"Well, what's this book about The Globalization of American Mental Illness? Is this mental illness still American, European, or something? Shouldn't it be a universal set of standards? Guchuan asked with a puzzled expression.

Faced with Guchuan Xiaofu's question, Liu Xing shook his head and said: "Xiaofu, you are not a medical student, so you don't know the history of some medical terms, just take the post-traumatic stress disorder mentioned by Sakai Masachi just mentioned, or PTSD that you are more familiar with, as an example, the time when this term appeared is not far away from us; After the end of the South Vietnam War a few decades ago, the country on the top of the mountain on the other side of the sea suffered a big loss again, because the talking trees made their soldiers unguardable, so some soldiers had some mental problems because of this, and these problems were simply and crudely summarized in PTSD. ”

"PTSD, simply put, is that a person has been stimulated for various reasons, so if there is a similar type of stimulus after that, even if the stimulus is insignificant compared to the stimulus he received before, the person will also behave irrationally, and even use violent means; Admittedly, PTSD's generalization is actually very accurate, and those veterans do have adverse reactions to the sudden loud noises and medium-rare steaks in their daily lives because of the explosions and scattered flesh on the battlefield. ”

"It is precisely because of the high accuracy of PTSD generalizations that it is recognized by the vast majority of people... To use a potentially inaccurate analogy here, PTSD is like a meme on the Internet, at the beginning it stays on its own one-third of an acre of land, and only people who have really come into contact with it will say a few words in passing, but as it spreads faster and faster on the Internet, more and more people will start to use it when they think it is correct, even if they don't see its original provenance; But in the end, this stalk may be completely broken, as long as it can be connected to this stalk, or even the derivative of this stalk, you can see the existence of this stalk. ”

"This is how PTSD has evolved, originally it was only for the mental problems of retired soldiers, but consciously or unconsciously, the concept of PTSD was built to cover all kinds of groups until it referred to all of humanity... Although there are some people who believe that animals, even plants, can get PTSD; As the saying goes, where there are people, there will be business, and to use a less scientific analogy, PTSD is a blue ocean market, and everywhere you can see is the big fish and small fish that are jumping around, so as a fisherman, what should you do most now? ”

"Needless to say, just drive the boat and go out to sea to fish!"

Looking at Yamamoto Zhen, who cooperated with him as a platter, Liu Xing said with a smile: "That's right, the capital that smelled the smell was like a shark rushing up, and soon this blue ocean was cleaned up, large and small psychological clinics sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and at the same time, various drugs for the treatment of mental illness also appeared wisely, but eating cake is always faster than making cake, so soon this blue ocean market became a red ocean market, so there are only two choices in front of everyone - either let fewer people eat cake, Or just make the cake bigger. ”

"If you choose the former, everyone will have to fight with real knives and guns, and both sides will bear certain losses at that time, but more importantly, there are not two sides here, but ten parties, and hundreds of forces are sitting at one table, so so many forces are really angry, then there is a chance that this table will not be saved; So their choice can only be to make a big cake, but there are so many retired soldiers with problems, you can't say that all retired soldiers have problems, right? ”

"Expand the range?"

Kofu Gukawa suddenly said: "As long as the definition of PTSD is expanded, then the number of people with PTSD will naturally increase. ”

Liu Xing looked at Guchuan Xiaofu with some surprise, and said seriously: "Fortunately, Xiaofu, you joined us, otherwise I think you may be hung on the street lamp after more than twenty years; That's right, since Coca-Cola is a fat house happy water, then Pepsi Cola, which is a direct competitor, is naturally also a fat house happy water, and further down, Sprite and Fanta, which are also sodas, can also be regarded as fat house happy water, and then orange juice and iced tea, which are also flavored drinks, can also be regarded as fat house happy water... Finally, boiled water is also a fat house happy water! ”

"After setting the main tone, then the capital has to start working, after all, you can't just come up and tell passers-by that you are sick, right? So you have to do something to convince passers-by that you are sick, and so the overwhelming propaganda begins, but it doesn't work very well at first, because you can't come up with a suitable example to prove that everyone in this room can be sick; It was around this time that a massive tsunami swept through South Asia, severely affecting several countries, and then a lot of international volunteers entered the disaster area. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xing couldn't help but snort coldly, "Guess what, a large number of psychiatrists among these volunteers ran to the disaster area without bringing anything, and then when they saw a disaster victim, they said that you have PTSD and need them for treatment... Of course, I may be a bit extreme in saying this, but in fact, in the past 20 years, as long as there have been large-scale natural and man-made disasters, then PTSD, psychiatrist and other keywords will be very loud, even if the victims only need all kinds of material assistance, those capital will also forcibly let them get psychological help, or stabbing knives. ”

"Yes, Western psychologists have a concept - psychological abscess, simply put, if a person holds bad things or emotions in his heart, then there will be abscesses in the person's psychology, and finally various mental diseases will naturally be formed, so Western psychologists like to let patients tell those painful things in his heart, which is also the reason why there are many psychological mutual aid societies in the West, so that a group of people with the same problem get together to reveal their scars."

Sakai Masachi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the earthquake and tsunami a few years ago, I also became a volunteer as a medical student, and then the volunteer who lived in the same tent with me was a psychiatrist from Europe and the United States, because I could assist him as a translator, but I quit on the first day of cooperation with him... The reason is simple, his first 'patient' was an eight-year-old child who had lost his parents, and the first sentence he asked me to translate - your mother is gone, the second sentence - your father is gone, and the third sentence - your family is gone. ”

"Wang Defa, Sakai Chang knows that you didn't beat this guy?!" Bone River couldn't help but say.

Sakai Masachi shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "No, because this is indeed the standard routine of those psychiatrists in Europe and the United States, even if it sounds a little uncomfortable." ”

"People who don't have a psychological shadow will have problems after asking like this."

Liu Xing sneered and said: "Anyway, they are just volunteers, they can leave after staying in the disaster area for ten days and half a month, and the rest of the mess will be left to others to be responsible, and they can add a sentence in front of their introduction with peace of mind that they have participated in the rescue of such and such a country, and the capital is also constantly publicizing them, imperceptibly influencing ordinary people, making people mistakenly think that psychological intervention is a necessary rescue in the disaster area... To put it mildly, I personally think that the psychiatrists who go to the disaster area will do more harm than good to the local area. ”

Back to the previous topic, in addition to brushing the sense of existence in order to imperceptibly influence the public's perception, some capital also directly invited internationally renowned psychology experts in the name of the conference, so that the experts can eat and drink well, live well, and then discuss whether such and such behavior is a manifestation of PTSD? OK, since everyone thinks it is, then let's treat people who behave like this as PTSD patients! As a result, a large number of experts have also begun to contribute their part to make PTSD more accessible to more people. ”

Liu Xing paused, looked at the people in the car and said, "Now, if the four of us go to a psychological clinic in Europe and the United States for diagnosis, at least two of us will become mentally ill." ”

"I'm definitely going to have PTSD."

Sakai Masachi raised his hand and said, "To be exact, it's not that I have it, but the psychiatrist thinks I should have, because you have suffered such a big accident, how can you pretend that nothing has happened?" It's not scientific. ”

Liu Xing nodded, and said seriously: "Creating concepts, disseminating them, and obtaining benefits is essentially the set of communication logic used by Goebbels in World War II, simply put, it is a repeater - repeat a lie in front of a person a hundred times, then this person has a high probability that this sentence will be true, if there is a reputable organization to stand up for this sentence at this time, then it may only take fifty times to make people believe it; This is the so-called Goebbels effect, and the reason why European and American countries regard 'propaganda' as a derogatory term is also inseparable from this Goebbels. ”

"It's a pity that the European and American countries like to do the most is double standards, they are now not using the Goebbels effect to expand the scope of application of certain diseases or drugs, or simply create some new diseases, because new diseases represent new drugs and new interests; Compared with ordinary diseases, mental illness is very subjective, because it has no significant characteristics and exact indicators, so now if you judge whether a person has mental illness, in addition to the psychologist to ask, is to take a set of test papers for the patient to answer, and how many points you get is considered to be sick. ”

"Well, it seems to be true, except for those who are obviously seriously ill, it is indeed difficult to tell whether a person has mental illness or not." Bone Kawa nodded and said.

Liu Xing smiled and continued: "So Xiaofu, you can look at the reports of recent years, and you can find that the number of patients with mental illness is increasing year by year, and the main growth point is the most subjective mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, and most of them are mild... For these patients with mild symptoms, there are many psychiatrists who adhere to the attitude that if you are willing to get it, then I am also willing to be diagnosed, and those who come will not refuse. ”

"As a result, many of these mild patients deliberately label themselves because it will allow them to profit in some ways, such as some public figures who want to whitewash themselves will use their depression or anxiety to prove that they are introspective or have suffered serious online violence."

Sakai Masachi sighed and said depressedly: "I don't know what's wrong now, even being mentally ill can become a trend, which is a kind of backstab for real patients, because when it's true, it's also fake." ”

Sakai Masachi's words made Yamamoto Shin on the side couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, I used to have a friend who had depression, but the people around him thought he was pretending, so he was forced to choose to cut himself off in the end; But then again, although those evil capitals change the world for their own benefit, there shouldn't be a big problem with PTSD on Gu Ya, right? Unless he's actually hypnotized. ”

"Wrong."

Liu Xing said without hesitation: "I don't think Gu Ya was hypnotized, nor did he get PTSD, because he maybe... I have to ask first, do you believe in the existence of ghosts and gods? ”

"Believe."

"I don't believe it."

Yamamoto, who didn't believe it, looked at Sakai Masachi with some surprise, and Sakai Masachi said with an apologetic face: "I'm sorry, I may have involved you in, uh, how to say, a supernatural event?" ”

Because he has personally entered the world in the mirror, Sakai Masachi has already put his mind right.

"Wang Defa?! What the hell is a supernatural event? ”

Yamamoto said with a confused face: "Aren't we going to use guns?" Why are you going to use magic now? ”

"Congratulations, you guessed it."

Bone Kawa stretched his waist and said: "Friend, you have to be mentally prepared now, if we are lucky, we only need to fight with people, if we are unlucky, it is a duel between gunpowder and magic, as for the luck is really too bad, then we have to prepare to run away, because the power of the pistol is not enough to penetrate the skin of those monsters." ”

"Youkai?!"

Yamamoto really parked the car on the side of the road and said with an incredulous expression: "Is there really a monster in this world, don't lie to me, I went to college." ”

"I went to college, too, but youkai do exist."

Koo Gukawa took out his mobile phone and handed it to Yamamoto Shin, and said with a smile: "I say it again, I hope you can be mentally prepared, because it is normal for ordinary people not to be scared when they see a real monster for the first time." ”