Chapter 12: Ecstasy

Yu Leer was confident to ask Lin Weizhou for this case, but after her treatment, He Jie not only did not get better, but the numbness rose from her left hand to her entire left arm. Angry, the family went to the counseling center to find out what was going on.

It is recorded in this diagnosis and treatment record that if nothing else, He Jie will come over for treatment today. The family questioned Yu Leer's professional ability and strongly requested a change of attending doctor. If the condition is not relieved or continues to deteriorate, then it is necessary to ask for an explanation. No, it's worse after seeing a doctor than before seeing a doctor.

Xu Jiannan looked at the time, but it was still too late. She can't make too many plans now, and only by contacting He Jie in person can she know what the reason for her numbness is.

About an hour and a half later, He Jie, accompanied by her mother, came to the consultation center on time and was brought to Xu Jianan's office by the nurse.

When I first saw He Jie, I only felt that she was a normal person. The mother's concern and the mother's bad attitude towards the psychiatrist's questioning, and repeated patient persuasion. In the end, it was she herself who sent her mother out of the consultation room.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Xu. My mom cares too much and has a bad attitude, please forgive me. This was the first thing He Jie said when she sat opposite Xu Jianan.

Xu Jiannan shook her head very understandingly, and after a general introduction to the diagnosis and treatment process, she began to ask about the symptoms when the two of them gradually became familiar with each other from complete strangers.

"When did you lose sensation in your left hand?"

He Jie shook her head a little dazedly and said, "If it weren't for that accident, I probably wouldn't have felt any problems with my hands until now." ”

"Isn't there any pain?" Xu Jianan's gentle voice made it easy to relax, and it sounded extremely comfortable.

He Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know how to express it, but the hot water burned my hands, and I did a lot of tests in the hospital, and the doctors said that it was indeed numb to the point of being unconscious." ”

Xu Jiannan observed He Jie's tone and expression when she spoke, she was normal, not anxious, not depressed, and she didn't even feel uneasy and scared because of the strange condition of her left hand.

From this point of view, Xu Jiannan preliminarily concluded that He Jie may have suffered from ecstasy. This condition is very complicated, the whole person is crazy is ecstasy, part of the body is numb, and the hallucination pain is also ecstasy. He Jie clearly belongs to the latter.

Loss of sensation in one hand is either an injury caused by a limb injury or a condition caused by psychological factors. There is a big difference between these two.

The loss of consciousness caused by limb injury, the numb part will be like a dead branch of a tree, as if it does not belong to you. The numbness of ecstasy is not the case at all. In addition, due to the numbness caused by limb injury, the patient will be very aware of his future situation and feel very anxious and regretful. And the person with ecstasy, the numbness of himself, seems to be less mindful. In how Jie's current state, if it weren't for an unexpected event, she might not even know that she had lost consciousness.

In order to further confirm his judgment, Xu Jianan decided to do a simple perceptual test on He Jie.

There are three necessary conditions for so-called perception. First, there is no problem with the limbs or organs, and they are completely able to feel external stimuli. Second, there is no problem with the perceptual nerve, which can transmit stimuli to the brain normally. Third, there is no problem with the perceptual center, which produces perception after feeling the stimulus and the brain receives the signal. Ecstasy numbness means that the above three inevitable conditions are completely normal, but part of the body is still unconscious. This is not a problem that surgery can solve.

Xu Jianan asked He Jie to sit on the sofa and told her in advance that he would cover her eyes with a ribbon.

He Jie was very cooperative, sitting on the sofa and letting Xu Jiannan blindfold her.

When he sat back in front of He Jie again, Xu Jiannan took a pen and a small pair of scissors. She reminded in a soothing voice: "He Jie, I will hand you two things in turn now, you just need to hold it in the way you are used to." ”

"Okay. "He Jie is a standard good patient and fully cooperative.

Xu Jiannan first handed her a pen in her left hand, and He Jie received it in her hand normally and held it normally.

Xu Jiannan looked at it for a few seconds, then took the pen in her hand and handed her the small scissors, He Jie held it in the posture of a normal person receiving scissors.

Xu Jiannan smiled slightly when he saw this small move, and his eyes were more confident in his judgment. Because if He Jie's left hand is completely unconscious, then how can she distinguish between a pen and scissors?

However, in order to consolidate this judgment and not make any mistakes, Xu Jianan still felt that he would do another test. She took a long needle that was sharper but not so sharp as to pierce the skin, and reminded He Jie: "He Jie, you relax yourself now, don't have any other distracting thoughts." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xu Jiannan pinched the long needle and gently poked He Jie's left hand. Sure enough, her hand did not respond to the stimulus of a sharp object. Xu Jiannan repeated the stabbing action in unison, and said to He Jie: "I count three now, you tell me, the first number that comes to mind in your mind." ”

He Jie nodded, and at the same time, Xu Jiannan also began to count. When Xu Jianan's countdown was over, He Jie opened her mouth and said, "9."

Xu Jianan nodded to himself, and he was more sure in his heart, that's right, this is ecstasy. Because the number He Jie said was exactly the number of times Xu Jianan stabbed her with a long needle. If she were unconscious, she would not have felt the stimulus, let alone the number of stimuli that she would naturally remember without distraction.

After determining the condition, Xu Jiannan felt that it was much easier. She stood up and untied the ribbon in front of He Jie's eyes, and sat down with He Jie back to their original position.

"Was there anything that happened before you lost the feeling of your left hand? Xu Jianan asked. Because in what she has learned, ecstasy is more likely to occur after the emotions are strongly shaken, and it is more common in women.

He Jie frowned slightly, lowered her head a little sadly, and replied, "Yes, there is." A year and a half ago, my father died. ”

Xu Jiannan was completely calm on the surface, but there was a flash of brilliance in his eyes. Presumably, the death of his father is the source of He Jie's illness.

But Xu Jiannan did not directly ask He Jie's father what happened before he died, but diverted her attention and asked in a roundabout way: "Father's love is like a mountain, it is not difficult to see from your still sad expression that the relationship between your father and daughter is very good." ”

The topic led by Xu Jianan evoked good memories, He Jie smiled a little bitterly and said, "Yes, when I was a child, my mother was a workaholic and didn't have much time to take care of me. Before I went to school, I had no one to take care of me, so my dad rode his bicycle and took me to work every day. For this reason, he was criticized by the leadership every day in those years. But he didn't care, every day on the way to and from work, it was the happiest time for our father and daughter. In the spring, he would take me along the way to pick up poplar catkins, like caterpillars, full of hats, in the summer he would take a detour to the river to count the frogs, in the autumn we would pick up fallen leaves, and in the winter we would often play in the snow until my mother got off work, and we had just come home. My father, with the best of his ability, gave me all the joy of my childhood......"

When she said this, He Jie's eyes drifted away with a smile. It seems to be immersed in memories from a long time ago, but tears welled up in my eyes, and I laughed and shed tears.

Xu Jiannan intimately handed over a tissue, and was more sure of He Jie's cause in his heart.

A year and a half is certainly not enough to make people forget their deceased loved ones, but there are few people who are still so immersed in grief after a year and a half, unable to extricate themselves. That feeling must be very special and profound, so it will be so difficult to let go. A lot of mental illness and trauma begins to sprout at this time.

He Jie wiped her tears, smiled with a seemingly relieved smile and said, "Everything I have experienced in this half of my life, my father will do his best to support me." I always thought that there was still a long time, and I would have many opportunities to repay him in the future, but I didn't expect that he suddenly suffered from lung cancer when he didn't smoke all his life. It was only twenty-six days from the time he felt unwell until he died...... For more than twenty days, I didn't even have a chance to figure out what was going on. Until now, speaking of that time, He Jie's eyes still revealed unacceptable horror and helplessness.

Xu Jiannan continued to ask along the topic, believing that it will soon be to the point.

"It wasn't a long time, but it must have been difficult, right?"

He Jie was still frowning in confusion, her eyes were not focused, and she was obviously immersed in the past. All the health and normality that she pretends to be on the surface are actually illusions. Such an illusion may make those around her feel reassured, but it is very harmful to her psychology. The long-suppressed pain cannot be released, and the human consciousness will naturally find its own way.

"The only thing that comforted me was that I was there for him in the last few days. A week after the onset of the disease, he had begun to stop eating or drinking, and although he never complained of pain, I could feel my father's pain. He has always been tall in my heart, but in those ten days, I watched him lose 80 pounds like that...... The emaciated body looked as if it would shatter at the touch of a touch. In order to make him more comfortable, I helped him up every day and let him lean against me, while wiping his chapped lips and tongue with a cotton swab dipped in water for him due to the lack of water for a long time......"

Hearing this, Xu Jianan was slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked quietly: "So, in those days, you always supported your father's sick body with one left hand, and tried your best to take care of him and relieve his pain with the other." ”

"Yes. He Jie's gaze finally returned to Xu Jianan.