Chapter 21: A Desperate Desire to Survive
Su Yun followed the carriage of the three women and drove all the way to the outside of Shangjing City.
She opened the curtains and looked at the gradually desolate scenery outside, and her brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but Qinglai didn't say anything in front, and Su Yun estimated that what they were going to was not a dangerous place.
Suddenly, she heard a low moan behind her, and when she turned her head, she happened to meet the slowly open eyes of the woman known as Liuniang.
At the beginning, Liu Niang's eyes had no focus at all, and there was a lifeless expression on her face because she couldn't see a glimmer of hope.
Gradually, she saw Su Yun sitting opposite and looking at her, her eyes opened suddenly, and the next second the whole person shrank, clasped her hands on her knees, and buried her head deep in her knees.
It is a very insecure posture.
It seems that because she is facing her, a woman, her reaction is not as extreme as just now.
Su Yun also found out at that glance just now that although Liu Niang was wearing a cloak at this time, her facial features were beautiful and beautiful, and she wanted to dress up well, she was a beauty.
That's why calamity will come.
Su Yun looked at her quietly for a while, and judging from her reaction, she should have PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, which is a delayed onset and persistent mental disorder caused by an individual after experiencing a severe injury.
PTSD is very common among women who have been sexually assaulted.
Patients with PTSD will have three main symptoms, one is traumatic re-experience symptoms, that is, whether the patient wants to or not, the process of being hurt will always recur in his thoughts, memories or dreams, so that the patient can experience the taste of despair over and over again.
The second is avoidance and numbness symptoms, that is, patients will try to avoid events or situations related to the traumatic experience for a long time or continuously, like Liuniang, she avoids the man who caused her harm, and some patients even have selective forgetting.
The third is the symptoms of increased alertness, that is, the patient will become startled, and the slightest disturbance may make him lose control.
People with PTSD are also more likely to engage in aggressive behavior, self-harm, or suicidal behavior.
When Su Yun was a graduate student, she interned for two years in a psychological counseling room run by a friend, during which time she received three women who had been sexually assaulted.
There are two women who dare not speak up after being hurt, but they can't get past the level in their hearts, and they even come to the psychological counselor secretly.
There was a woman who bravely called the police and sued the criminal in court, but the society's intolerance of the woman, and the strange eyes of her family and friends, finally made her suffer from serious psychological problems.
She was very impressed, and when the woman found her, she cried confused and helpless, "Did I do something wrong?" But I didn't want to, I didn't expect him to hide downstairs in my house that night, I really didn't know anything......"
It was clear that she was the victim, but the society blamed her in turn and looked down on her, which caused more serious secondary damage to this originally strong woman and completely crushed her.
Yes, looking at the woman in front of him who was obviously avoiding everything around her, Su Yun felt familiar pain and pity in his heart.
She looked at her for a while, feeling that she was gradually adapting to this new environment, and after her shoulders that had been tight relaxed little by little, she spoke softly, "Hello, my name is Su Yun, just now on the street, you fainted next to our carriage, and three women came over and said that they were your companions, I was not at ease, so I followed in person." ”
Liuniang's shoulders, which had just slackened a little, immediately tightened again, but she didn't speak, but she didn't act aggressively.
It seems that she does recognize the three women, and she is so calm at this time.
Su Yun waited patiently again before picking up the snack basket left by Su Niang beside him and gently placing it beside her, "Do you want to eat something?" ”
The woman seemed to move, but still did not raise her head.
Su Yun already knew it in her heart, it seemed that she hadn't been out for a while, she was already hungry and thirsty, and her appetite was still tolerable, but water was more needed by the human body than food.
So, she picked up the kettle, put it down gently, and smiled: "If you don't eat, drink saliva." ”
At this moment, the woman was silent for only a few seconds, then raised her head, looked at her lifelessly, suddenly grabbed the kettle next to her, gurgled a few mouthfuls, and pulled over the basket of snacks, grabbed a few pieces and stuffed them desperately into her mouth.
While stuffing, his eyes quickly turned red.
Su Yun was stunned for a moment, startled by her desperate gobbling on her face, and the next second, she heard her coughing uncontrollably, but she was choked.
Qinglai's voice outside immediately sounded, "Young lady, are you okay?" ”
As soon as the woman heard Qinglai's voice, her whole person immediately shrank again, and an expression of extreme fear appeared on her face, and she kept shrinking back, as if she was about to lose control in the next second.
At this moment, she felt a pair of warm hands suddenly gently grasp her cold hands, making her slightly stunned, and suddenly forgot the fear that almost broke through her body just now, and for the first time, she looked seriously at the woman in front of her.
Su Yun first said to Qinglai: "It's okay, don't worry." Then, he turned his head to look at the woman who was still frightened, and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Qinglai won't hurt you, I won't let anyone hurt you, you're safe here." ”
This sentence seemed to touch one of her nerves, and she suddenly shuddered, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
Su Yun didn't seem to see it, but still smiled and said: "I only know that your name is Liuniang, you see, I have already told you that my name is Su Yun, can you tell me your name?" ”
In order to avoid the client's resistance, the first thing the counselor will do is to establish a relationship with the client and gain trust, which is also the premise of psychological crisis intervention.
The woman looked at her with teary eyes, but still did not speak.
Su Yun waited quietly for a while, and said with a smile: "It's okay if you don't tell me, but you ran to the city without wearing shoes, there must be something important, can you tell me?" Or rather, how can I help you? ”
The woman looked at her in a daze, and suddenly, tears broke down, crying in despair, looking at her, choked up: "Please, please take me to the drunken pavilion in the city, please, I beg you......"
Su Yun was stunned for a moment, and somehow, he remembered the woman who was gobbling up in despair just now.
She could feel that she had a strong desire to survive, and if it weren't for the extreme fear of Qinglai's approach, she might not have slammed into the wall on the spur of the moment.
Desperate but with a strong desire to survive, what is in her heart?
But what is certain is that what made this woman endure the monstrous fear in her heart must be something very important to her, and it must follow her at this time, otherwise once she loses hope, she will easily commit suicide again.
The thoughts in her mind turned a few rounds, Su Yun patted her hand soothingly, and said to Qinglai outside: "Qinglai, you talk to the three ladies in front of you, let's go to the Drunken Night Pavilion first." ”
The carriage stopped suddenly, but Qinglai outside didn't speak for a long time, Su Yun was strange, and couldn't help but speak, "Qinglai? ”
"Young lady," Qinglai's voice carried a hint of weirdness, "The Drunken Night Pavilion caught fire yesterday morning and has burned down, and Lang Jun went to the Drunken Night Pavilion early this morning. ”
Su Yun was stunned for a moment, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, in the middle of talking to Gu Junwei yesterday, he left suddenly, but it was not for this matter!