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World Traveler
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 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject: Stressed and Depressed, Koreans Avoid Therapy |
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| �If someone goes to a psychoanalyst, they know they�ll be stigmatized for the rest of their life. So they don�t go.� |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/world/asia/07iht-psych07.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
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| Meanwhile, the suicide rate in South Korea is nothing short of alarming, nearly three times higher than in the United States. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Interesting post. I started to notice this a few years back. I'm not trying to insult Koreans - but there is an apparent abundance of people with basic emotional, behavioral or psychological problems that never get treated.
Stuff that would be identified and treated pretty quick in the west.
...Where most companies and institutions have their own recommended counsellors and shrinks.
Btw I don't think westerners have fewer psychological problems than koreans. They just have different disorders. (Hence all the freaky waeguks  ) But the difference is in the public attitude toward illness. It is not just swept under the rug or ignored as it is here.
Some of my korean co-teachers have displayed personality issues that most westerners resolve by age 16. Many Korean kids have learning disorders that should not be ignored as they are. Relationship counsellors would make a fortune in this country.
* Where's Harpeau on this? |
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Theme
Joined: 06 Jun 2009
Location: Cedar Rapids Iowa
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:47 am Post subject: Size matters |
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Keep in mind people that the country is the size as one of the U. S. States.
And, as far as socialization issues, S. Korea is about 30 to 40 years ( my guess ) behind most western societies.
They are not doing so bad in my opinion.
I just about suggested a marriage counselor in 2004 to my wife in Seoul but backed off because of lack of faith in their system.
As I did when I need a crown in my teeth recently.
But when I got in a shit load of trouble one afternoon in 2003 at a nori bang I did not hesitate hiring a law firm.
Expensive - 2,000,000 for just the retainer to the law firm for busting up the place, the actual damage was a lot more!
But I got off without a record.
Their lawyers are good. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Whatever happened to the good ol medicines of repression and booze?
That or good ol religion. The stricter kind, not the touchy-feely wishy-washy kind.
But now we have to have ther-apy... |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Therapy? So going to some overpaid shrink to talk about your "feelings" for awhile, spend a ton of money, and then get prescribed a bunch of hard-core mind altering psychotropic drugs (like back in the states) is the solution? I don't think so. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
Interesting post. I started to notice this a few years back. I'm not trying to insult Koreans - but there is an apparent abundance of people with basic emotional, behavioral or psychological problems that never get treated.
Stuff that would be identified and treated pretty quick in the west.
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Not if the person doesn't want treatment. There are plenty of homeless people in the West wandering the streets with psychological problems. According to Wiki (yes I know, I know) in any given year 3.5 million people in the U.S. experience homelessness. Of those people 22% have mental health issues or are disabled. So about 770,000 people give or take. Even if say only 1/3 of these people have mental health issues...that's more than 250,000 people wandering the streets with untreated mental issues. And that's just in the U.S. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Therapy Shmerapy. 99% of peoples anxiety, fear, or depression boil down to 1) I need more money 2) I need more attention from the opposite sex. One doesn't need a therapist to tell you these things. Stiff upper lip people. |
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soupsandwich
Joined: 20 May 2011
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| Weed......good treatment. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| Julius wrote: |
Interesting post. I started to notice this a few years back. I'm not trying to insult Koreans - but there is an apparent abundance of people with basic emotional, behavioral or psychological problems that never get treated.
Stuff that would be identified and treated pretty quick in the west.
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Not if the person doesn't want treatment. There are plenty of homeless people in the West wandering the streets with psychological problems. According to Wiki (yes I know, I know) in any given year 3.5 million people in the U.S. experience homelessness. Of those people 22% have mental health issues or are disabled. So about 770,000 people give or take. Even if say only 1/3 of these people have mental health issues...that's more than 250,000 people wandering the streets with untreated mental issues. And that's just in the U.S. |
770,000? I'm guessing almost half those people are war vets who drank themselves into a hole after they came home. A crap diet of junk food, junk media as well as narcotics and tobacco probably didn't help either... |
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