The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear.

And the oldest and strongest fear is the unknown.

As long as you accept your sins and cross the black abyss, what awaits you will be eternal magic and glory.

—From: Howard Philip Lovecraft

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Friday, May 15, 18:08 p.m.

North Brooke, Private Counseling Clinic.

The sharpened pencil is held by a slender hand and rests on the paper form.

Du Wei looked up at the pale and haggard white woman sitting across from her.

"Lady Elsa, now you can continue the conversation you just had."

"Good...... Okay, Dr. Du Wei. ”

Aisha closed her eyes and fell into the memory: "You know, my job is programming, and I need to deal with some work things even after work, so I recently commissioned an agency to find a relatively remote and quiet house. ”

"Half a month ago, the agent told me that there is a suitable house to live in, and the price is relatively low, except that there are no shortcomings except that it has not been inhabited for too long and looks a little dilapidated."

"I had a lot of expenses, so I signed the contract very quickly."

"But after a week of moving in, I realized that something was wrong with the house."

"At twelve o'clock at night, the lights dim so strangely that you can barely see people's faces in the house."

"The faucet in the bathroom often turns on inexplicably."

"The TV jumps out of nowhere, and I can't even watch my favorite Red Survival series."

"And yesterday, these problems were even worse."

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"Dr. Dewey? Are you listening? ”

"Huh? Well! Yes, I'm listening. ”

Du Wei wrote down the words [suspected auditory hallucinations, signs of schizophrenia, etc.) on the form] and nodded to signal the other party to continue.

At the same time, he withdrew his gaze from Elsa's hair.

Well...... It's really not much.

Aisha was a little nervous, and paused for a moment before re-speaking, "I think there may be some ...... in my room Something exists. ”

When she said something, her tone was very tangled, as if she was afraid, and she seemed to resist something.

"Dr. Du Wei, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? Forehead...... Or evil spirits? ”

Du Wei stopped writing, looked at Aisha calmly, and asked, "Ms. Aisha, do you know why there is light in this world?" ”

"Uh...... Why? ”

"Because the sun is mainly made up of hydrogen, hydrogen makes up more than 70% of the mass. Under the conditions of high temperature and high pressure in the interior of the sun, hydrogen atoms will undergo a "thermonuclear reaction" to radiate a large amount of light and heat. ”

Aisha:???

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"I'm a psychiatrist, and I'll just tell you that maybe it's a disease."

"That's too bad, Dr. Dewey, you don't know what's going on with me, you can't deny my experience, I've definitely encountered evil spirits."

"But I'm just a private counselor, and if you do encounter an evil spirit, you should go to the priest instead of me."

"Yes...... But I can't be sure. ”

Hearing this, Du Wei said helplessly: "So I can't actually give the solution you want, in my opinion, the lights will dim probably because the weather has been very hot recently, and the voltage caused by the nearby residents turning on the air conditioner is unstable." ”

"The faucet in the bathroom was turned on inexplicably, maybe you forgot to turn it off, after all, you are a programmer, and it is normal to work overtime until two or three o'clock so that you are in a trance."

"As for the problem of the TV jumping, you can call the after-sales maintenance phone to solve it, or use our Oriental method, slap the TV hard to give it a try, if this is useless, then I suggest you directly change one."

Du Wei put down the pencil, spread his hands, and looked at Elsa calmly.

The other party obviously couldn't accept this result, and said angrily: "Doctor Du Wei, I know that many people can't believe what happened to me, so I only told you one person!" ”

Du Wei glanced at her and said lightly, "So I can't solve your problem, can I?" ”

As he spoke, he tore off the paper and handed it over.

In the form on the paper, the following is written:

Name: Aisha Kliman

Age: 26 years old

Gender: Female

Profession: Programmer

Condition: Auditory hallucinations caused by a split personality and uncontrollable hallucinations

Suggested medications: risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine

Personal recommendation: Increase the dose

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Obviously, this result is not acceptable to Elsa.

She took the paper and whispered with a haggard face: "I shouldn't have looked for you, you are just a psychiatrist, you have no personal experience, you don't know what I have experienced, there is definitely something special in that house, maybe I should indeed go to church." ”

Du Wei nodded in agreement: "I think so too, of course you can go to the hospital to register, maybe they will give you a different answer." ”

Aisha is gone......

After Du Wei sent her away, the sky had already darkened, and according to his previous experience, there would be no more guests, so he directly closed the door of the psychological counseling clinic and returned to the upstairs room.

The house he rented was the most suitable in the neighborhood, with reasonable space and a lot of people.

The first floor was converted into a clinic, and the second floor was used as a resting place.

Pulling out a thick medical record from the bookcase, Du Wei filled in Aisha's information and symptoms on the latest page.

I don't know if it's a delusion, but since I opened this psychological counseling clinic, there are some strange things about people who come to consult or see a doctor.

Everyone felt that they had encountered something unclean, or a ghost, or an evil spirit, or a ghost.

For Westerners, this should be the same thing?

After filling out Ella's symptoms and about to close the medical record, as if thinking of something, he turned the paper to the first page.

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Sunday, January 12, 10:12 a.m.

Name: Mia

Age: 25 years old

…… (Gender occupation omitted)

Condition: Paranoia of persecution triggered by fear of dolls, with masochistic tendencies - manifested in the self-proclaimed discovery of a doll named Annabelle in the house, which could not be discarded, could not be destroyed, and was subjected to mental and physical torture every night, while showing palm-shaped bruises on the lower limbs accompanied by family members.

Recommendation: Hospitalization immediately

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Friday, February 17, at 13:23 p.m.

Name: Reagan

Age: 12 years old

Condition: Severe split personality - manifested in the belief that he is a man named Hody, according to his parents, Hody is the imaginary partner of the little girl who appears after completing the summoning game.

Suggested medications: None

Personal advice: Parents should spend more time with their children and give more care to left-behind children.

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Tuesday, February 28, 14:09 p.m.

Name: Billy

Age: 16 years old

Condition: Clown phobia - Specifically, after his brother disappeared, he felt that he was eaten by a monster that resembled a clown, and he was immersed in fear and anxiety for a long time.

Suggested drug: nitrodiazepam

Personal advice: call the police directly

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