Yuan Chenfei first met Liu Yang in his office.
At that time, he was wearing an old gray jacket and holding a hat in his hand. His hair was disheveled and he looked a little dazed.
His two eyes stared straight at Yuan Chenfei, his eyes blank and dull.
"Mr. Liu?" Yuan Chenfei took the information and shouted carefully.
Liu Yangcai woke up as if from a dream, his eyes were a little brighter, he winced his neck and nodded to Yuan Chenfei: "Hello, Dr. Yuan."
"Hello, sit down." Yuan Chenfei pointed to the big sofa in the room.
Liu Yang sat down carefully, but his butt was not firmly seated, as if he could jump up at any time.
"You look a little nervous. But please trust me, okay? You can completely relax here." Yuan Chenfei said to him in the kindest tone possible.
His attitude softened the obviously nervous man.
Liu Yang nodded.
"So..." Yuan Chenfei came over, sat across from Liu Yang, looked at the information in his hand, and said, "Mr. Liu, you said here that in recent times, you have had frequent nightmares, which prevents you from sleeping peacefully. Yeah?"
"Yes." Liu Yang nodded vigorously: "I always have the same dream. The scene in the dream is very real and scares me. I can't sleep well every night, can't rest, and have no intention to work. . Always sleepy... "
Liu Yang said, with a frightened expression on his face again.
"Then you've come to the right place, I can help you have a good dream." Yuan Chenfei took out a pocket watch from his clothes.
He waved it in front of Liu Yang: "This can help you fall asleep."
Liu Yang's expression suddenly changed: "No, I don't want to sleep. As soon as I fall asleep, I will enter that terrifying world. It's too terrifying."
"Don't worry, I won't let you have nightmares." Yuan Chenfei comforted him: "Oh, before that, can you tell me the content of that dream?"
Liu Yang hesitated for a long time before saying, "That was a very scary dream."
"fear?"
"Yes." Liu Yang looked at him with straight eyes: "I dreamed... gods and demons came, and the world changed dramatically."
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Coming out of the office, Yuan Chenfei saw that Liu Li had finished her share of rice and was eyeing his chicken leg rice.
"Damn it!" Yuan Chenfei yelled, rushed over in three steps, and grabbed the chicken drumstick rice into his arms.
"Stingy." Liu Li muttered dissatisfiedly.
"If you don't have enough to eat, you can always order another one. Why do you always want to grab someone else's?" Yuan Chenfei looked at his assistant with a headache.
If he had come out later, the drumstick would probably be gone.
Liu Li curled her lips and replied: "I don't know why. If I order another one, no matter what it is, I will have no appetite for it. But if it is someone else's, then I will really want to eat it. Eh. , you are a psychiatrist, why don’t you tell me what kind of mental illness I have?”
Yuan Chenfei shook his head helplessly: "This is not a disease, it's a problem."
Liu Li was stunned when he heard this. He raised his head and burst into laughter. He kicked his feet in the air and yelled "Ho, ho, ho", looking like a complete lunatic.
After going crazy for a while, Liu Li stopped and looked at Yuan Chenfei. She saw that he was eating slowly and knew that he was deep in thought. He shouted, "We encountered a strange patient again? What was it like this time?"
Yuan Chenfei was obviously stunned. He thought for a while before saying:
"The patient named Liu Yang has been having nightmares about the end of the world since a month ago."
"Having the same nightmare repeatedly?" Liu Li's eyes lit up: "That means the dreamer has an unsolved psychological problem. The term in psychology is 'complex', which is also commonly known as 'knot'. What this complex is is directly related to the theme and emotion of the same dream. For example, if you have repeated 'exam dreams', it may be related to the psychological factors of 'passing recognition' or 'anxiety'... "
Yuan Chenfei smiled: "Okay, don't show off your little psychology knowledge. If it was just like that, things would be simple."
"Oh?" Liu Li became interested: "Then why is it so simple?"
"His dreams are very systematic." Yuan Chenfei replied.
"Systematic?"
"It's the kind of dream that's very specific, very fulfilling."
“How concrete and fulfilling is it?”
Yuan Chenfei replied: "Complete structure, accurate time, sufficient characters, rich plot... just like a movie, no, a TV series, it has everything."
Liu Li was dumbfounded.
You must know that the dream itself usually does not have a complete story. It is just an inevitable physiological phenomenon that occurs when people are in the fast-wave sleep period. It is an active physiological process, and its form of expression has a representational component and a perceptual nature. memory activity and extraordinary associations.
That is why most dreams are fragmented and abstract, neither real nor systematic, nor do they have any complete structure or system.
But now Yuan Chenfei says that someone's dream is as specific as a TV series, with all the time, place, characters and plot. This is incredible.
"Are all dreams like this?" Liu Li asked.
"No, they are different plots based on the same background, just like one person's experience in it. On the first day, he dreamed of a great change in the world, and unexpected changes occurred in the whole world. On the second day, He had a new experience. The third day continued based on the dream of the second day... He dreamed for thirty days, but spent thirty months in the dream, experiencing ups and downs, and the days were more complicated. It’s a miserable life.”
"Are the contents of all these dreams related to each other?" Liu Li asked in surprise.
"That's right. You're surprised, right? It's like writing a novel in a dream, day after day... I've never seen such a case." Yuan Chenfei said slightly excitedly.
Unexpectedly, less than half a year after opening my psychological clinic, I would encounter such a mysterious case.
In the field of psychology, there is no shortage of miraculous cases, and various bizarre mental illnesses often refresh the views and knowledge of psychiatrists.
What Yuan Chenfei encountered was undoubtedly one of these cases. If he could track down this case and make detailed records and analysis, it would undoubtedly be of great help to his future work and reputation.
Liu Lida seemed much calmer. As a skeptic, she was inherently skeptical of all possibilities.
She asked with a straight face: "Is it possible that that guy is making up a story? You know there are many patients like this..."
Yuan Chenfei interrupted her and said, "You know I can tell if a person is lying."
Excellent psychologists are usually polygraph experts. They are good at judging whether the other party is lying through various clues. They themselves are sophisticated lie detectors.
As a top student majoring in psychology at Stanford, Yuan Chenfei is one of the best.
"Is it possible that he came up with this story during the day and then reappeared it in his dream at night?" Liu Li still didn't give up.
Yuan Chenfei smiled: "Random guesses will not help improve your psychological level. This patient's case is very rare. It is not suitable to draw any conclusions now. It requires long-term observation. I used hypnosis on him and let him sleep for a while. …”
The words are not finished yet.
"Ah!" A shrill cry came from the office.
Yuan Chenfei put down his meal and rushed to the office together. He opened the door and saw that Liu Yang had rolled from the sofa to the ground.
He covered his neck and screamed desperately, almost strangling himself to death.
Yuan Chenfei rushed over and pulled his hand away forcefully.
He's so strong.
After finally pulling Liu Yang's arm away, Liu Yang coughed desperately, his pupils widened, and his eyes were full of fear.
"Liu Yang! Liu Yang!" Yuan Chenfei shouted loudly.
Liu Yang seemed to finally wake up.
There was a hint of life in his eyes.
He stared blankly at the ceiling without saying a word.
"Are you having nightmares again?" Yuan Chenfei asked.
Liu Yang said nothing.
"Can you tell me what happened in the dream?"
Liu Yang finally looked at Yuan Chenfei.
He swallowed and said:
"They...cut off my head."
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After that day, Liu Yang never came to Yuan Chenfei's clinic again.