"I want to have sex with you so that I can get rid of the snakes in my tummy which will then prevent a nuclear war"

What will your response be when a 60 year old bearded man tells you that???

I've just started my psychiatry block and I can only wish that it would last for 2 days rather than the whole 5 weeks. I had a chat with that man this morning and he would ask nurses for "a bit of sex" everyday in hope that it will cure his snake-infested tummy and save the world. Furthermore he is an intelligent man..used to be a teacher and graduated with honours in English 40 years ago. But somewhere down the line he developed schizophrenia and he's been in hospital for the last 30 years. How sad.

Oh another lady was rescued from a lake because when she saw the traffic lights turn green, she immediately thought that she was transformed to a dolphin and needed to get into water. I thought that was hilarious.

It's a skill to keep a poker face while these patients are telling you something which they believe is so real to them, yet so absurd to us.

I wonder what role 'demon-possession' has in the aetiology of psychiatric disorders (not including organic ones)

I'm bored that's why I'm writing. It's gonna be a long long long 5 weeks. I'll have to try to enjoy it so that it won't be such a chore.