"Agent Lin, I don't know if you have heard of Freud's theory: people have two instincts, the survival instinct and the death instinct."
In the small office, everyone was listening attentively. Professor Wang's somewhat serious voice came from the mobile phone:
"The instinct of life is the power of love and construction, driving us to grow, enhance, protect, etc.;
"The death instinct is the power of hatred and destruction, driven by attack, violation, destruction, etc.
"These two instincts are present in each of our bodies.
"And Lei Yue was originally the kind of highly sensitive child that our psychology says is 'high empathy, high sensibility, and high understanding', and yet he suffered such an incident..."
Professor Wang sighed again, “Biology created his crow friends;
"But the death instinct created another illusion from his unprocessed fear:
"A weirdo."
Lin Hongyun's brows twitched even more, feeling a little weird, "Weird?"
Big Guy, Le Zai and others also understand that something is wrong. If it is the resonance of another dimension caused by Lei Yue, his mental state will directly affect the situation at the World Gate and the first X area.
The weirder it sounds, the more difficult the situation will be.
"Well, I remember the kid said that there was a tall weirdo with bloody flesh and shadows, standing not far away looking at him and sometimes talking to him."
Professor Wang recalled and continued:
"I asked what the weirdo said, and the child actually told me that the weirdo told him to either kill the doctor or himself!
"I knew that this weirdo was his fear, his impulse to destroy others and himself.
"A weirdo will always say dark things, accuse him, and encourage him. These are the death-instinct 'truths' that he fears and avoids.
"I have to make it clear that we cannot do without the death instinct. An appropriate amount of death instinct can balance our thinking.
“But an overly strong, out-of-control death instinct driven by fear is very dangerous, both to others and to yourself.
"The child became aggressive for a period of time after being affected by that nursery rhyme, and had to be hospitalized. Many nurses were frightened.
"Because, the look in his eyes at that time was very scary..."
There was a hint of uneasiness in Professor Wang's tone, "I thought I had forgotten it a long time ago, but no, you will never forget it after seeing it. It may be the look in that weird man's eyes."
Lin Hongyun felt even colder. She thought of something and asked:
"Is this a personality disorder, or multiple personalities?"
"No, that's not the case. There is nothing wrong with this child's personality. It can be said that this is the problem."
Professor Wang replied immediately, causing all the investigators to look at each other in confusion again.
"Paranoid, schizophrenic, borderline and other personality disorders are all about 'I am like this', but this child is 'I don't want this to be the case, but things are like this'
"This is the pattern of delusional patients, who have no obvious mental problem but are constantly tormented by content related to a delusional theme.
"All of Lei Yue's hallucinations are logically related to the theme of his delusions - his body is in a state of death, or he has already died.
“In this state of self, the crow is here to help him, to help him resurrect, to help him overcome difficulties;
"The weird thing is what he looks like after he is completely dead, which makes him scared, and it is a true fact.
"These two hallucinations will pull him back and forth as his emotions rise and fall, intertwining and confronting each other, one ebbing and the other ebbing."
When Professor Wang talks about these past events, he still feels heartbroken for that child:
"It's really not easy for that child. He is very smart, very sensitive, and thinks more than other children.
"At that time, he really asked me again and again:
"'Why is the world like this, why do people quarrel, why do others laugh at me, why are we like this?'
"Then his psychological mechanism will give him an answer, a tendency.
"The crow will lead him to the road of life, and the weirdo will lead him to the road of death.
"This emotional pull can be painful, so the child even develops another illusion to balance the situation: a goggle."
Hearing Professor Wang's words, Lin Hongyun couldn't help but narrow her eyes, and the expressions of the people around her changed slightly.
The more complicated Lei Yue's condition is, the more complicated the whole thing will be...
When a person has so many stable hallucinations, the suspicion of idiosyncratic influence is greater.
Did Lei Yue have a blank card many years ago?
"What do goggles mean?" Lin Hongyun asked.
"Glasses are actually an archetypal image, which is related to tools: a person has the ability to use tools to make himself see more clearly."
Professor Wang replied, “To create the psychological suggestion of ‘this is a professional, successful person’, the image of glasses is often used, which means wisdom, maturity, and reliability.
"Then the child's hallucination means that he wants to solve the problem on his own, like an adult.
"Goggles are a manifestation of personal strength enhancement and ability expansion.
"But, this hallucination was caused by the fierce battle between the crow and the weirdo.
"When crows and weirdos don't show up, the goggles don't show up; and when they fight too much, the child doesn't have enough mental strength to wear the goggles.
"So, at that time, he could only see glasses around him, but he couldn't put them on."
Lin Hongyun frowned and thought.
crow, weirdo, goggles
Life, death, self-power...
Lei Yue is far more complex and profound than the "strong model patient" described in those files and medical records.
If Lei Yue's alien resonance is successful, there won't be a trump card or a draw, right?
"Then how did you treat his hallucinations, especially the crow?" she asked thoughtfully.
Professor Wang's memory has been recalled, and he started talking without much pause:
“It is difficult to treat patients with delusions with medication.
"Drugs like olanzapine and escitalopram can calm the child down, but they can't change his thoughts. He will still think that way calmly.
"So in addition to prescribing medication, we also had to combine cognitive behavioral therapy, talk, and do some psychological adjustment."
Lin Hongyun took a few steps, looked at the clock on the wall, looked at her colleagues, and couldn't help but urge:
"Professor Wang, we are very pressed for time here. Can we talk about the crow first? Did you ask him to keep the crow as a friend?"
She was wondering, could this resonance be the result of years of brewing and reach such intensity?
"No no."
Professor Wang denied it again, and his old voice became more energetic, as if he used to give lectures to students in the university:
"In fact, nearly 50% of normal children have their own imaginary friends, which usually have positive effects: social simulation, establishing a sense of security, realizing emotional needs, etc.
“Among children with autism and other children with mental disorders, less than 20% of them have imaginary friends.
"So when we treat children with these problems, it is a good thing for them to have imaginary friends, and we will encourage the children to continue to keep this friend to develop social skills.
"But this child Lei Yue is different. He is delusional and cannot indulge in any related hallucinations, otherwise the disease will not be cured.
"I remember that the treatment plan at the time was for our medical staff to work with his grandmother to expel these delusions from him."
Professor Wang paused as he spoke, seemed to take a sip of water, and then said:
"He was a child at that time, so I wouldn't tell him directly, but I told him my meaning in a hint way:
"I said, he doesn't need crow as a friend, he doesn't need imaginary friends at all, because he will have real friends, such as classmates and friends.
"Where's the crow, drive it away;
"As for that weirdo... I asked him to continue to avoid it. Once he sees it, close his eyes and avoid it. The weirdo will disappear.
“But these are only temporary treatments, not the root cause. To cure the root cause, exposure therapy is needed to achieve systemic desensitization.
“It is to allow patients to use a behavior that can relax themselves, gradually face the things they fear and avoid, and overcome them step by step from low to high according to the level of fear, and finally completely eliminate those fears.
"The difficulty with this type of behavioral therapy is that people with Cotard syndrome tend to be bored and find it difficult to find appropriate behaviors.
"However, this kid just gives people surprises. I remember... it was a performance, right? This kid likes to perform.
"You didn't know. At that time, I found out that he was still interested in performing. How happy I was!"
When Professor Wang talked about it at this time, he still felt a little lucky:
"It's so rare! This is the child's chance to survive.
"So I told his grandmother that we must seize this opportunity to do behavioral therapy and develop performance as a way to relax emotions and eliminate fears."
After listening to this, Lin Hongyun had vaguely grasped the entire context of Lei Yue's 18 years of life.
She already knew that Lei Yue had always insisted on acting and had even taken the art exam before.
In the eyes of most people, including them, this matter is not very wise. After all, his face...
So that’s it,
It turns out this is also for treatment.
However, she has a question:
"Professor Wang, considering Lei Yue's disfigurement, is this appropriate? Will the frustration and malice he suffers from this aggravate his condition?"
"Yeah..." The big man listened intently, and couldn't help but scratch his head and make a sound.
Those kids who bullied him in the garbage dump will laugh at him even more when they see him perform on stage.
"Sigh, the problem you mentioned will exist, but it is a last resort. If he didn't do this, he might not survive now."
Professor Wang also sighed, knowing better than anyone how this difficult road started.
"At first, the child's grandmother had the same attitude as you. She didn't agree. She said:
"'This is pointing him to a dead end, how can it be a performance? How can he go on?'"
Some memories became clearer. Professor Wang imitated Grandma Lei Yue's sad and angry tone: "No one wants to see his face!"
"I told his grandmother, 'Any behavior will do, as long as it is interesting to this child and can make him relax, you just give me a behavior!'
"His grandma tried a lot, bought him toys, played games with him, many things...
"But it didn't work, the kid wasn't interested.
"His grandma was about to have a nervous breakdown. The fire also hit her hard. She grabbed the child and cried and asked: 'Does it have to be a performance? Does it have to be a performance?'
"The child was very stubborn and didn't say anything.
"In the end, his grandmother really had no choice but to perform, just perform. In order to cure the disease, she had to go on no matter how difficult it was.
"I told her, you are right to think so! Just like this, encourage him to persist in this interest, encourage him to further sanctify and poeticize the performance, like a dream? For example, his parents will also want to watch it in heaven.
Until he appears on stage? For example, he also has the opportunity to become a movie star or a Broadway actor?
“We also need to teach him more positive ideas so that he can live with confidence and hope.
"We have to help him build his personality in a subtle way so that he can feel that the world is beautiful, so that he can restrain his overly strong death instinct.
"His grandma agreed, and the entire treatment plan began.
"I also taught the child a way to imagine that there are some boxes in his heart, and put the negative emotions of fear, resentment, and the malice given by others into the boxes.
"Including the nursery rhyme you just mentioned, Agent Lin, those bullying, those unhappy things, all are stuffed into the box.
"Then, we use performances to overcome the fear levels one by one and dissolve the boxes one by one until the day of complete reconciliation.
"The child developed very well during the years I treated him.
"Later, when I got old, my health failed, and I retired, these patients were left to others to take care of.
"I have heard that Lei Yue's condition is stable, but I don't know much about it. The latest situation is what you told me. His grandmother passed away and he failed the art exam."
At the end of Professor Wang's words, the old man's voice became deeper.
The child suffered such an accident, and the police came to investigate...
Everyone knew that something must have happened, and this treatment probably did not end well.
When Professor Wang finished speaking, the office was silent for a moment.
The big man scratched his head hard, almost scratching his scalp, with a sad look on his round and flat face.
That rotten-faced boy has really gone through too much.
After listening to this, the big guy can even understand why Lei Yue wants the world to change so much...
"Professor Wang, although Lei Yue's condition has always been stable, is it medically possible that after his grandmother passed away, he would see crows and weirdo hallucinations again?"
Lin Hongyun asked, what she was most concerned about was the case itself, the connection between Lei Yue, the missing shotgun, and the resonance in another dimension.
"Even saw it that night?" she added.
She glanced at the big guy, Le Zai, and Wen Nu, who were coming, but what she didn't say was:
Don’t forget, there were footprints left by suspected passers-by at the garbage dump on a rainy night.