Thread 3 - Michael Mosley missing after disappearing on holiday walk

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Orrrr you could just not read them? 👋

Really? MM has done a lot of public awareness stuff on how to improve mental health through exercise or mindfulness or cold therapy etc, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything that you’re alluding to.

I certainly wouldn’t be propping up wild unevidenced theories with some random website.

Somebody upthread mad a good point. His wife and friends must have thought he was going back to their villa or they wouldn't have left the beach without him.

If he's said I'm going for a walk at 1.30 and hadn't returned at 4.30 yiu woudn't just go "oh well" and go home would you?
I so hope he is ok, he filmed programmes here is Aus too and seemed thoroughly lovely.

If you don’t like this thread (or indeed the Nicola Bulley one) why the hell are you on here? Also how on earth can you remember the posting style of posters from a thread that long ago? Weird.

No one has said anything wrong, it’s is a discussion board and we are having a discussion 🤷‍♀️

Yes really I’ve found several here’s one excerpt ….

“Well versed in the techniques of mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy, Michael - who has a degree in psychiatry - employed these exercises to manage his anxiety and low mood, but says it was the change in his diet that really accelerated his results.“

And either speaking not in their first language or things being lost in translation.

@margymary yeah the media really should let us know what the state of play was as otherwise whats the point in them reporting different things. A Greek journalist apparently said he was heading home but in her brief statement his wife said he had simply "gone for a walk". They you have the mayor saying he cant understand why MM left his wife and friends at the beach. No two stories add up, which is perplexing in itself.

It does genuinely shock me when people seem to centre themselves in a real life situation that they know diddly squat about.

Is it boredom? Disassociation that it’s real and not the latest series of Broadchurch? Do they wish they’d become police detectives?

I get that it’s of interest. My husband and I have just had a brief conversation along the lines of ‘How odd. What could possibly have happened to him?’ That’s normal.

Talking with such certainty about what’s happened/how the mayor is feeling/the missing man was depressed/why did he go to the beach/why didn’t he take his phone/looking at google earth…. Isn’t normal behaviour. It’s salacious and I wonder why people take it so far.

Wow. Again, someone managing to put their all into making a tragic situation worse.

If he was walking back to a friend's villa and it was hot and uncomfortable out, why would he stop at a street cafe only a couple of miles away from home and spin out the journey rather than just getting back to the aircon and his book, and a kitchen full of a choice of food and drinks (etc)?

I'm sure some of it is boredom but I also think you can have a life and still be interested and follow this type of thing.

It’s human nature to be interested and to care about the outcome.

Because he didn't head straight home. He headed the opposite direction literally into the wilderness.

4 nights now though. I do have some deep concerns at this point.
Media just regurgitate and pollyfilla repetitive nothingness for page views, so not much use there unless a major change, sadly.

At 23.15 you stated I hadn’t realised he suffered from depression

But now your telling me you've seen him reference it in interviews. A rapid gain in knowledge of MM's mental health history . I did a quick Google and didn't find any references.

For reference, your post:
Oaktree55 · Today 23:15
@ducktapez Pure conjecture but perhaps he didn’t want family to find him or for it to be in uk. It is possible to overdose rather than wait for the elements to get him. I’m purely trying to make sense of the Mayors comments he does rather seem to be hinting at a purpose to the whole situation. I hadn’t realised he suffered from depression.

I walk quickly, I just don't realise unless I'm with someone who tells me to slow down. My thoughts are perfectly normal, what shall I have for tea? Must call my mum when I get home, shall I fill up with petrol or leave it until I'm on the red. I'm not stressed, I'm not troubled, I just walk quickly.

I mentioned the goats and sheep. I hope you're right, and that he would think of vegetarian - and hopefully has found a water source too.

Not at all this is a public forum where people can discuss any topics of interest to them. We all find different things of interest.

What I find bizarre is people who aren’t interested in this news item popping on to berate others for perfectly reasonable comments. I’d not think of popping onto a thread I have no interest in and commenting that they’re all boring and should shut up!

Of course it is. It’s weird to obsess over it though, don’t you think?

Anxiety and depression are different conditions, and low mood is not necessarily depression.

Can I ask then why you would click on this thread? You know it is the 3rd one, so what do you think posters are talking about?

No. I think the people treating this like an exciting drama need to be called out.

It’s really over the top.

I suppose it depends on your subjective view of obsession. But of course you could say that about anything. In general an obsession tends to the unhealthy end of the spectrum. There will always be people at both ends of any given subject. I think the real issue tends to be thoughtless and uninformed and often cruel comments about the family though, who are clearly going through hell, vs the level of interest.

Seems unlikely. If he's well enough to forage then he's well enough to have been sighted today. There is no water source up there! Have you looked at how barren it is.

Here's the words of the mayor who knows more than all of us : “There are only rocks, no shade, no trees. With 47 degrees heat you can’t survive.”

They can all go hand in hand though. So it’s not out of the realms of possibility that he has taken himself off somewhere…

Lets hope not though and let’s hope he’s found tomorrow 🤞