Detective Files II

Chapter 260 Phobias

Tian Mi and Hu Yang were the only ones left in the psychological clinic. Both of them were silent at first. Tian Mi seemed to be struggling and didn’t know how to speak, while Hu Yang waited patiently, even from his eyes. I can vaguely see curiosity, but a professional is a professional, and when the other party doesn't want to ask, he will never ask the bottom line.

When Cai Nian Yongjun left, Hu Yang did not turn off the metronome. In the silent office at this moment, only the sound of the metronome reverberated.

This is the first time for Tian Mi to meet a professional psychologist face to face. Apart from embarrassment, she really doesn't know how to speak.Among the people she has dealt with in her life, there is only one person who has anything to do with the word "psychology" - Lu Xiangdong.But when we first met him, it was as if our horoscopes were wrong, and we would always bicker when we met. Although it was not pleasant or unpleasant, at least it offset the embarrassment of the first acquaintance virtually.

Hu Yang is different, he has nothing to do with himself, he is a serious psychiatrist, and the people who come here to consult him are all people with mental disorders.

Perhaps because she didn't want to be regarded as a person with a mental disorder, or because she was afraid of being judged by Hu Yang as having some kind of mental disorder, Tian Mi faced him, feeling a little nervous and depressed.

She seemed to have a little understanding of what kind of mood Nian Yongjun has been in these past few days.

"Actually, do you know?" Hu Yang was silent for a while, observing Tian Mi's expression, and suddenly said to her, "We Chinese have a misunderstanding in our thinking, and equate psychological problems with mental illness. People with mental disorders are more or less, more or less serious or mild, but people with mental disorders are completely different from mental problems. In fact, mental illness is like dandruff, everyone has it, but some are very mild , I can’t notice it, and some are so serious that even others can see it. The light ones can be ignored, and the serious ones will be fine with a little adjustment, it’s not a problem.”

Tian Mi couldn't help laughing after hearing such a vivid metaphor from Populus euphratica.

"Don't laugh, I'm not exaggerating at all. Many mental illnesses are like dandruff. They exist on our bodies all the time, but they are too mild to be noticed by us." Hu Yang said seriously, "For example, compulsive Obsessive-compulsive disorder, statistics many years ago have shown that the number of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder in my country has exceeded 1000 million!"

"So much?!" Tian Mi was taken aback.

"Yes, in fact, if we investigate carefully, it may be more than this number. This is only above a certain level of severity. Many times we don't even notice whether we really have OCD." Hu Yang smiled, "You Have you ever tried to close the door and lock it, but after walking a few steps, you still have to go back and check whether the lock is locked before you can feel at ease?"

"Yes! Yes!" Tian Mi nodded quickly.

"Then can't help but count the steps when walking the stairs? Do you count them in your mind when doing a certain continuous movement?"

"There is this too!"

"Look, isn't this a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder!" Hu Yang spread his hands.

Although Tian Mi joked that she had obsessive-compulsive disorder or something before, she never took it seriously. She didn't expect it to be true now, and she was somewhat surprised.

Hu Yang also saw her reaction, and shook his head with a smile at Tian Mi: "There is no need to be so intimidating, everyone has a little bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is the most common type of mental illness. As long as it doesn't bother your life, you don't have to pay too much attention to it, just relax and don't pay attention to it, it will be better instead. Is this what you want to talk to me today?"

"That's not true. In fact, I don't know if I have some kind of psychological barrier, or what kind of psychological barrier, but this matter does bother me a bit." Tian Mi frowned in distress.

Hu Yang hesitated and asked for her opinion: "Then do you want to sit here and chat, or do you think it will be more relaxing on the recliner?"

"Let's just sit and talk, I think it's more comfortable." Tian Mi had seen on TV the kind of conversation where the patient was lying on a recliner and the psychiatrist was sitting on the side. It became a treatment, but now sitting face to face like this is just a general consultation.

Hu Yang had no objection to her decision, and put on a posture of listening attentively, waiting for Tian Mi to speak.

"I participated in solving a serial rape and murder case before the Spring Festival, and there was a small episode when I was finally arrested." Tian Mi tried to summarize the incident as lightly as possible, "The murderer committed suicide in prison in fear of crime, but But after that, I often have nightmares, and the dream is that the person seems to be alive again, coming back to take revenge or something. I don’t understand why this happens. I clearly know that he is dead, and this incident is obviously over. People say that I think about it every day and dream at night, but every time I have a nightmare, I never think about it at all. The recurring nightmare is a kind of trouble for me, I don’t know Why is this happening?"

After finishing speaking, Tian Mi saw that Hu Yang didn't speak, and hurriedly added: "I recovered very quickly after that, and my condition is very good. I just consulted today to find out the reason, not because of anything else."

After hearing Tian Mi's narration, Hu Yang didn't express his opinion immediately, but thought for a while, stood up, and waved to Tian Mi: "Officer Tian, ​​can you come with me?"

Tian Mi didn't know what he was going to do, so she got up and followed him, and was taken by Hu Yang to the small suite where he planned to hypnotize Nian Yongjun.

Hu Yang turned off the ticking metronome, closed the light-blocking curtains, turned off the wall lights, and even turned the air conditioner to a very low temperature, then he turned to Tian Mi and said, "Please stay in this room for a while , I will come and tell you to go out in a while."

After the door was closed, the apartment fell into darkness and dead silence. Tian Mi sat beside the small bed, her eyes were open but it was as if they were closed - she couldn't see anything.

Without the rhythm played by the metronome, coupled with the almost perfect sound insulation effect of this small suite, the dark room was extraordinarily quiet, and Tian Mi even felt that her breathing and heartbeat were so loud.

The air conditioner in the room was turned down by Populus euphratica, which made her feel chilly, and there always seemed to be a slight chill in the back of her head.After sitting for a long time, Tian Mi began to feel a little anxious. She raised her wrist to check the time, but found that the dial could not be seen at all.

Did Hu Yang forget himself in the small apartment?Why haven't you come to open the door for so long?
Tian Mi couldn't help but began to worry in her heart. The darkness around her made her feel even more hairy. The hairs all over her body seemed to stand on end, and her nerves were tense, as if they could break at any time.

Her breathing became a little short, and she subconsciously grasped the edge of the bed with both hands.

The darkness made Tian Mi anxious. She even felt that if there was another living body in the room, such as a kitten or a puppy, even if it was just a little yellow chicken, as long as she could feel the body temperature and heartbeat, she would feel it. A lot of peace of mind.

But, there is nothing, there is nothing in this small suite except myself, no light, no warmth, no sound.The darkness broke through the boundary of the wall, and Tian Mi gradually became unaware of where the boundary of the room was. She seemed to be in the boundless darkness.

And in that quiet and dark corner, there seemed to be something invisible that was about to move.

Squeak——.

The door of the small apartment opened, and the light came in from the outside. Tian Mi's eyes felt uncomfortable for a moment. She covered her eyes with her hands, and saw Hu Yang opened the door, calling herself: "Officer Tian, ​​you can come out now."

Tian Mi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, followed him back to the outside office, and sat down on the sofa.

"Don't look at the watch!" Hu Yang stopped Tian Mi from trying to look at the watch, looked at her slightly pale face, and asked, "Based on how long do you think I'll keep you in the suite?"

"Why is it more than 20 minutes, or half an hour?" Tian Mi was stopped by Populus euphratica, and she didn't dare to lower her head to look at her watch, she only deduced from the feeling in her heart.

"You can look at your watch now."

Tian Mi raised her wrist according to her words, glanced at her watch, and then showed a surprised expression: "It's only been less than 10 minutes?"

Hu Yang nodded, and handed Tian Mi a tissue: "Wipe your sweat. When you are under a lot of mental stress, people's judgment on time is often disturbed, which is why students feel that four or ten minutes in class is better than two. The hour is still long, but the 10 minutes after class is only a blink of an eye."

Tian Mi laughed at the metaphor of Populus euphratica, stretched out her hand to touch it, and then realized that there was a layer of cold sweat on her forehead, and she hadn't even noticed it before he mentioned it.

"I think, the things you encountered when you were arrested before did leave a shadow on your psychology and formed a slight phobia. The dark environment will trigger the uneasiness you suppressed in your heart, and it will evoke the episode that makes you feel A memory of panic, so instead of saying that you are afraid of the dark, it is better to say that the dark environment is an introduction. The greatest fear in your heart still comes from that incident, but you deliberately refuse to accept this fact, so the fear in your heart Feelings will be fed back through the subconscious and dreams." Hu Yang made a judgment on Tian Mi's situation.

"But, I really don't think that incident has any impact on me." Tian Mi was a little stubborn and unwilling to accept Hu Yang's analysis.

Hu Yang has long been familiar with such an attitude: "Being honest with one's inner feelings does not mean cowardice. I know that as a woman, the mental pressure and psychological pressure in a job like criminal police are often higher than men, so Usually, those who can choose this line of work and achieve results like you do have a heart that refuses to admit defeat or show weakness. However, most of the time, people have limits, and when they encounter negative emotions that they cannot fully digest, they also have a heart. It's normal, it's not a sign of the weak."

"Then how should I solve this problem?" Tian Mi was silent for a long time before finally accepting the reality.

What Hu Yang said was right, after that thrilling experience, the nightmare about Yang Yuanfan would haunt him from time to time, torturing his nerves.If it really didn't affect me, who would lose sleep at night because of these other things!

In fact, Tian Mi is not really afraid of being known that she has fallen into a psychological barrier of phobia because of Yang Yuanfan's incident, nor is she really afraid of others knowing that she has developed a fear of the dark environment after going through that incident.

What I resisted was actually just because I was afraid of being treated as a glass doll because of this.She found it unbearable to think that people around her would start to be wary of herself, and would question her ability and endurance at work.

Maybe that's why for so long, she has endured the nightmare and the uneasiness in her heart by herself, and never revealed it to anyone.

"Try to give yourself positive psychological hints every day. You can try to reproduce the situation of the day in your mind until you are really calm about this matter and no longer afraid. If you can't do it yourself, you can come to me at any time. Me." Hu Yang said.

"I'll try my best to solve it myself, and you are also very busy, because the matter of Nian Yongjun is enough trouble." Tian Mi said politely.

"It's not too much trouble. I have watched Nian Yongjun grow up. My own child is not around. Even if he is not regarded as my son, he is at least a very close junior. When encountering this kind of If you can help me, it is my duty. As for Police Officer Tian, ​​you are welcome. If I can help you, I am also very happy. Or if you are really embarrassed, you can just pay me the consultation fee when you come to me for consultation next time. , I’ll give you a special discount.” Hu Yang joked with Hetian Mi half-truthfully.

Tian Mi smiled and nodded, thanking him, the two of them exchanged some polite words, Tian Mi left and left Hu Yang's office.

Walking out of the building, she saw Lu Xiangdong standing at the door leaning on the car, with a gloomy and ugly face.

"Did you have a nightmare last night? Why didn't you tell me before? You stayed here to seek help from that psychiatrist?" Lu Xiangdong spoke at the speed of a cannon, and threw Tian Mi a bunch of questions head-on.

Tian Mi was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask him why he knew about the nightmare, but immediately gave up. With her own brother Tian Yang, the traitor, Lu Xiangdong still worried about not knowing about it!

"What's the use of telling you?" She was furious at the thought of Lu Xiangdong leaving herself beside the road the night before.

"How do you know I can't help you?"

"Because you are engaged in criminal psychology, not psychology, the two are completely different." Tian Mi used what Lu Xiangdong said before to stop him, "Besides, your own psychology is as dark as Ji Ye. Similarly, it is not in vain to expect you to help me."

Lu Xiangdong's face became even more ugly. He took out the car keys from his pocket, threw them to Tian Mi, and turned around without saying a word.

Tian Mi wanted to stop him, but held back again.

When I get angry, will I speak too loudly?She began to feel a little guilty in her heart.

(End of this chapter)