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Mental Health Support

Tobin S.

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2. Are you saying that the idea extends beyond America and Thailand?

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 10:18 AM

Mar 2018

That those in the Third World are actually in a better place when it comes to the spirit than those in the developed world?

I think the unhappiness of many Americans is rooted in culture. We are all about the individual in this country and not so much community. That idea is embedded in our Bill of Rights. It was there at the inception of our nation.

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Last night was an active night in the unconscious psyche of the Tobster. [View all] Tobin S. Mar 2018 OP

That's a Third World vs. the Developed World comparison, not whathehell Mar 2018 #1

Are you saying that the idea extends beyond America and Thailand? Tobin S. Mar 2018 #2

Huh? whathehell Mar 2018 #3

I was talking about cultural differences in the contexts of wealth and spirituality. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #4

I understand you now, but whathehell Mar 2018 #5

I'm not saying that all poor people are happy. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #6

I think I know what you're saying.. whathehell Mar 2018 #7

The thing I'm driving at is... Tobin S. Mar 2018 #8