This young patient came to me a week ago. He was a freshman in college and his symptoms were strange. According to him, he has been having the same dream for three years in a row.
In that dream, he saw a little boy crouching at the water's edge, putting his hand into the water and playing with it, and then a voice came from the water, and the voice said.
Come on......Come on......Then the little boy jumped in as if he was enchanted ......
He said that every time this happens, he would wake up and be sweating profusely, as if he had drowned.
I had this dream three years ago, but only occasionally, but in the past three years, he had to do it every night, and even occasionally dozed off to be in that dream.
I looked through the cases I've been collecting as a psychiatrist for more than five years, and I haven't found a single one as extreme as his.
Doctors ......Help me. "I've been haunted by this dream for the past three years, and I'......m about to break down."”
I comforted him and said, "Don't worry, as long as you cooperate with my **, your illness will get better soon." ”
I thought for a moment and asked, "Did you ever drown as a child?".”
He lowered his head and remembered, suddenly looking pained.
He told me that he didn't remember, and that he didn't know why, and that he started having headaches as soon as he remembered ...... past
I concluded that he must have been drowning before, which is why I had a strong sense of fear and selective forgetting of that memory.
I said to him, "Then let's do a deep hypnosis." ”
The patient agreed.
Deep hypnosis** can make patients recall some things through psychological suggestion, and this method is one of the skills that psychologists must master.
I first put him half-lying on a soft leather chair, let him close his eyes and keep his body relaxed. I began to say suggestive words that gradually brought him into a hypnotic state. I knew that by this means, the closed floodgates in his heart would be unlocked. I continued to guide him and he got into the groove very well.
Now, I'm going to pour out a dozen times, and you're going to see a scene that has a big impact on you, ten, nine, eight, ......Two, one. What do you see?”
I saw a ship. ”
Can you elaborate on that more?”
A wooden passenger ship with a dozen people on board. ”
Do you know any of them?”
Yes. "Who?”
My parents, and ......I ...... ten years ago”
Okay, then tell me what state the ship is in ...... right now”
Ship ......Sink ......”
And what about you?”
...... was held by his fatherImmerse yourself in water ......”
And then what?"I saw another ship......I was saved......”
And what about your father?What about the others?”
Drowned ............ are all deadI'm the only one alive ......”
I'm starting to get a little smug and feel like all the secrets have been revealed. He was like this because the experience of drowning as a child hit him so hard that he was mentally stressed.
Doctors ......He called softly, sweat pouring from his forehead.
What's wrong?See anything again?I asked.
I'm now at the water's edge again......The waterside ...... in my dreams”
I was shocked. Could this scene be ......In his life, ** present?I asked, "Do you know it's at the water's edge?"”
It's in ............ to the west of my uncle's houseI remember ......The ...... when I was in elementary schoolThe whole ship was dead......I am the only ...... aliveI have been living ...... my uncle's house ever sinceThat ......That's right......It was that ......I play ...... by the waterThen a voice ......That voice is my fateful ......It's a fateful ...... I can't escape”
I saw the patient's eyes rolling rapidly under his eyelids and his body began to sweat. I sensed something was wrong and was ready to end the hypnosis.
Listen!I'll count three and you'll wake up from this scene ......Three......Two ......One!”
It didn't work!He was still struggling in pain, and I tried a few more times, but it still didn't work!
Doctors ......He shouted, his limbs twitching.
Doctors ......I'm in such pain!I'm going to be drowned......I don't know why I jumped ......The voice ......I can't resist ......”
I hurriedly beckoned my assistant to come in and helped me hold his hands and feet. It suddenly occurred to me that since this scene had appeared in his life, he must have been fine if he could live until now.
I crawled into his ear and said, "Calm down!".It's going to be fine!Take a closer look to see if there are any other people nearby who are helping you!”
Yes!My uncle ......My uncle came to my rescue......”
I breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that his uncle had saved him at that time.
Not ......Why did my uncle disappear ......Someone ......Pulling my feet ......The voice ......You're dragging me into the water!”
At this time, I saw that his body was constantly sweating. Not ......Not sweat, but water!It pops up from every pore and flows all the way to the floor. I couldn't believe my eyes!Then, large streams of murky water erupted from his mouth.
Call the police!I shouted.
The assistant hurriedly rushed out of the ** room.
I saw that his body was still bubbling with water, and then it began to turn white and swollen, and ** began to rot, like a floating corpse!I felt like I was going to vomit and rushed out of the ...... room
When I saw him again, ** was already ready to transport the body away from the scene. His body had rotted away, and his flesh was scattered all over the ground, merging with the sewage on ...... ground
After listening to my story, I showed an extremely surprised expression.
"Through the forensic on-site investigation, the body has been soaked for at least 10 years ......," he said”