Subject: Difficult Case
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Jul 16 2001 - 11:38:22 EDT
"Difficult Case"
Two psychiatrists were at a convention. As they
conversed over a drink, one asked, "What was
your most difficult case?"
The other replied, "I had a patient who lived in a
pure fantasy world. He believed that an uncle in
South America was going to die and leave him
a fortune. All day long he waited for a letter to
arrive from an attorney. He never went out, he
never did anything, he merely sat around and
waited for this fantasy letter from this fantasy
uncle. I worked with this man eight years."
"What was the result?"
"It was an eight-year struggle. Every day for eight
years, but I finally cured him. And then that stupid
letter arrived!"
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"Psychologists Find New Reason
To Drink Alcohol (NOT!)"
Laughing is good for you, and drinkers laugh more,
so drinking must also be good for you, British
psychologists said Tuesday. A psychologist at the
University of Hull said three separate studies
showed clearly that social drinkers laugh more
than people who drink very little or not at all.
Psychologist Geoffrey Lowe also cited reports
showing laughing can stimulate the body's
immune system. "I wouldn't necessarily drink
more as a basis of this research," Lowe said.
"I would laugh more."
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