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Dr. Karl Menninger, the world-famous psychiatrist . . . was answering questions after giving a lecture on mental health when one person asked, “What would you advise someone to do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on?”

Most people expected the doctor to say, “Consult a psychiatrist.”  Instead he said, “Lock up your house, go across the railroad tracts, find someone in need, and do something to help that person.”

I’m So Glad You Told Me What I Didn’t Want to Hear, Barbara Johnson, page 118