That night, Claire had a very strange dream. In the dream, he saw his "other self" grow up rapidly and turned into a slender young man. The young man was very handsome, wearing a well-tailored white suit, Smiling in front of the mirror, he tied his tie, and then arrived in a company in a strange car, where he was greeted politely and called…
The moment the name was blurted out, Claire felt the whole world spinning. When he suddenly opened his eyes, Carlo's serious face was magnified in front of his eyes, and he reached out and shook his shoulder vigorously: "Claire, get up quickly, I'm going to be late."
"..." Claire was stunned for a long time before breaking out of the dream.
That dream was too real. The place where he lived was completely different from his home, and the white car he rode in when he went out was also different from the suspension cars that can be seen everywhere in the empire. The silver-gray building of the company was a building that he had never seen before—that Definitely a whole different world.
But the scary thing is that everything in that world is clearly imprinted in his mind, even the smiles on the faces of the men and women who greeted him in the company are very clear, even when he wakes up from the dream, he still feels that those things seem to be The same as he experienced.
Is your illness getting worse? What is the relationship between that person and yourself
Sometimes he can't even tell whether he is the person in the dream or the current Claire.
Seeing his roommate sitting on the bed in a daze, Carlo couldn't help frowning, and patted Claire's shoulder hard: "Are you awake? Go to class!"
"..." Claire woke up completely after being slapped by the monitor, and immediately got up to wash her face and brush her teeth.
It was already 7:59 when the two rushed to the classroom. The teacher was walking towards the classroom. The two quickly slipped in through the back door and sat down in their seats.
Seeing the panting appearance of the two guys in the front row, Xi Wei couldn't help stretching out his foot, and lightly kicked Claire's ass sitting in the front row: "Claire."
Claire turned around, Xi Wei beckoned, and he consciously moved his head over: "Xi Wei, did you call me?"
Xi Wei leaned into his ear and asked, "You came so late, did you oversleep again?"
"Hmm... It's a nightmare again." Claire whispered, "I think my illness seems to be getting worse."
Xi Wei said, "You wait for me downstairs after school in the afternoon, let's go to the hospital quickly."
"good."
The two whispered a few words, and Carlo pricked up his ears curiously to eavesdrop, but he couldn't hear a word clearly, so he had to look at the podium with a serious face.
In the morning, there were three consecutive classes on the history of empires. The teacher who taught the lectures had gray hair and spoke in a very serious tone. The focus of this class is the "Battle of Iswell". Xi Wei has already checked the information on this aspect, and knows that since this battle, human beings have split into two major regimes: the Lacey Empire and the Strand Federation. That year was also the year the empire was founded. However, the students in the class obviously didn't know these historical knowledge. The teacher released a lot of precious video materials on the big screen, and the children watched it with gusto like watching a movie.
On the contrary, Claire's expression was a little ugly. He often had images of explosions in his dreams. Looking at the scene of the war on the big screen, he felt a splitting headache, and the nerves in his brain felt as uncomfortable as if they were being burned by fire. , Claire simply closed her eyes and lay down on the table.
Xi Wei felt helpless when he found that Alpha in the front row was sleeping again. This class was actually very interesting for the children. The voice of the old professor was like the narration of a movie, and the scene of the interstellar war on the big screen looked very spectacular. Many children in the audience enjoyed watching it very happily.
Such an interesting history class, Claire could fall asleep, Xi Wei really admired his sleep skills.
After school that afternoon, Xi Wei and Claire went to the hospital in the northeast corner of the school together as agreed.
Because St. Paul's College is a fully closed education, the children live in groups and cannot go home on weekends. Therefore, the school's hospital is very large and has an independent high-rise building. Many professional doctors are hired to solve the medical problems of the students.
Xi Wei glanced at the signs of departments on each floor at the door, then took Claire to the third floor, and stopped in front of a door that said "Psychological Consultation Room".
Claire looked up and saw the words on the door, and took a step back in fear. Xi Wei simply grabbed his hand and pulled him over forcefully: "Don't be afraid. If you are sick, you should seek medical attention, otherwise it will be more serious."
Thinking of the clear dream last night, Claire nodded with a pale face, and was dragged open by Xi Wei to the door of the counseling room.
The female doctor sitting at the desk was very young and beautiful, with thick golden curly hair. When she saw two children pushing the door in, she couldn't help asking: "Student, did you go to the wrong place?"
Young children rarely have psychological problems. Since she started working in the school, this is the first time she has seen such a young child come to the psychology department. Dr. Mia thought the two children in front of her were cute, so she couldn't help standing up and walking in front of them, and said softly, "What's wrong with you? I'll take you to a specialist, okay?"
Xi Wei tugged Claire's arm: "Tell the doctor quickly."
Claire then whispered, "Doctor, I often have nightmares."
Mia suppressed a smile and said, "Having nightmares is not considered a disease, and many people have nightmares."
Claire said: "But my nightmares are very strange. I have them every night. There is a person in my dream. He has been with me since I was very young and grew up with me. When I am awake, it is Claire. When I fell asleep, it seemed to be him..."
The more Mia heard it, the more she felt something was wrong. If what the child said was true, it would be very serious. This is a typical sign of schizophrenia. Thinking of this, Mia finally put away her smile, touched Claire's golden head lightly, and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Claire."
"Don't be afraid, come in with me and tell me the details of the dream."
The female doctor's smile was very gentle and friendly. Claire looked back at Xi Wei anxiously. Xi Wei shook his hand and comforted him, "Go in and explain to the doctor clearly. I'll wait for you here."
Claire nodded, then turned around and followed the doctor into the treatment room.
Different from the closed and oppressive space in the hospital that Claire imagined, on the contrary, this treatment room is very warmly decorated, with brightly colored pictures on the walls, and there are many green plants in the room. One plant has just bloomed, and the flowers are delicate and charming Drip, the air in the house is very fresh. Mia arranged the psychotherapy room like this to relieve the pressure of the patients and allow the patients to relax and talk to the doctor.
Mia took Claire to the recliner and told him to lie down, and then said: "Claire, come on, relax, close your eyes, and listen to me attentively..."
She turned on the music conveniently, and the soothing melody made Claire relax. There seemed to be the sound of the tide splashing against the beach, and Claire gradually lost consciousness. He felt as if he had come to a strange world. Everyone was saying strange things, but he could understand what they meant.
"Where were you at the beginning of the dream?" Seeing that the hypnosis was successful, Mia asked softly in Claire's ear.
Claire frowned and tried to remember, and after a long time, he replied: "I live in a strange house, and there is a woman who hugs me out to bask in the sun every day... Later, I seemed to have grown up and was sent to a There are many students in the class... "
Probably the hypnosis by the psychiatrist made Claire let go of his subconscious defenses. He slowly sorted out and recalled the things he had dreamed since he was a child. A complete picture.
Listening to his slow narration, Mia was shocked to find that this child's dream was completely another person's life!
Is it a dual personality
But judging from her medical knowledge, this cannot be defined as a dual personality. Because Claire is just dreaming and not doing anything as another person. As for the real dual personality, when a person becomes "another self", he will involuntarily do some things to perfect that personality, make new friends with another identity, and establish his own social circle. The main personality often does not know What the sub-personality is doing, the different personalities are like strangers who don't know each other.
And Claire's dream, recreating another person's clear life in the dream, is like a kind of—
The brain is severely damaged, and the bits and pieces of memory after losing the memory.
But he is only five years old now, so how could there be so many memory fragments in his mind
The more Mia listened, the more puzzled she became, and couldn't help but ask, "Tell me your name, what's your name?"
Claire: "…"
"What do people around you call you?"
At this moment, Mia noticed that the brain waves on the detection screen began to fluctuate violently and abnormally. Claire's fists were clenched tightly by his side, a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his hands and feet even began to struggle violently.
Mia was startled, and immediately woke Claire up: "Claire, Claire!"
The child lying on the soft sofa suddenly opened his eyes, they were a pair of clear, bright eyes, as blue as the sky after the rain, but when Mia met those eyes, she felt the hair on her back—because , At that moment, the sharp gaze in Claire's eyes did not look like a five-year-old child at all.
Claire glanced at her, then turned her head back, staring blankly at the white wall in front of her.
The suffocating silence lasted for a long time. Mia regretted that she hastily hypnotized the child. In fact, she only used mild hypnosis to relax Claire and help him recall his dreams. Logically speaking, this kind of mild hypnosis would not It caused a negative impact, why did Claire seem to be a completely different person after waking up
Mia touched the child's head worriedly. To her surprise, Claire turned her head away from her hand stiffly, and then said: "Doctor, can you not tell your classmates, teachers, or others about my situation for the time being?" Have parents?"
"this… "
Claire said: "Psychiatrists should be obliged to keep confidentiality for patients, right?"
Originally, psychotherapy should be kept secret, but Claire in front of him is still young, so he should tell his parents about the situation. Mia was hesitating, but saw the innocent smile on the face of the child in front of her, and she looked at her with trust: "I'm very scared, because I trust the doctor's sister to tell you these secrets, don't tell others, okay ?"
After finishing speaking, he squeezed Mia's fingers with his soft little hands.
Mia's heart softened instantly after being held by the child, and she couldn't help but said: "Okay, I promise you not to tell others for now, you can come to the hospital to find me at the weekend, I need to do a detailed evaluation of your psychological condition, and then I will tell you again." See if you need to invite your parents over."
Claire nodded: "Understood."
He got off the seat, and Mia led him to the outside room. Xi Wei stepped forward worriedly and said, "How's it going?"
Before Mia could speak, Claire took the initiative to say, "It's nothing, it's not serious."
After finishing speaking, he turned around to leave, and Xi Wei immediately followed him. Seeing his ugly face, Xi Wei took the initiative to hold Claire's little hand in order to express comfort.
Claire withdrew her hand, looked back at Xi Wei, and said, "Don't pull me, I'll go by myself."
"..." Actually getting awkward? Xi Wei patted his head, "What's wrong with you?"
Claire, who was almost knocked unconscious, touched the back of her head, then turned to glare at Xi Wei: "Don't pat my head!"
Xi Wei thought it was funny that this little guy was pretending to be serious, so he couldn't help ruffling his hair lightly, and said, "Okay, I know you're feeling uncomfortable, don't get emotional, treat your illness slowly, and always It will be cured."
"..." Claire's mouth twitched fiercely, ignored Xi Wei, turned around and left.
Xi Wei looked at Claire, who had a stiff back and walked awkwardly, and suddenly had a strange feeling - where is that clumsy Claire? Why does it seem like a different person