The Goldfish
It is good to be a psychotherapist. But only good. A good psychotherapist looks at people around him and sees in everyone instead of heads aquariums with fish.
Who has scalary, who has cancer, even evil extraterrestrial creatures are caught - blind, but with teeth. A good therapist is very easy to distinguish from a bad one. The bad person will listen to you very carefully and say:
You do not need to shut up in yourself, but to walk more in the air, you have a hundred.
$40 I’ll be waiting for you on Wednesday.
A good one will solve your small problem today and now, but it will solve it forever, it will solve it and you will not have it for the rest of your life.
In the early 1990s, as a student, I frequently travelled from Peter to Lviv to visit my mom. Tickets were always taken only in the coupe and only on the lower shelf. The habits were quite medieval and I preferred to sleep on my suitcase. But I was pursued by the wreckage. An old grandmother came in and... it began:
“Son, let’s change the shelves, lie up.
As an educated person, I could not refuse. I will not say that I am afraid for my suitcase, otherwise its popularity will unmeritedly increase in the rating of our suitcases. I only have my mom’s gifts and spare jeans. He had to climb the second regiment and there to fight with his rich dream, worrying about his native suitcase, covered by a strange grandmother.
One day, a 70-year-old grandfather came in, very well dressed. At that time, it was immediately in the eye. My grandfather turned to me:
Young man, if you have enough nobility, give your grandfather your
The lower regiment.
– Enough with a lot of stock... (Where to go? The education...)
Grandfather thanked, we laid down the underwear, the neighbors fell asleep, and we talked quietly.
“Young man, I don’t want to stay in debt and I want to pay you back. I am
I help solve any human problems, let’s solve some.
of yours. What are your internal problems or complexes? No is
I am a very serious specialist in my field. My own
Patients are shown daily in the "Time" program.
I do not suffer either. (I’m still sorry that it’s gone.
I dropped the goldfish almost in vain.
Well, then I was lucky to meet a non-existent one.
The nature of the imaginary man. Imaginary people don’t sell tickets.
On the lower shelves, you still have problems. of logic?
Well...
Okay, I will guess myself.
My grandfather looked into my aquarium.
- Here you quickly, but obviously reluctantly gave up the lower regiment, while
It is not hard to get to the top. What is the matter?
I talked about the suitcase and good education.
How banal, I should have guessed. If you want, I will teach you how to sleep.
on the lower shelf and at the same time not to refuse the grandmother's request to change
The places...?
I want to, but is it so?
I will learn and will. You do not need to refuse the grandmother, but make it so that she
She abandoned your shelf and wanted another lower shelf, not yours.
How is it? Left and right are the same.
When she asks you to change, you say:
“You see, it’s not hard for me to change with you, I respect old age.
The fact is that when I took the ticket at the box office, the cashier said:
“Take 200 rubles from the top and I’ll catch your bottom shelf.” I agreed..." (the ticket is worth 1000) Now the grandmother won't want it.
It costs 200 rubles more. She will roar.
the cashier, the conductor, the railroad, anyone but not you. You are so
have spent. You are on the sidelines of the conflict and sleeping on your suitcase.
The Lower Regiment.”

My little problem was solved at once and for the rest of my life.
Grandfather added:
For the sake of justice, I must say that among your future grandmothers
There is one percentage of those who go into the bottle: take out 200 rubles and how
They will bow them on the table, calling you a speculator. with her to you.
Don’t beat her, but beat her with her weapon.
Say to:
- Grandma, you didn't understand, I bought the lower seat for 200 rubles, so what
Does it make sense to sell it to you for 200?
At least 1000, otherwise what is this speculation...?
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The golden fish can be met in the train, but you need to be ready for it... not because I... asked a fool for a lifetime lower regiment...