The bipolar patient builds castles in the air, and when depression arrives, no longer needs them and destroys them.
Instead, the psychotic has the castle built for him, and locks himself inside.
The neurotic finds the castle already built — he may even inherit it — and his only concern is to keep it clean and tidy.
In the end, the best-off in terms of mental health are those who can only afford to rent a 50-square-meter apartment.
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