Fantasy Letter
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, and
he merely sat around and waited for this fantasy letter from this fantasy uncle.
I worked with this man for 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!”