I am a psychiatrist and the other day I encountered a case which sent a chill down my spine. Sometime ago a new family moved in my neighborhood; a couple in their sixties and their son, who was about 30 years old. The son was seldom seen outside his home. Naturally I couldn't ask the family directly but it was obvious that they had moved to new place to escape from the social stigma.
Days had passed since and the son went out less and less until he would not leave the house at all. Every night the mother was heard screaming at him in his bedroom. When I sometimes chanced to meet the mother she greeted me with a smile, that didn't quite reach her eyes but she always looked pale and haggard.
A half year had passed since I last caught a glimpse of the son when his father came to me and said,"Could I ask you to visit us tomorrow?" I had never been involved with thwm personally or as a doctor but since we were neighbors and neighbors were supposed to help each other, I agreed to come.
The next day when I visited both the father and the mother welcomed me at the door. "Please, come this come this way," the mother Saud as she led the way to her son's room the mother suddenly shouted,"I'm going to open the door!" As soon as she burst in she shrieked,"Why are you still sleeping? Get up!" She tore the duvet off the bed. I saw what was laying there and was struck dumbfounded. There was only one faceless, unclothed mannequin laying on the bed. Then the father told me,"The person I want you to see is my wife, who can not bear to accept reality."
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