Stress Center Peer Support

The health minister is visiting a psychiatric ward. He asks the head of psychology, “How do you determine if a patient is cured.”

The psychologist explains:

“We take them to the bathtub, which is filled with water, hand them a spoon and a cup and ask them to empty the bathtub.”

“I see,” says the health minister, “The cured person would choose the cup because it`s bigger, and would empty the tub faster.”

“Actually no,” replies the psychologist, “A normal person would simply pull the plug.”

LOL.

Even though this is a joke, there is a lot of truth to it. Instead of thinking for ourselves (pull the plug), we (anxious/depressed folks) passively rely upon others to make our decisions for us (use spoon and/orcup) , sometimes in very subtle ways.