Monday, June 04, 2007
A schizophrenic can teach you a lot
My favorite patient right now is Mr. E, who has schizophrenia. Just on Friday, he was telling me that he has 100 hearts and 12 crowns from 12 countries. He also has the cure for AIDS and cured his own diabetes. But today he's doing much better, and he made a really insightful comment in our community meeting: "Healthy thoughts make healthy people." I think that's a pretty good summary of the field of psychiatry, not to mention a good rule for living.
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Hey--I just realized that we'll need to rewrite the words of the Pirate Queen song to thirteen crowns instead of ten. Can't be outdone by your schizophrenic patient. Nossir.
(And I think what he said really is a good rule for living.)
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