Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 827: 685: Dissociation

Chapter 827: Chapter 685: Dissociation

Among Nan Zhubin’s several hypotheses, one that most fits the visitor’s current situation gradually becos clear and solid.

However, Nan Zhubin did not directly tell the visitor, after all, he is a psychological consultant, not a psychologist, he does not have the authority to diagnose.

At the sa ti, out of caution, Nan Zhubin needs to continue eliminating incorrect options.

Nan Zhubin further probes: “Besides this kind of… ‘bystander’ feeling and the situation where the body doesn’t belong to you, do you have any other abnormal sensations?”

“How’s your sleep recently, for example?”

The visitor recalled for a mont: “It’s okay, sleep quality is about the sa as before, pretty normal.”

“Do you have difficulty falling asleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night?” Nan Zhubin asked again.

The visitor shook his head: “I can fall asleep after lying down for a while, after all, I have many things during the day, very tired; occasionally wake up once, but can quickly sleep again.”

“Do you have energy during the day?”

“…Should be about the sa. It’s hard for to judge this, since my overall state has been off recently.”

Compared to objective indicators, subjective feelings cannot be self-assessed.

Nan Zhubin nodded: “Have you had dreams related to your wife? Whether they are sweet dreams or nightmares.”

This ti the visitor recalled for two more breaths, then still in a plain tone: “Didn’t have related nightmares, rarely dream, even if I did, I can’t rember the contents.”

“How’s your appetite?” Nan Zhubin continued probing, ruling out common somatic symptoms in certain psychological condition guesses, “Have you been eating more than before, or lost appetite entirely? Can you taste the food? Do you feel indifferent to foods you used to love?”

“Appetite hasn’t changed, eat normally, can taste the food. There’s nothing I particularly love or dislike, just eat as scheduled, healthy routine—”

Saying this, the visitor suddenly paused, then seed to realize sothing: “But recently there’s indeed nothing I particularly want to eat…”

Nan Zhubin nodded inwardly and ruled out another incorrect guess.

“Regarding your ‘wife’s passing’ incident, do you deliberately avoid things related to her?”

“Probably not.” The visitor thought hard for a mont and then asked, “Can you give an example, is there anything… I need to avoid?”

Nan Zhubin shook his head and smiled: “Nothing particularly ‘needs’ avoiding.

I’m only using an example, like her clothes, jewelry, frequently used items, or places you used to visit and songs you used to listen to together. When you see these things, do you feel different?”

“Don’t avoid.” The visitor answered straightforwardly this ti, “Her things are still in their original places, occasionally I tidy them up for her. Places we used to go, songs we used to listen to… No special feelings when encountering them.”

“Regarding the scene of her passing, or the related images and sounds, do you recall them?”

“No.” The visitor shook his head, “Rarely think about it actively.”

“When you don’t actively recall, they don’t appear either?”

“They don’t appear.”

Nan Zhubin asked again: “How’s your work energy lately?”

“Energy is the sa as before, can complete work normally, not struggling.” The visitor explained a bit more here, “What I just told you about the project delay was due to a resource coordination problem before, not because of a lack of energy or distraction.”

After listening to the visitor’s long string of answers, Nan Zhubin made a judgnt.

He nodded slightly.

Those incorrect guesses are now mostly ruled out.

…

Nan Zhubin glanced at the wall clock, the timing is just about right.

After roughly determining the visitor’s issues, as the first consultation, Nan Zhubin’s tasks boiled down to two—

First is to provide simple feedback on the visitor’s situation, along with corresponding emotion soothing; second is to assign post-consultation tasks to the visitor.

Just at this mont, the visitor suddenly asked: “What you just said, is it diagnosing? Like seeing a doctor at the hospital, can you now know what my problem is?”

Nan Zhubin looked at the visitor’s expression.

Although the visitor is inquiring now, his face shows none of the usual concerns, urgency, anxiety, etc. people show when asking questions.

He does seem to be “troubled” by his current state. But this trouble is not an emotional reaction, but a rational consideration.

Seems there’s not much necessity for emotional soothing…

Despite this, Nan Zhubin remained insistent on the emotion soothing step, so things still need to be said.

“First, I’m not diagnosing, that’s the right of psychologists or psychiatrists, I’m more like—performing an assessnt.” Nan Zhubin smiled, first making a clarification.

Then providing explanation and soothing.

“Mr. Chen, I can understand your thoughts right now.” Nan Zhubin first offered empathy, speaking gently yet firmly, “Your current state may indeed point to so not very positive social evaluations.”

Nan Zhubin spoke rather tactfully, actually directly using words like “cold-blooded” might… although not precisely, be logically fitting.

“But from a psychological perspective, your situation is about emotional regulation function issues caused by long-term pressure and sudden accidents.”

Nan Zhubin tried to make this part of the wording simple and straightforward: “Simply put, your emotions haven’t disappeared, but are blocked by a ‘barrier’, making you temporarily unable to perceive them.”