Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 775: 658: Something About to Break Through (Part 2)

Chapter 775: Chapter 658: Sothing About to Break Through (Part 2)

But she couldn’t leave, so she could only continue sitting and listening.

She glanced surreptitiously at the folder Nan Zhubin had organized, trying to multitask.

According to the analysis of the files organized by Nan Zhubin, Nian’s mother was invaded by [Group Hysteria] in order to help Niannian’s health improve and receive the Dragon King’s blessing.

Her acceptance of the Dragon King was much more proactive than most people, so as a relatively young and flexible-thinking survivor, she easily beca a moderately infected person who could be triggered and even needed dical isolation.

But because of this, after dical isolation, Nian’s mother had the fastest recovery among all the infected individuals undergoing psychological intervention by Nan Zhubin.

Now her main issue is no longer [Group Hysteria], but rather her own vulnerabilities that could be exploited after [Group Hysteria] disappeared—

Li Lingling’s gaze suddenly paused.

These things had been explained by Nan Zhubin before, but now Li Lingling suddenly read different emotions between the lines.

She suddenly felt her heart calm down.

Nian’s mother was still saying, “I even told Niannian that I would rely on the Dragon King’s blessing to always be by her side. But now… I can’t even be there for her when she’s scared.”

Her shoulders trembled slightly, her speech intermittent: “I’m not a good mother… I can’t even protect my own child and let her suffer like this.”

Li Lingling’s fingertips tightened and she instinctively straightened her spine.

Although her body was sowhat tense, Li Lingling felt her thoughts becoming more relaxed. She didn’t even need to consciously recall the details and techniques taught by Nan Zhubin.

Words seed to naturally organize themselves in the depths of her mind and were just spoken by her: “In tis like this, not being able to be by her side, I can feel how difficult it is for you. You seem to be blaming yourself on many levels, worried about her well-being, and unable to help but bla yourself for not keeping your promise, feeling you have betrayed her trust.”

This sentence further opened the floodgates of emotion, causing more tears to stream down Nian’s mother’s face. Her shoulders began to shake violently: “Yes… I think every day, does she feel like I don’t love her anymore? Does she watch other kids being picked up by their moms and think that I don’t want her?”

Her voice began to catch, becoming intermittent: “Once… I saw soone in the ward next door being discharged, with his children coming to pick him up… I rembered how Niannian used to run to every ti I ca ho, throwing herself into my arms… But now she can only be alone.”

“I’m not a good mother…” she repeated this sentence, unsure to whom she was addressing, Li Lingling, herself, or soone else, “I can’t even protect my own child and let her suffer like this. If I weren’t sick, she wouldn’t have to face the thunder alone, wouldn’t have to cry enviously watching other children with their moms.”

…

“…” Li Lingling did not imdiately respond this ti.

——Did Niannian face the thunder alone? Did she cry enviously watching other children with their moms?

Yes, these things Li Lingling knew; but Nian’s mother shouldn’t know, as during that ti she was already dically isolated, and no staff would irresponsibly tell a quarantined patient these things.

Which ant these were all Nian’s mother’s imaginings.

These imaginings driven by guilt, turning into weapons to self-condemn.

After saying the last sentence, Nian’s mother’s emotions started to overflow, she continued to sob in her seat and could not complete a single coherent sentence.

Li Lingling instinctively wanted to reach out, but then rembered that as a psychologist, she shouldn’t have too much physical contact with intervention subjects at tis like these.

She quietly watched Nian’s mother, thinking about whether any psychological intervention techniques she knew could handle the current situation?

[Support]? Definitely not.

[Empathy]? Using it too frequently is not good, and Li Lingling felt she was already very uncomfortable.

So…

“I can understand your feelings right now, because I have experienced it too.” Li Lingling’s voice was very gentle, yet carried an inexplicable certainty.

Before the na of this technique surfaced in her mind, Li Lingling spoke.

This is [Self-Exposure] technique.

…

Nian’s mother’s sobbing was almost stopping, only occasionally sniffing.

And after Li Lingling’s [Self-Exposure], the sobbing that was supposed to last for several more minutes miraculously stopped imdiately.

“Doctor Li… have you felt this way too?” Nian’s mother asked hoarsely, wiping her nose, the tissue in her hand already soaked with tears.

Li Lingling nodded, not elaborating on her own experiences, but rather steered the conversation back to Nian’s mother.

“Yes, perhaps what happened to is not exactly identical to yours, but the way it led to think about the problems… is similar to yours.” She responded, handing over a fresh tissue, “I would often think… bad things happened because of , and other bad things could happen in the future because of .”

“After having these thoughts for a long ti, I began… in life to look for anything that could make feel slightly better.”

“Sotis, I would feel like I was owed; but sotis, I would feel like I owe others too much, so whatever happens, it’s well deserved.”

“For this reason, sotis I would even pursue situations to develop in the direction most likely to hurt myself…” Li Lingling murmured, “because that felt like fulfilling an unserved judgnt on myself.”

After speaking, Li Lingling paused, surprised at herself for expressing such deep words.

If she were thinking alone, her mind would definitely not steer in this direction.

Nian’s mother was stunned listening.

She felt Li Lingling was remarkable: “Doctor Li… sotis, I really do have this urge, you are very right…”

Nian’s mother’s words felt like a piece of ice touched Li Lingling’s nape, making her shudder.

Li Lingling abruptly stopped [Self-Exposure], tily steering the conversation back to Nian’s mother.

Looking at Nian’s mother, Li Lingling only felt her words becoming smoother: “But I must tell you – actually, you are not wrong, not at all.”

“Like now, you are isolated not because you don’t want to be with Niannian, but you fear your illness might impact her, afraid she would be more scared seeing you suffer. You didn’t ‘leave’ her, but you’re protecting her in this way.”

Nian’s mother stayed silent, lowering her head and looking at her own hands, fingertips still trembling slightly.

Li Lingling did not rush, just accompanying her quietly, the room returning to the previous atmosphere.

After a while, Nian’s mother slowly spoke, her voice low as if talking to herself: “But I always feel like I am hiding. Faith in the Dragon King was to find sothing to cling to. I felt I couldn’t protect Niannian, lacked confidence, needed the Dragon King.”

“It’s not hiding, it’s that you want her to be safe too badly.” Li Lingling’s tone was very resolute.

“You are different from other people. Others believe in the Dragon King to give themselves sothing to cling to; but you believe in the Dragon King because you love Niannian so much, you want to provide her with a ‘safe guarantee’. It’s not for yourself, it’s for her.”

Li Lingling’s eyes held sincerity: “This is not an act of ‘hiding’, it’s a mother’s instinct to protect. Perhaps Niannian is still young, unable to rember these details, but she can feel your love and concern…”

Before her words finished.

Li Lingling shivered again and paused.

Those words held a maternal posture and stance, words she wouldn’t have organized or even thought in such a way normally.

She paused, faintly feeling as if sothing within her was about to break through.