Chapter 996: Battle for the Tower (30)

Batman remembered the question he had at the beginning, was he sick?

Batman woke up from that trance, then looked at Schiller and asked, "...... Am I sick?"

Schiller, who was eating, was stunned, he slowly turned his head to look at Batman, the fork hanging in the air, not lifted up, not put down, just froze there.

Batman's question really didn't give Schiller a whole face, so he was like a parent whose child was bullied by his classmates at school and didn't feel confident, as if unintentionally, he continued to eat, and then asked, "Did anyone tell you anything?"

Schiller's reaction made Batman's eyes narrow, and Schiller, while repeatedly cutting the meat on the plate, gave an all-purpose answer: "You're okay, we're alike."

"Looks like I'm sick." Batman said very simply, and Schiller's hand movement paused again, and said, "If it were another student, I would have asked him to report his illness, but if it was you, I wouldn't count on it."

After saying that, he put down the cutlery in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, looked at Batman and said, "Although I have a psychiatrist's license, I really haven't given you a formal diagnosis, because I'm really worried that after I give you a diagnosis, you will ask me about the meaning of the stem."

Of course, Batman heard the sarcasm in Schiller's tone, and as soon as he wanted to speak, Schiller stretched out a hand to interrupt him, and then reached out and rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Wait a minute, this won't work, I'm a doctor, I have to be patient with patients......

"Well, I'm a licensed psychiatrist, you can trust my level of expertise, and if you have time right now, you can take my advice......

What Schiller didn't expect was that Batman really straightened his back, leaned back in his chair, and looked listening, Schiller shook his head and said, "You have to relax, just now, the new barbecue is here, we can talk while eating......

With that, he instructed the demon to put some barbecue on Batman's plate, and Batman picked up the dishes, but he didn't mean to eat at all, he kept looking Schiller in the eyes, nervous like a student waiting for a curl in the classroom.

"Don't be nervous, I'm a psychiatrist, I won't give you a critical illness notice, in fact, I'm glad that I'm diagnosing you now, if four years ago, just the pathology analysis would have written about my wrist cramps."

Schiller's tone was much more relaxed than usual, showing a kind of indifference and leisure from the inside out, and he said: "If you did not show any abnormalities in your childhood, and you did not have a diagnosis, then you may not be on the spectrum, which means that you, unlike me, do not suffer from autism."

"Innate soundness, acquired trauma, traumatic stress disorder is a topic that cannot be escaped, and your performance is actually obvious, especially when you re-experience the symptoms, and for so many years, you have not been able to escape the shadow of the scene in the alley."

"The second is delusional disorder, which I think you should have learned about it, but it is actually inseparable from the mental stimulation you received at the beginning and the symptoms that followed."

Schiller tapped the plate with his fork and said, "For a long time after you have been mentally stimulated, you have been in a state of solitude, and in this state you have too many urgent things to solve, your plan for revenge."

"But at that time, because you were too young, there were not many actions you could put into practice, and there were too few people to communicate with, and indulging in virtual fantasies for a long time would lead to a certain degree of thinking inertia, which would lead to subsequent delusional disorders."

"In delusional disorder, I think you're somewhere between victim delusional disorder and exaggerated delusional disorder."

"First, you overestimate the malice of other people, and you are full of inexplicable worries about the extremely vicious events that have occurred unconditionally in reality."

"Second, you overestimate your abilities and think that you are energetic, sharp-minded, and omnipotent."

"Of course, in a way, your worries and your self-confidence are justified, but if you go beyond a certain threshold and continue to develop, it may lead to brain and nerve lesions, which you should not want to see."

"And, of course, the same generalized anxiety disorder as me." When Schiller said this, Batman raised an eyebrow, and Schiller, as if he knew what he was going to say, spoke in advance:

"You think that anxiety disorder is tachycardia, nervousness, and cold sweats, but in fact, the most obvious symptom you show is increased alertness, which is manifested as sensitivity to external stimuli and easy startle reactions."

"Of course, because you are born with a relatively high IQ, the module of logical thinking oppresses emotions and leads to unclear emotional expression, so there are not enough externalized manifestations, but there are still them."

"This part of the manifestation may also be caused by personality-derealization disorder, which is a symptom of being overly concerned with the surrounding environment."

"To put it simply, because of delusional disorder, you often feel that some malignant events that occur in insufficient conditions may occur at any time, which will trigger your anxiety disorder and make you more alert, and at the same time, the symptoms of excessive attention to the surrounding environment caused by personality-derealization disorder will make you perceive every wind and grass around you, and question the reality of the environment, and then the delusion of victimization will occur, forming a cycle......

"At the same time, the symptoms of exaggerated delusions will make you feel that you are capable enough to deal with the extremely vicious events in your fantasy, so you will think deeply about how to deal with similar incidents."

"Lingering in these thoughts for a long time can lead to inertia and mental deviation, which will worsen the symptoms."

After listening to this, Batman was silent for a while, and then said, "My willpower has been tested by the Green Lantern Ring, of course, I don't mean that it is the only benchmark, but I think my willpower should be beyond ordinary people......

"This goes back to the cognitive theory you're most interested in." Schiller patiently replied: "If you have always been wrong, then the stronger your willpower, the faster your symptoms will worsen."

"I felt like I couldn't experience some of the emotions." Batman described his symptoms as accurately as possible, "My intellect is telling me that I should be happy or sad, but I don't feel the same way, it's like a car without an engine......

Schiller paused, as if thinking, and said, "Then I take back my previous conclusion, you may indeed have some genealogical characteristics, but maybe it was because your super high IQ made up for the effects of similar symptoms, so it was not detected in time."

"To put it simply, your intellect can theoretically analyze what emotions the other person should be in and what emotions you should be in, so you can express that emotion by acting it, right?

Batman reminisced for a moment, and then said, "When I was a kid, my parents told me to play with other kids, and I thought I should be their leader, so I was very excited in the chase and happy after the win, but in reality, I didn't feel anything."

"It seems, it does." Schiller nodded and said, "I'm the same, but the difference is that my own emotions are weak, but I can be very sensitive to other people's emotions, which is why I can be a psychiatrist."

Actually, if you are already proficient in acting, then there is no need to treat autism, because the process of autism treatment is to teach you how to play a normal person, and you have been able to do this, and you have done it well, then it is not a problem that needs to be solved urgently."

"I suggest that you first address the delusional disorder that has caused you to be hyperactive and behaving abnormally for a long time, otherwise it may also interfere with your emotional expression." Schiller looked at Batman and said, "Emphasis on fantasy and light on reality, don't worry when you don't have any concerns, but do you really have nothing to worry about?"

"Not to mention the practical problems that must be faced to save Gotham, Aisha and Dick's education is a difficult hurdle to overcome."

"You can't always think that one day in the future, someone will harm them, or what kind of trouble they will encounter in the future, and then deduce from the delusional results what you have to teach them."

"Real education should focus on the present, what do they need in the present? What are they expressing? What kind of emotions are they conveying? Then give feedback on those emotions and behaviors, which can help

They build a stable personality."

"If you only look at their future and don't give them any emotional feedback that they are giving, it is easy to lead to personality defects, then no matter how many tricks and techniques you teach them to deal with dangers, it will only ruin the irrational decisions brought about by personality defects."

After hearing this, Batman was silent for a long time, and he remembered his parents, especially his mother.

Thomas occasionally talks to him about the future, encouraging him to study hard, master all kinds of survival skills, and be a good person, but Martha almost never talks to him about this, only responds to his every small action.

Batman didn't know what he missed was these two people, or the response and understanding he could get from every look, expression, and movement before those two gunshots.

After that, it never happened.

To some extent, Batman is not understood, but this is not to say that his choices are actually those choices that cannot be understood by ordinary people, and are understood by his friends.

Gordon understands his justice, Harvey understands his philosophy, Alfred understands his hatred, but the understanding that humanity needs, not only in these grand aspects, but also those subtle emotional feedbacks, is the most important source of security.

Batman didn't respond to any of these diagnoses, as if acquiescing, but Schiller felt that this was a good start, because the biggest manifestation of paranoia disorder is unawareness, and if he didn't refute it, it just means that he is beginning to heal.

But at this time, Schiller said, "Batman, you know what? You're making me very unhappy."

Batman looked at Schiller, wondering why he said this, and Schiller put down the dishes, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "I invited you to dinner, but you didn't eat anything, don't you think, that's rude?"

Batman subconsciously looked at the food on his plate, and then at the Rotten Heart General hanging on the hook, and reasoned to tell him that it was a demon, no different from the cattle and sheep he usually ate.

However, General Rotten Heart is a very typical humanoid demon, and as such, Batman feels a physical disgust for the very obvious joint structure in the plate.

Seeing Schiller's threatening eyes, Batman was unmoved, and tolerating Schiller's actions was already his bottom line.

In the next second, Batman was strangled by the neck, the strange demon strangled Batman's neck with his elbow, Batman struggled hard, and then was thrown to the ground next to him with a chair.

With a "bang", Batman felt a blow to his head, and before his vision darkened, he saw the reflection of his shoes under his suit pants.

The last thing that came into his view was Schiller crouching down, the fork approaching, and the meat that was being sent into his mouth.

And the last thing he heard was Schiller's smiling voice:

"You've eaten enough of the workers' meat, and now come and taste the same bourgeois taste as you."