you don&#8217;t get this kind of stuff back home.<\/p>\n<p>As we entered the bar at 11pm on a creepy Sunday evening, the place was packed to the gills with girls, Japanese expats who don&#8217;t even lift and a few middle aged farangs in Hawaiian shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Wir holten uns jeder ein Bier (110 Baht) und suchten uns einen Aussichtspunkt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k26MHPFXD44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Einer meiner Freunde war von der ganzen Sache ein wenig \u00fcberrascht und sagte, wie verr\u00fcckt das sei. Ich sagte ihm, f\u00fcr mich ist das v\u00f6llig normal. Ich sagte, wenn ich in eine <a href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2015\/01\/never-visit-soi-cowboy-nana-plaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nana Entertainment Plaza<\/a>, I&#8217;m pretty much expecting a <a href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/ladyboys-in-phuket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thail\u00e4ndischer Ladyboy<\/a> nach meiner Hand, meinem Arm oder meinem kleinen Penis zu greifen, wenn ich in den zweiten Stock gehe.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;d be shocked if this didn&#8217;t happen. To me this is all normal and I don&#8217;t even bat an eyelid anymore.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Aber ist das normal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At first I thought this is Asia, the culture is different and the idea of what&#8217;s normal here is totally different to the England. But is it really?<\/p>\n<p>Viele halten Soi Cowboy, Nana, Patpong und <a href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/pattaya-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pattaya<\/a> as a man&#8217;s fantasy land where anything can happen. Keyword: <strong>Land der Fantasie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then I did something I tell myself not to do &#8211; I started to think.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve been contemplating whether I&#8217;m slowing going mentally insane living in Thailand. I guess the fact that I am aware of myself contemplating the fact reduces the possibility somewhat. That&#8217;s still not reassuring though. I started getting these thoughts when my friends from England arrived a few weeks ago. 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