The fastest and most convenient way to correct maladaptive behavior is behavioral therapy.
Pavlov, one of the legendary leaders in psychology, discovered something earth-shattering while studying his dog - conditioned reflex.
We all learned this in junior high school biology class. Specifically, dogs secrete saliva when they eat. Pavlov rang a bell when his dogs were eating. After doing this several times, as long as Pavlov rang the bell, his dogs would secrete saliva, regardless of whether they were eating or not.
Later psychologists used this method to conduct psychotherapy.
For example, to help people break gambling addiction, they administer electric shocks whenever they gamble. After a few times, the unpleasant sensations of gambling and the electric shocks become conditioned reflexes, making the mere thought of gambling unpleasant, and ultimately, the gambler no longer wants to gamble. Psychologists have even given this treatment a name: aversion therapy. It's said to have been successfully used to treat homosexuality. It causes young men to experience convulsions and a physical aversion to the sight of the same sex, ultimately leading them to break up with their gay friends.
Of course... As for whether this young man eventually became a heterosexual - psychologists don’t care, he will not become a homosexual anyway.
There's also the legendary Skinner's rat. When the rat pressed a lever, it received a food reward. The rat then developed a love for lever-pressing, enjoying it endlessly even after the food was gone. This technique is so effective in stimulating children's learning that psychology has even given it a name: positive reinforcement therapy.
Therefore, the behavioral therapy that has been proven effective on animals should be suitable for snake spirits.
At the beginning, Simon thought so and did so.
However, Qingqing is neither Pavlov's dog nor Skinner's mouse. She is a snake. After several unsuccessful attempts, Simon changed the treatment plan in time and switched to cognitive therapy.
It would take a long time to talk about the specific theories of cognitive therapy, but in a nutshell - if you have an irrational belief, change it and you will be able to have fun.
Simon spent a long time trying to convince Qingqing that the snake demon's belief in human-eating was irrational. He and Qingqing debated the issue for days, but the snake demon finally convinced him: "Shouldn't monsters eat people? I am a monster!"
It sounded so reasonable that Simon admitted defeat, but he had no idea how to proceed next.
At this moment, Qingqing is taking advantage of the time to talk nonsense.
"But I, I couldn't control myself. I knew I should practice hard, but I... I couldn't control myself! I even ate him! Oh my God, you know, eating people will get me into a lot of trouble. This is a society ruled by law. Oh my God! Such a precious night, such precious time, and I didn't practice, but ran out to eat people... I was so stupid... Why am I so stupid! I am simply the most useless snake demon in the entire demon world. I am terrible..."
Yes, this is indeed very bad for a snake spirit that wants to cultivate, the young man thought silently.
And worse things are yet to come.
After Qingqing blamed herself for a while, she suddenly fell into deep thought. She thought for a second, then suddenly raised her head and looked at the young man in front of her with an extremely determined expression.
Her lips trembled slightly, as if she was constantly encouraging herself, and finally, she said something shocking.
"Doctor, I think... I can't change it anyway, so I'll just eat another one tonight, and I might as well eat you!"
The psychotherapy session was about to turn into a murder scene, and the shadows on the wall were shaking and trembling with fear.
However, Simon was shocked.
It’s here, it’s finally here!
After so many days, three whole months, twice a week, and exhausting all methods, this snake spirit finally stopped crying, complaining, and blaming herself, and finally came up with a topic that made some psychological sense - "Just let me eat you."
Although there were only three minutes left before the end of the treatment, the young psychologist was full of confidence and calmly and gently began the first round of psychotherapy: "You want to eat me? How do you want to eat me?"
Qingqing obviously didn't realize that she had fallen into the doctor's trap. Usually when she said such words, the other party would be scared to death. How could they discuss with her how to eat?
Qingqing mentally gave the doctor a thumbs up and felt even more excited. For the first time, she felt that her money to see a psychologist was really worth it. So the snake spirit happily began to tell the doctor about her plan: "Eat it raw! Of course I'll eat it raw!! Starting from your feet, and then while I eat it I'll look at your face. You will definitely feel scared and panicked, maybe scream, or even scared! Oh my God... I feel so excited... I can't control myself... I want... Tsk tsk, I want you to eat it... Tsk tsk"
"How does it taste?" Simon's expression remained calm, and he didn't even move his feet. He just buried his head and quickly wrote down what the snake demon said.
"It must taste amazing, just like Dongpo pork, soft and fluffy, a real treat for my taste buds. It's also tender and fresh, and goes down easily. It's not like raw beef that gets stuck in your teeth, and it's definitely chewier than forced-cooked chicken."
The girl's face showed a look of gluttonous satisfaction. She smacked her lips contentedly, as if savoring the endless deliciousness.
Simon was stunned by this description. This was the first time the snake had described to him in detail what it felt like to eat a human.
Not only that, this snake demon had made a logical error here, and it was a logical error that she herself was not aware of.
There is only one minute left before the treatment. Should I report this mistake to her?
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