Crazy Psychologist

"Be careful, please."

Zhang Wenwen replied vaguely: "I know, I know, there won't be any problem. I'm just going to meet an intermediary."

"middleman?"

Hearing what Zhang Wenwen said, Muchun felt more and more that he was getting involved in something less legal.

This was his biggest concern, that doctors sometimes came so close to being illegal.

"Yes, I will come back and tell you."

Zhang Wenwen hung up the phone, and Muchun started jogging again, running towards Huayuanqiao Hospital.

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It took Jiang Feng two days to get all the proof related to his identity, hide all the sources of funds that could finally find him, and set up many obstacles to ensure that no one could know where he was now.

Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. The last flight landed on the airport runway at 11:59 in the middle of the night.

The slender, sweet-looking flight attendant pushed Jiang Feng's wheelchair through the VIP aisle. As Jiang Feng had planned in advance, no one else would appear in the aisle at the same time.

"It's strange. You are the only first-class guest boarding the plane this time."

The flight attendant spoke to Jiang Feng gently in English.

Jiang Feng was wearing a dark blue mask, black sunglasses, and a black hat. His face could not be seen at all.

"You will need to take off your mask and glasses temporarily when you get to the front."

The stewardess reminded me kindly.

This is also what worries Jiang Feng the most. He can control the virtual passengers so that no one else will disturb him in the first class cabin of this flight, but he still has to take off his mask when leaving the airport.

Even more nervous than Jiang Feng were Doctor Brown and Zhang Wenwen waiting at the airport pick-up gate.

Zhang Wenwen also wore a mask, but Dr. Brown felt calm because he had resigned from Stanford Medical Center and specialized in taking care of patients in Southeast Asia.

Zhang Wenwen met Dr. Brown after being recommended by his teacher. The work this doctor did kept Zhang Wenwen awake all night.

Is there really such a surgery in this world?

Lewis, a professor of neurology at Harvard, told Zhang Wenwen that the first patient he encountered after receiving tenure was a patient with [body integrity identity disorder (BIID)]. Lewis said: "He used a low and sad tone. Tell me, 'I only have the top half of my body and the bottom half is superfluous.'

It was the first time I encountered such a patient, and I didn't know what to say for almost a few seconds.

The patient's father was a janitor at our school. One day, he asked me with concern to help look after his son, who was unwilling to stand up from his wheelchair.

That was the first time I saw a real BIID patient. Like those curious doctors, I wanted to do many experiments on him to help myself understand how this disease occurs and how it works in the brain. What does it look like.

For each of us, having a body, its sensations, and its parts is fundamental to one's sense of self. At the same time, the brain creates a model, a representation of the environment in which the body exists. Embedded within is a model of one's self: a representation of one's self that regulates one's interaction with the environment and keeps the organism functioning at its best.

But it is clear that the brains of BIID patients do not want to regulate a certain part of the body.

You may be familiar with "phantom limbs". In the brain map, those limbs that are lost in the body are not lost in the brain map, complete or incomplete, or have changed, so they can always generate feelings about the lost limbs. perception, and associated pain.

Even some people whose limbs are inherently imperfect can experience phantom limbs.

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation, it was found that phantom limbs that are acquired or born missing part of the limb are alive but non-existent. Particularly significant are those who are born without parts of their limbs. Although the limbs have not actually developed, the brain still has a map of these missing body parts.

On the contrary, in BIID patients, this phenomenon is completely reversed. The limbs of BIID patients exist, but they are not alive. The body is fully developed, but the representation in the brain is incomplete for some reason, and the map of the limbs in the brain is destroyed.

Many of these patients show very strange hobbies, like incomplete things, incomplete robots, portraits and photos of disabled people, and even want to date disabled women.

It's a bit like the "half-faced people" in science fiction novels. They are more perfect because they lack some of the limbs of normal people. Venus with a broken arm and a beautiful girl with one missing eye are the most beautiful for BIID patients. exist. "

Zhang Wenwen returned to Harvard this time, specifically visited Lewis, and explained Gu Yiping's case in detail to the teacher.

Lewis sighed and said: "I didn't expect that your psychosomatic department has developed to such a level. It's really unexpected that a doctor from the psychosomatic department can judge BIID."

"Teacher, our medical technology level is getting stronger and stronger. I am very confident, but I still think that BIID does not belong to the category of psychosomatics, but should belong to the field of neurology, so I am here to ask you for advice. In terms of patient treatment, other than - I mean besides surgery, are some psychosomatic treatments feasible?"

"You mean the psychological method?"

"Ah, that's right, psychological method, very good word."

Zhang Wenwen was a little happy. He felt that Muchun would like this word.

"Psychology is developing very rapidly now. Of course, most people still can't distinguish between neurology, psychiatry and psychology. Including Kyoshima, there may still be many hospitals in Asia that have psychiatric and psychosomatic departments. In fact, there are still many Non-hospital psychological treatment centers are also slowly starting to take off, and the whole world is getting better."

Lewis said very optimistic words, but his expression was not optimistic at all.

"But now there seem to be more and more patients in psychosomatic departments or patients in need of psychological treatment. What kind of period has mankind entered? Widespread irritability, restlessness, excessive stress, and unexplainable symptoms."

Lewis, whose hair was almost completely white, patted Zhang Wenwen on the shoulder. Lewis was ten centimeters shorter than Zhang Wenwen, but when he patted him, Zhang Wenwen felt that he was still immature and had not yet matured. After studying for so many years, After working in the hospital for several years, I still know very little.

"Perhaps it is because humans have such needs that they urge rapid progress in this field." Lewis's words were still optimistic but serious.