Xu Jianan's uneasy heart made her a little irritable, she shook her head vigorously, drank a large glass of water, and then tried to get herself back to work. No matter how troublesome the problem of personal feelings is, there is always something more important than the individual at work. Those patients who come to see a doctor who are not troubled by mental illness to a certain extent will not come here.

The work ethic calmed Xu Jianan, and she began to forget about her troubles and focus all her thoughts on the sixteen-year-old girl.

When Zheng Yan walked into Xu Jianan's office with the girl, Xu Jianan's first impression of the girl was - pale. Sickly pale, as if it had not seen the light of day all year round.

The girl's name is Ye Rujun, and she is sixteen years old this year. After Zheng Yan took her in, she raised her eyebrows at Xu Jianan and said, "Doctor Xu, I'll leave it to you, I'll go out first." ”

Xu Jianan knew that Zheng Yan was also reminding her that she should stop thinking about personal matters and that it was time to work. So he nodded and said, "Okay, don't worry." ”

Ye Rujun sat opposite Xu Jiannan and looked at Xu Jiannan timidly. It is not difficult to imagine that this girl has been diagnosed and treated professionally and unprofessionally, and she will now have some resistance to hospitals or doctors.

Xu Jiannan introduced himself with a smile and said, "Hello, I am your psychological counselor, my name is Xu Jianan. You don't have to be nervous, you don't have to think of me as a doctor, we just talk, there are no complicated tests, no physical pain, relax. ”

Ye Rujun didn't reply, but his gaze softened a little. Xu Jiannan first looked at Ye Rujun. She has no sunshine and vitality that a sixteen-year-old girl should have, and the vigor that belongs to youth alone is not reflected in her. Her pale and almost transparent skin, languishing eyes, heavy dark circles and bags under her eyes all reveal exhaustion and vicissitudes that do not match her age.

Her hair was long, but it was not shiny and not thick. The skin is pale and dull, the thin lips are not bloody, and the whole person is very emaciated, which is probably caused by the long-term inability to get normal sleep.

It is important to know that sleep is a necessary process for regulating the body of any kind of animal, including humans. During the war, there were many cruel human experiments, which showed that if you don't eat or drink, humans may die in about ten days. But if you don't sleep, in less than ten days, you will go crazy even if you don't die.

About one-third of a person's life is spent in sleep, which is a biological characteristic that cannot be changed. If a person does not sleep for a long time, it will lead to a disorder of the central nervous system, which will lead to a complete collapse of the nervous system, a large area of cell death, and the body's organs will also fail to completely lose their function. This is how many sudden deaths that stay up late happen.

Ye Rujun's sleepwalking syndrome must be very serious, and the nervousness and speculation of her family are likely to make her afraid to sleep. Even if you sleep, when you have a sleepy episode, you will be extremely tired. In the long run, sleep deprivation will definitely become her primary problem. It's no wonder that at the age of sixteen, he looks so energyless.

After observing from the outside, Xu Jiannan said gently: "Rujun, I know that you have a problem sleeping, and there may be something that you or your family can't understand. But I hope you can understand that this is not something ugly, you don't have to feel inferior, you don't have to be afraid, you haven't done anything wrong. You're just sick, just sick like a cold and fever. ”

Xu Jianan's opening remarks are for the sake of the smooth progress of the conversation later. Because it was not difficult to see from Ye Rujun's evasive gaze and uncomfortable expression, she was embarrassed to talk about her illness. Most of this negative impact is caused by her family. After all, praying to God and worshiping Buddha, and the rituals of exorcism and exorcism are all used, which must have a very profound adverse effect on her age.

Ye Rujun frowned slightly, and his expression changed for a moment, looking a little aggrieved. She probably didn't know what she had done wrong, why so many incredible things happened when she slept normally.

Xu Jianan's voice made the atmosphere of the conversation much more relaxed, she looked at Ye Rujun and asked, "Can you tell me, when did you first fall asleep, that is, sleepwalking?"

Ye Rujun lowered his head, pinched each other with his two hands uneasily, and replied in a weak voice: "It should be thirteen years old, that year...... It was also my first menarche. ”

Xu Jianan carefully wrote down this key, because menarche means officially entering puberty, which is a very critical and important period for a girl. During that special period, the psychological changes will also fluctuate very drastically, nervousness, fear, doubt, anxiety, and many negative emotions will cause permanent changes in the psychology if they are not properly guided.

And children in that period are also the most likely to have fantasies and imagination. Many children and adolescents suffer from psychological problems during the critical period before and after puberty.

After Xu Jianan wrote down Ye Rujun's situation, he asked: "Do you remember what it was like when you sleepwalked for the first time?"

Ye Rujun pursed his lips and said, "I don't remember, I only know that I frightened my family, and my grandmother even beat and scolded me and told me to get out." But then I learned that my grandmother wasn't really beating me, but trying to drive away the demons in my body. Because that time, when I was asleep, I didn't know how to get to the side of the road, where there had just been a car accident during the day and a woman died. I don't know what I did where she died...... Since then, my family has never looked at me normally. Until now, in order to prevent me from doing things that hurt my family in my dreams, I would be tied up when I slept. ”

Xu Jiannan listened and wrote it down carefully. The first occurrence of sleepiness may be related to the cause of the disease. Perhaps it was because I saw the scene of the car accident during the day, or even saw the body of the dead in the car accident, so I was stimulated and calmed down, which triggered the sleepwalking syndrome afterwards. But this point, Xu Jiannan can't verify. After all, until now, there has not been a fixed psychiatric explanation for what exactly causes sleepwalking.

However, at that age, if you suddenly see a terrible corpse or a terrifying scene with blurred flesh and blood, coupled with the ups and downs of psychological changes, it is indeed easy to cause a certain amount of trauma and stimulation in the subconscious. These stimuli do not necessarily manifest themselves directly. For example, if a child sees a dead body at that time, she will not necessarily go home crying and telling her parents about her fear and fear. It's even possible to keep silent about the experience, and the quieter it is, the more dangerous it is. Whether it is fear or stimulation, they are hidden in the subconscious, just waiting for the moment when the consciousness is relaxed, and come out to abuse their own psychology recklessly.

"When was the last time this happened?" asked Xu Jianan.

Ye Rujun replied without thinking about it: "Three days ago, because I haven't slept for the past three days, nothing strange has happened in the past three days." ”

Xu Jiannan listened and looked at Ye Rujun sympathetically, although she understood this disease, she couldn't really understand the pain of the patient. To avoid sleepwalking, choose not to sleep.

Xu Jianan knows that during the onset of sleepwalking, patients are able to make complex movements, such as being able to avoid obstacles in front of them, dodging vehicles, opening drawers to rummage through things, and even chopping wood to boil water and cook rice. Therefore, for family members who do not know the situation, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish whether the patient is asleep or awake in the first place. However, since sleepwalking is mostly unable to speak and communicate, nor can it respond to calls from the outside world, it is difficult to be awakened, so there is still a way to distinguish between dreaming and waking up. This behavior usually lasts for tens of minutes, or longer, after which the person is able to return to the bedroom and go to bed on their own and fall asleep again. When you wake up the next day, you'll have completely forgotten what you had slept. This is why superstitious people think that it is like a legendary ghost.

Sleepwalking usually occurs shortly after falling asleep, and when the attack occurs, the EEG will show high amplitude and slow waves, and when the attack is not on, the EEG will return to normal again.

In the case of Ye Rujun, it has been a long time since he had repeated sleepiness symptoms. Medical records show that at the time of the attack, she was generally dazed, glazed-eyed, ignorant of her family, and relatively lacked normal response to the outside world's greetings and interference. Under such circumstances, it was very difficult to make Ye Rujun wake up at that time. After the seizure, Ye Rujun had times when he went back to bed by himself, but he also slept in the park, on the side of the road, or even in the cemetery. Such a "weird" situation happened a lot, and her family began to fear her and avoid her. I'm afraid that when I go to bed one day, this girl who is haunted by ghosts will suddenly appear at the head of the bed with a murder weapon, and then attack her family with dull eyes.

Xu Jianan asked Ye Rujun to recall a dream with the clearest memory, and wanted to judge whether Ye Rujun's sleep had subconscious influencing factors through the dream.

Ye Rujun thought about it for a while, and then said to Xu Jianan: "Actually, I have a lot of dreams, and I dream almost every night. Sometimes what is said and seen during the day will appear in a dream at night. So...... I don't know which dream I'm going to tell you about...... I never felt like I had a dreamless night, and I didn't know what it was like to sleep soundly. Sometimes, I often think that it would be great if I didn't wake up when I fell asleep, or if I accidentally died while sleepwalking......"