A Soulful Journey

A paranoid insists he is dead.  A psychiatrist treating him finally asks, “Do dead men bleed?”   “No.” “Well, let’s see if you bleed,” and he pricks his finger. The man looks down and says, “I guess dead men do bleed.” They say, “seeing is believing” but it is not true.  Believing is believing.

“Invariably someone at the office was ridiculing him behind his back.   Sometimes, if he turned around rapidly, he would discover thirty or forty co-workers inches away from him with tongues outstretched.   Going to work was a nightmare.   For one thing, his desk was in the rear, away from the window, and whatever fresh air did reach the dark office was breathed by the other men before he could inhale it.” – Woody Allen , Side Effects Being paranoid is difficult.   Being paranoid and not knowing it is beyond debilitating.