(Another golden oldie, from 1987.)


  What constitutes good mental health?

  Is it when you are happy and confident
  and know that you can look trouble in the eye and stare it down
  and live and let live and keep your anxiety under control
  and don't get these terrible headaches
  and hear voices telling you that they are Xanto the Unavoidable
  and you must go and make a salami sandwich
  and put it in the back of your boss's desk drawer where he won't see it
  and after a while it will begin to smell
  and you take some aspirin but no that doesn't help the headaches
  and you lie down and try to sleep
  and you hear a sound like a great rushing torrent of water
  and suddenly the house gets swept away in a flood
  and you look up and see a giant who has lifted the roof off the house
  and he is staring down at you
  and suddenly you wake up and say ha ha it was only a dream
  and you take some more aspirin
  and then you open the closet door
  and you move the pile of dirty clothes in the corner
  and reveal an opening into another dimension
  and suddenly a hand reaches out and pulls you through the opening
  and you are falling and falling down down into a bottomless pit
  and you look down and see a great demon's mouth open waiting to swallow you
  and you scream and scream and hear a chorus of cackling laughter
  and you know it is not a dream and start to cry
  and you look at your hand
  and it is glowing with an eerie bluish light
  and then it falls off?

  Is this what constitutes good mental health?

2 responses total.

I had a good chuckle after reading this one since I've felt a loss of 
sanity lately.

I also like the constant flow of ideas-- it really worked to keep the 
humor going =)

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