Chapter 452 Psychological Defense Mechanism

But the next moment, with a thud, the flute player's body softened and he suddenly fell to the ground.

It didn't work.

Lin Zhiqing felt a little disappointed.

Lin Yangyang frowned and stepped forward quickly, but was quickly stopped by Lin Zhiqing.

Lin Zhiqing said softly: "Don't move yet, it's dangerous."

The flute player's condition is unstable now, but what is certain is that he has not fallen into a deep sleep.

In this case, he would be dangerous.

Lin Zhiqing slowly stopped playing the flute and picked up the jade ring that he had been holding in his hand.

She gently shook the jade ring as she did at the beginning, and then spoke:

"Relax, look at the ring, and return to where you were just now. Go back, go back."

After saying these words, the flute player struggled for a while, then climbed up in a rather stiff posture and returned to his position.

Seeing this, Lin Yangyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Zhiqing walked forward to check.

After a long time, when he was sure that the flute player had returned to a deep sleep, Lin Zhiqing waved to Lin Yangyang.

After Lin Yangyang approached, he couldn't wait to ask:

"Sister Qing, how is it? What did you see?"

Lin Zhi cleaned his clothes and shook his head: "His previous family must have been very happy."

"Let's ask grandfather to help us check with the military."

The flute player was most likely captured by the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion when he was very young, and later met Liu Mang, and became a consciousnessless body.

This practice would have been considered unethical in Lin Zhiqing's previous world.

The flute player is in a very bad situation now. His consciousness is trapped and he can't break free.

This is also a difficult problem for Lin Zhiqing.

She took a deep breath and said, "If it was just instant hypnosis, people would never become like this."

"This is most likely because Liu Mang has been reinforcing the effects of the flute player's hypnosis. The flute player's mental consciousness has been completely sealed off. This is also a means of self-protection for him."

Lin Yangyang felt a little dizzy after hearing this:

"Sister Qing, I know every word you said, but why do they sound so strange when put together?"

This is not surprising.

Lin Zhiqing patiently explained:

“When people face mental pain, they unconsciously protect themselves.”

This may sound complicated, but it's quite simple when it comes to common types of psychological defense mechanisms.

The first is repression.

Suppressing thoughts, emotions, and impulses that cannot be accepted by the conscious mind into the subconscious mind is a psychological defense mechanism.

Also, the same goes for denial.

Denying that the event that caused the anxiety and pain never happened.

These are some basic psychological defense mechanisms.

If you want to get more advanced, there is also projection.

People sometimes subconsciously project their own bad qualities onto others, just like a selfish person often thinks that others are selfish as well.

Regression, for example, when an adult encounters great pressure, he may cry and make a fuss like a child.

These are all expressions of psychological defense mechanisms.

The current situation of Di Ren is more inclined towards "denial".

Perhaps when he tried to resist but failed, in order to protect himself, he was unwilling to let his consciousness break free from his slumber.

Because after breaking free, you will most likely face hurt and failure.

"I understand what you mean." Lin Yangyang thought thoughtfully:

"Is he the same now as when I first injured my hand, unwilling to face the facts?"

"Yes, that's what I mean." Lin Zhiqing nodded.

Everyone's self-defense mechanism manifests itself differently.

Lin Yangyang sighed:

"Then how can we help the flute man?"

"My condition wasn't as serious as his back then, and you guys often counseled me and played with me."

"But the flute player can't even wake up. How can we enlighten him?"

Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "Talk to him more when you have nothing to do, but the probability of him waking up is very small."

"I guess finding something he cares about might wake him up."

"Just like the last time he saw Jiang Yunhe, he was stimulated and woke up briefly."

Of course, this is just Lin Zhiqing's guess.

She took a deep breath, because she had never encountered such a difficult situation before.

She is also constantly exploring the field of psychology.

After experiencing what happened to the Jiang family father and son, he sometimes clearly felt powerless.

If he had to jump off a cliff like before every time something happened, the cost would be too high, and Lin Zhiqing could not control the process at will.

Moreover, she had been trapped in Dasheng before, which inevitably led to some extreme thoughts.

These are all problems that she urgently needs to solve, or to use a more accurate term, that is the bottleneck period.

Healing the flute man might very well be the chance to break this bottleneck.

So, Lin Zhiqing wanted to give it a try.

However, there have been some breakthroughs today.

Lin Zhiqing and Lin Yangyang moved the people into the house and returned to Shuqing Pavilion.

Apart from the flute player, what Lin Zhiqing needs to deal with most is the Lin family's affairs.

The Lin family is currently still operating according to her previous reward and punishment system.

There have been no major problems since its implementation.

"Miss." Just as this thought came into her mind, Chao Yan came in with a worried look on her face:

"I heard some gossip outside just now, and I wanted to talk to you about it."

Asagao's brows were furrowed, the corners of her eyes were raised, and her lips were pouting.

"Who made our Chaoyan angry? Tell me and I will teach them a lesson for you!" Lin Yangyang knocked on the table.

"Thank you, Miss Yangyang. It's just some old women gossiping outside. It's not a big deal." Chao Yan closed the door.

"Gossip? What gossip?" Lin Zhiqing was a little curious.

Are the servants of the Lin family living too comfortably? They are about to jump out and cause trouble again.

"Winter is almost here. The East Kitchen has been preparing ginger soup for every person every day, as instructed by the young lady." Chao Yan said:

"Today, when I went to get the ginger soup, I happened to see the old woman at the other end of the garden arguing with the people from the east kitchen."

"Arguing? What are you arguing about?" Lin Yangyang frowned. "That ginger soup is spicy. I don't usually like it."

"But this thing is considered a welfare benefit, and there are still people dissatisfied?"

Lin Zhiqing didn't say anything.

Chao Yan sighed, "My lady saw that many people had caught a cold recently, so she ordered the East Kitchen to do this."

"The young lady doesn't like to drink, so she usually lets the people below drink it."

"This situation also occurs in other hospitals, but this is where the problem lies."

When Chaoyan said this, Lin Zhiqing had already guessed it.

However, Lin Yangyang didn't understand: "What does this mean?"

Asagao sighed:

"These masters don't like to drink, so the extra portions are usually shared with others. But if they are not distributed evenly, there will be problems."