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?"
the first doctor asked. "It was an eight
year struggle. Every day for eight years,
but I finally cured him and then that stupid
letter arrived!"
