Hu Yi is a senior psychological counselor.
Recently he had a particularly difficult case on his hands. The patient had suffered from years of dissociative amnesia, accompanied by severe depression. He has a prominent status, and like most wealthy and powerful upper class people, he is very resistant to psychotherapy.
To the extent that he had to seek medical treatment, the patient's physical and psychological condition was so poor that his life would be endangered at any time. The team tried to treat him with drugs, but the effect was not good; the doctor conducted many psychological talks with him, but it was still difficult to diagnose the cause.
The patient was transferred to Hu Yi and suggested hypnotherapy.
At first, the patient was not in favor of this treatment plan. Hypnosis requires mutual trust between the hypnotist and the hypnotized person, and the cooperation of the hypnotized person throughout the process. The patient showed a variety of negative psychological defense mechanisms in the psychological interview, which also showed that he may not be suitable for hypnosis.
But hypnosis is not a backup treatment option given to him by the hospital. His illness has reached this level, and other treatments are ineffective. Hypnosis is currently the only way to break the bottleneck.
Doctors have not yet determined the cause, which is the key to curing the disease.
Hu Yi explained to the patient: "Cognitive-behavioral therapy, trauma therapy, psychoanalysis, etc. that can be applied to diseases are all causal treatments. In other words, we have to know the cause before we can solve the result caused by the cause."
After careful consideration, the patient was shaken: "Etiology... So, for things I can't remember, can I find them through hypnosis?"
Hu Yi nodded: "Hypnosis is to enter your subconscious dimension. The things you don't remember in reality are because the disease is covered with a veil. Although you can't remember in reality, those things will still stay in your subconscious world. "
"After hypnosis, can you and I go to the subconscious world and ask all the things I forgot?"
"It's not that simple." Hu Yi didn't dare to speak too much: "First of all, the subconscious mind is an existence that has not yet reached the state of consciousness. Even if the hypnosis is successful, it is your subconscious mind that is active in that dimension, which you don't know. I am being hypnotized; in reality, you and I cannot have a direct dialogue with 'him'. How much effective information can be obtained and what kind of therapeutic effect can be achieved cannot be preset in advance. Secondly, there are also unsuccessful hypnotists Situations, emergencies in the subconscious world..."
The patient interrupted him: "There are more unsuccessful cases than successful ones?"
"Based on the hospital's current assessment of you, yes. Therefore, it is up to you whether to accept hypnotherapy in the end."
Seeing his hesitation, Hu Yi couldn't help but say one more word of advice to him.
"The purpose of hypnosis is not only to find the crux of the disease. Through memory recall, I also have the opportunity to help you fade traumatic memories, strengthen the happy part, and reduce depression."
This conversation is over.
Hu Yi said goodbye to the patient, emphatically saying: "See you next time."
He sincerely wishes he could get treatment.
The two knew very well that if he gave up treatment, in his condition, it also meant that he decided to give up his life.
a week later.
The patient came to the hospital again and told Hu Yi that he was willing to be hypnotized.
Thus, the treatment officially begins.
The subconscious mind is extremely mysterious.
Some people say that dreams are connected to the subconscious, while others say that the human soul is connected to the subconscious.
Hypnotists use hypnosis to open a way for patients to enter the subconscious world. The form of the patient's soul, or "consciousness", in the subconscious world is chosen by him.
That consciousness can be guided by the hypnotist, like he is holding a rope to guide the direction in the outside world.
However, the rope is not 100% firm, and the consciousness may break free from the control of the hypnotist.
In order to prevent the patient from losing control of his consciousness, Hu Yi worked out two awakening methods with him in the early stage of hypnosis, which represented the end of hypnosis.
The first way is to wake up with strong light. When he feels the strong light in the subconscious world, it means that the hypnosis ends. This is their regular way of waking up.
Method 2, special awakening, when the regular awakening does not work, Hu Yi left a back door in his subconscious. He will guide patients to the safe house of the subconscious world, which is the last safe haven he built and named after himself, and the hypnotist puts their treatment materials there.
When the "consciousness" sees the data, he will realize the reality of this world and wake up from it. It's like, a person is lost in a grotesque nightmare, and suddenly he is awakened. This is a dream, and all the unsolvable confusion that haunts him suddenly becomes clear.
The treatment this time was more difficult than any one Hu Yi had dealt with before.
The patient's course of disease was too long, and his subconscious world was strange, even if he successfully hypnotized, he could not find effective information.
If traumatic memories do not exist at the subconscious level, retrieving them requires accessing a deeper, unconscious world.
This undoubtedly complicates hypnotherapy.
Real patients and therapists in reality. On the subconscious layer, the hypnotized patient is tied with an invisible thread to connect with the therapist on the outer layer. When he is confused, the therapist can pull the thread slightly.
The unconscious layer is like too long a distance, the line is no longer reachable, the therapist can intervene almost zero, it depends on the patient himself.
Greater risk, greater difficulty.
The patient chose to trust him and accept treatment, so Hu Yi did not give up.
He spent a long time analyzing the patient's blank memories and suspected traumatic experiences through psychological interview data.
With the help of Hu Yi, they were organized and divided, forming different forms of "rooms" in the patient's subconscious world.
Unfortunately, doing so has a new problem.
The form of the patient in the subconscious world is a rabbit. The rabbit refused to go near the house with the traumatic experience, thinking that all houses were "locked."
Hu Yi tried to construct a guide to lead the rabbit. But Rabbit can't trust his virtual guide. This distrustful rejection interrupted the hypnosis several times, not to mention taking him to a deeper room.
There is no hope of further progress in the treatment.
He watched the patient's condition worsen day by day.
The miracle appeared in the 23rd hypnotherapy session. Hu Yi was surprised to find that the patient had constructed a new guide himself.
The new guide is out of control, does not respond to his commands, and the patient's consciousness is directed by the new guide. Hu Yi immediately realized that this was extremely dangerous, so he stopped hypnosis and awakened the patient with strong light.
The patient who woke up recalled the experience of hypnosis, and his feeling was "relaxed and pleasant".
Hypnosis stays at the subconscious level. Although he can't describe what his consciousness sees in that world, the evaluation of this hypnosis has never been better than ever.
With positive feedback, treatment is necessary.
Hu Yi carried out the next hypnosis with a fluke mentality, never expecting that something big would happen.
The patient's consciousness was brought into the room by the new guide, and he no longer responded to the therapist's instructions, which Hu Yi had expected. But he never thought that his non-response lasted for a whole week.
Consciousness wanders at the unconscious level, and the body relies on the bottle to maintain nutrition... In layman's terms, he became a living dead, his brain was active, and he lost control of his body.
That week, Hu Yi was under great mental pressure.
He had never encountered a similar case in his career, and he couldn't imagine how terrible the consequences would be.
Comatose patients may die at any time due to brain death or impairment of bodily functions.
He was severely mentally ill, lost the guidance of a hypnotist, and was unable to avoid the traumatic parts of the subconscious and unconscious. Even if he wakes up, there is a high probability that he will fall into complete mental confusion.
What Hu Yi can do is to wake up with strong light regularly every day, hoping for the patient's response.
Both he and the patient are lucky.
On the eighth day, he was awakened by a bright light.
This awakening has nothing to do with Hu Yi's medical skills. It just happens that the patient's consciousness stays at the subconscious level, so the awakening works.
And the sequelae that Hu Yi was worried about did not happen.
The psychological interview of the patient after waking up shows that the therapeutic effect of hypnosis has been achieved. He can recall unpleasant memories of childhood, childhood, and youth. Also, happy memories are reinforced and his trauma is downplayed.
He volunteered to continue the treatment.
Hu Yi judged that the risk was too high and he strongly did not recommend it, but he still insisted.
In order to ensure the safety of the patient, Hu Yi first set his sights on the new guide during this hypnosis.
Oddly enough, going into the subconscious at first, the new guide is not in his world, according to "Rabbit"'s feedback. The single rabbit, as before, was unwilling to touch the remaining two houses.
Before Hu Yi was about to end the hypnosis, the guide suddenly appeared.
Before he could issue an order, the sudden action of the guide provoked the patient's pain.
He was sitting in a chair in the consulting room, his upper limbs twitching violently.
At this time, the patient's consciousness had not yet reached unconsciousness, so Hu Yi immediately communicated with him to comfort him.
"Catch your breath, take a deep breath. Whatever you see, stop."
The patient's hand was in the posture of holding something, and he muttered the word "photo".
"Repeat my words and start executing," he told him, "Take a deep breath and put the picture away."
The patient stopped trembling after adjusting his breathing back and forth three times according to his words.
Hu Yi immediately activated the strong light to wake up, but it didn't work.
This means that the patient re-enters the unconscious world.
For the first time, Hu Yi realized that the new guide was not necessarily "good".
The patient's subconscious self-constructed characters are both good and evil, and his new guide of judgment has always been biased towards "good" because it always brings good results.
But this time the patient's stress response made it possible for him to be "evil".
Hu Yi continued to wake up with strong light.
The problem is getting worse.
A few hours later, he noticed that the patient was responding to his commands, but the bright light failed to wake him up.
This shows that when he returned to his subconscious mind, he felt extremely confused, on the verge of being lost, and the possibility of the new guide being "evil" was even greater.
So, he asked: "Who is the person next to you?"
The patient shook his head and kept his mouth shut.
"Relax, feel and judge whether it is kind or not, and whether it is malicious to you."
He seemed to be wary of something.
Hu Yi said slowly: "Yin Xian, you don't need to talk to it, you answer me."
"It is kind and not malicious," replied the patient.
"are you sure?"
Patient says, "I'm sure."
Hu Yi must get him out of hypnosis as a matter of urgency.
"You have to leave Little Rabbit Island as soon as possible."
"I can't help you, you have to rely on yourself. If you don't leave, you won't be able to get out, and your consciousness will always wander in the subconscious."
The last alternative awakening plan, he explained to him word by word.
"Remember our agreement, dreaming of a nightmare that you can't wake up from, go to the safe house and find the paper you left there."
The patient was vaguely calling a girl's name, probably calling that suspicious new guide.
Hu Yi recorded those three words and hurriedly woke him up.
"Hide well, go to the safe house, remember not to give her the safe house paper."
For some reason, his instructions exacerbated the patient's stress.
He had recurring convulsions and was no longer responsive to arousal and commands.
Once again, he fell into the world of the unconscious.