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I've been thinking recently about the dislocation issues that can arise after a trip to Thailand.
I consider myself to be relatively level headed. I fully understand that LOS is a temporary distraction from everyday life. In fact, for most of the year, you might say it's almost an abstraction, so totally removed from reality that it sometimes seems that my visits may have been a figment of my imagination.
And so it never ceases to amaze me how difficult it can be to assimilate back into normal life after each trip and how, without fail, I gradually fall back into my regular routine.
Anyway I think I€™ve figured it out, even if I do say so myself. If you€™re anything like me, you never quite get Thailand out of your head and that€™s ok, there are worse things to focus on. For the first few weeks after returning, when I visualise the places I frequent on my trips, I can see myself in the picture having fun and doing the things I do. But the change that happens over time is that I gradually develop that whole €œBack to the Future€ thing where my own image starts to fade out of the picture. When it finally reaches the point that I€™m no longer there, Thailand becomes an abstraction again and I€™m fully back in the west, in body and mind.
And the best thing about Thailand being an abstraction is that I get the same buzz every time I travel to LOS. I can€™t quite believe I€™m going to be there€¦I keep expecting the reality cops to stop me at the airport but it never happens and then I€™m back in Disneyland again.
Roll on April !
I consider myself to be relatively level headed. I fully understand that LOS is a temporary distraction from everyday life. In fact, for most of the year, you might say it's almost an abstraction, so totally removed from reality that it sometimes seems that my visits may have been a figment of my imagination.
And so it never ceases to amaze me how difficult it can be to assimilate back into normal life after each trip and how, without fail, I gradually fall back into my regular routine.
Anyway I think I€™ve figured it out, even if I do say so myself. If you€™re anything like me, you never quite get Thailand out of your head and that€™s ok, there are worse things to focus on. For the first few weeks after returning, when I visualise the places I frequent on my trips, I can see myself in the picture having fun and doing the things I do. But the change that happens over time is that I gradually develop that whole €œBack to the Future€ thing where my own image starts to fade out of the picture. When it finally reaches the point that I€™m no longer there, Thailand becomes an abstraction again and I€™m fully back in the west, in body and mind.
And the best thing about Thailand being an abstraction is that I get the same buzz every time I travel to LOS. I can€™t quite believe I€™m going to be there€¦I keep expecting the reality cops to stop me at the airport but it never happens and then I€™m back in Disneyland again.
Roll on April !
nice post jet.
except I do not fall back into my routine 
shit weather shit people shit bars shit girls.....shit sh........sorry, point, its not just to go to LOS cause its great its gettin away from home,mayby their,in lies the route of this perpetuation/cycle,i myself like many begun to gear my whole life around taking hols to LOS this exaberating the cycle its a catch 22, more geared to LOS....less geared to life at home,so the blues are enevitable and the urge to go back increases,hard one to get out of,i remember saying to work mates once,thailands great,but you wont understand untill youve been, trying to tell em is pointless,only trouble is ive said is im kinda fucked up now,it sorta fucks u up in some senses,again they cant grasp that...................now whens my next flight..ahh 
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