Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 589: 557: Deeper Issues and Dreams

Chapter 589: Chapter 557: Deeper Issues and Dreams

Nan Zhubin looked at the visitor’s expression and emphasized, “But you personally rushed forward to grab the knife and were injured, leading to a coma.”

The visitor gently shook her head, “You haven’t seen other doctors who have been made worse because of dical troubles. Compared to them, I’m still considered lucky.”

As she said this, the visitor instinctively touched the area below her right chest.

If Nan Zhubin rembered correctly, that was where she got injured.

[Corners of the mouth downturning, inner eyebrows raised and knitted—regret, sadness in the expression.]

[Hand instinctively touching the wound, the movent is light, carrying so emotions… wait a minute!]

Nan Zhubin’s thoughts suddenly paused, realizing sothing was off.

The visitor’s expression was correct, she did not conceal, did not lie.

—But the emotions the visitor is expressing now are not right.

One must know this visitor was the one who stood up and took away the disrupting doctor’s weapon at the critical mont.

From the public’s perspective, she could even be considered a “hero.”

Based on her earlier narration, Nan Zhubin thought of several possibilities.

First, the visitor truly was not affected by trauma, and this dical trouble incident left her with only positive impacts.

This is the best scenario, accompanied by a lot of positive emotions.

Considering the visitor’s current reaction, this can be ruled out.

Second, the visitor is still affected by trauma mory, carrying [fear]. In this case, although she will have negative emotions when recounting the incident, there should still be elents like slight pride shown by “raising the chin slightly” or bashfulness by “avoiding eye contact with a lowered head and smile.”

This is the most normal situation. Yet Nan Zhubin still did not see the positive emotion he wanted to see.

Third, as the visitor said in the end, she truly feels “her injury is not worth ntioning.” But even in this situation, she should still exhibit so sowhat positive elents, such as demonstrating her strong posture and expressions to express self-approval.

This scenario is a bit more troubleso than the first, with more negative emotions and fewer positive ones—but there should still be so positive emotional expressions.

Yet the visitor still does not show expressions in this regard.

Fourth, a doctor who was once very close to the visitor was murdered, which might lead to her inability to feel positive emotions toward her “heroic act.”

However, in this situation, although positive emotions do not co up when the visitor recalls the “heroic” act, there should still be sothing soft related to reminiscing when recalling the possibly close doctor.

However, this scenario still did not appear.

None of these scenarios appeared.

Even the fourth possibility, which might have relatively deeper problems, did not appear.

Nan Zhubin slightly narrowed his eyes.

The visitor’s emotion remained calm, maintaining low-level negative feelings’ calmness.

Moreover, after recalling the event, she started zoning out slightly while touching her injured area.

[Eyes losing focus, is she… detaching?]

Nan Zhubin internally frowned, planning to speak to bring back the visitor’s attention.

The visitor took a deep breath and raised her head herself.

[Single corner of the mouth slightly twitching.]

[Pressing lips, throat swallowing.]

[Is she… suppressing sothing?]

“In short.” The visitor said while inhaling, “I don’t need psychological consultation for this dical trouble accident, teacher, you also don’t need to waste your ti.”

“I feel our leader let co to talk with you, besides going through the motions, might have so other intentions.”

Observing the visitor’s expression, Nan Zhubin followed her topic and said, “Other intentions?”

The visitor chuckled lightly, “It’s to ‘treat’ what they consider a ‘disease’ in .”

“I don’t have good relationships with colleagues and like to be alone; I don’t swallow my anger at work and say whatever I want, never wronging myself; I also prefer older boyfriends, got caught dating several tis by colleagues—different boyfriends, sa colleagues.”

The visitor questioned Nan Zhubin, “Teacher, do you think these count as ‘disease’?”

Nan Zhubin answered cautiously, “Psychological consultation has a strict standard for diagnosing ‘disease’-level situations. Whether it counts as ‘disease’ depends on its adverse impact on the surrounding environnt and the level of pain it causes to oneself.”

Upon hearing Nan Zhubin say this, the visitor laughed lightly again, “What you said is exactly the sa as Old Liu.”

Hmm?

The visitor pointed at Nan Zhubin, “He told those things back then, saying the judgnt of ‘disease’ is very strict. Then I shared so specifics about my daily life, and he started comforting that these weren’t problems; if others thought I had problems, it’s their problem.”

Hmm, very standard [support]. Although simple, at certain key points, it can be surprisingly effective in advancing the consultation relationship.

Unfortunately, the sa angle of [support], which might have been amazingly effective in the previous consultation, could be a hindrance for Nan Zhubin now.

Indeed, the visitor shook her head next and said, “If I hadn’t heard Old Liu analyze those things before, hearing what you said now, I might feel a bit touched and then tell you about my life.”

“But now… I don’t want to repeat what I told Old Liu before; I don’t want to talk about my thoughts after experiencing that dical trouble again.”

The visitor leaned back, “It’s really aningless.”

…

Nan Zhubin sighed inwardly.

After all, she’s already been soone else’s case for more than a month; the conventional process is so familiar that going through it again would be tireso.

At present, “transference” and “dical trouble” are indeed not the visitor’s issues, and she indeed doesn’t need further consultations on these two subjects.

But… there’s always sothing in his mind regarding the discordant things he’s read from the visitor just now.

He has a not-so-good guess.

If this guess is true, then the visitor clearly has a more severe, deeper issue she isn’t aware of.

And with such an issue present, having this consultation opportunity funded by the hospital is rare, both for her and the consultant.

Best to seize it.

After so thought, Nan Zhubin decided to try again to confirm his guess.

If this consultation can retain the visitor and shift the focus to that issue, it would be ideal.

If unsuccessful, and the visitor leaves from this consultation—respecting her willingness is a must.

Having made up his mind, Nan Zhubin pondered and said, “Hmm, based on your previous narrative, the two consultation thes today are indeed unnecessary to continue. You’re very clear-headed in emotions, and have a strong core when faced with that scary situation.”

A [support] was given in passing.

This angle of [support] wasn’t one Liu Jiahang had given before, and the visitor’s expression visibly relaxed a bit.

“However, our consultation today has only—” Nan Zhubin glanced at the clock on the wall, “—been ten minutes.”

“And no matter what we talked about in the consultation, even if it was just these ten minutes, this consultation will still be charged.” Nan Zhubin smiled, “Although the hospital pays, perhaps we can still make the most of this opportunity.”

“Is there any topic you’ve always wanted to discuss with a consultant? Even academic exchanges, any psychology-related knowledge you’re interested in?”

Saying this, Nan Zhubin closed the folder in his hand, showing he truly wouldn’t continue the consultation: “If there is, we can use the remaining ti to chat.”

This is actually an [open-ended question] communication technique; it could even be seen as a simplified implentation of the [free association thod].

The visitor first smiled, showing a “sowhat interesting” expression.

Then she slightly furrowed her brows, thought for about two breaths, and suddenly said, “If I really have to say sothing…”

Nan Zhubin leaned slightly forward, showing a serious listening and encouraging deanor.

He heard the visitor say, “I really like dreaming. Recently, indeed, I’ve had a very interesting dream.”

Nan Zhubin nodded with a smile, “Care to share? I happen to also be into [dream interpretation].”