These two terms are indeed not obscure. Even the most layman has more or less heard of related diseases in life or in film and television works. However, Zuo Jianqing added the word "concurrent" between the two words, which made its complexity increase sharply.
Fortunately, Zuo Jianqing wasn't about to just give a conclusion and leave it at that. He quickly expanded his explanation, "First, the part about 'rebirth' is likely a clear symptom of paranoia, and the cause of this symptom isn't difficult to determine—his adoptive parents' death brought him not only grief and devastation, but also intense self-condemnation."
"This self-blame and guilt made him unwilling to face the reality of their deaths, even leading to desires and feelings of self-rejection, such as 'I'd rather be the one dying.' When these emotions reached a certain threshold, his mind could no longer bear the pressure, so he selectively forgot and rewrote the memory of his adoptive parents' deaths, attributing those two accidents to himself, and forming a delusion of rebirth, 'I've died twice.'"
Zuo Jianqing's ideas were extremely clear and his explanations were well-organized. Although Song Yecheng and He Jingsheng were not professionals, they quickly understood the cause and effect relationship.
Zuo Jianqing continued, "As for the 'prophecy' part, it's likely derived from this delusion of rebirth—since there are two 'rebirths', there must be two 'previous lives'. This requires some 'previous life memories' to construct the delusion of 'rebirth'."
He looked at Song Yecheng. "He was already a fan of yours. A huge poster of yours appeared at the scene of his adoptive parents' accident. Furthermore, over the past year, his adoptive mother has frequently used your merchandise to provoke him. This has led to you becoming the protagonist of his 'past life memories', and the protagonist of those 'prophecies' in his online articles."
Hearing this, Song Yecheng and He Jingsheng suddenly realized something but also revealed some doubts. After sorting out the logic a little, Song Yecheng couldn't help but said, "But..."
"But he's not truly reborn," Zuo Jianqing knew what he was going to say and took over the conversation. "So, of course, he can't truly predict the future. This brings us to his other symptom—his dual personality."
Song Yecheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he heard Zuo Jianqing continue: "When I first came to the hospital, you told me that you thought he really didn't know that he had been to the crew, and asked me if this was possible. In fact, the first thing I thought of at the time was personality disorder."
"But in the cases I've handled before, most cases of split personality disorder were caused by traumatic life events or a long-term negative environment. At the time, I didn't know about his adoptive parents, so I thought he didn't have the conditions to develop this disorder. But now it seems that his adoptive father's death and his adoptive mother's year-long abuse are the most thorough explanations of 'traumatic life events' and 'long-term negative environment'."
After saying that, he paused, then quickly changed the subject: "But this only means that he has the triggering conditions, not that he has been induced to develop the disease. What really allows me to be sure that he has another personality is-"
Zuo Jianqing pointed at He Jingsheng: "The thing you mentioned."
"You said before that you'd asked him to join the crew several times, but he'd declined. Yet, on January 9th, he took the initiative and asked to go. This in itself was quite abrupt. And not only did you feel he was 'completely strange' that day, but you also noticed something particularly significant: he had always been right-handed and suddenly started using his left hand more frequently. This discovery finally made me confidently conclude that the person who appeared that day was most likely his alter ego."
This conclusion is exactly the same as Song Yecheng's judgment, which is why he was eager to confirm it when he heard He Jingsheng's words, because this can explain why Jiang Que had clearly been to the crew but had no idea about that experience.
"For the sake of distinction, let's call this newly emerged personality 'Shadow' for now."
Zuo Jianqing said, "Then let's take 'Shadow' back to the previous logical chain. Jiang Que had a delusion of rebirth, and this delusion required 'memories of past lives' to facilitate it, and 'memories of past lives' were presented in the form of 'prophecies.' However, since he wasn't truly reborn, it was impossible for him to truly predict the future. Therefore, the reason for the 'Shadow' to be split off, or rather, the mission of his existence, was to make the 'prophecy' come true."
"Generally speaking, each personality in a personality disorder is independent of the others, with its own unique identity, memories, and behaviors. In most cases, they are unaware of the existence of other personalities and do not possess their memories. However, in special cases, depending on the degree of personality dissociation, memories between personalities may not be completely independent, may be shared one-way, or even two-way."
"Under these circumstances, although Jiang Que was unaware of the shadow's existence, its actions might have left him with some fragmented 'impressions'."
"For example, on January 9th, Shadow went to the set. Although Jiang Que didn't remember his operation of the wire harness, he might have left a lingering impression that 'there was something wrong with the wire harness.' He might also have learned about your filming assignments and that you would be filming the water-based wire harness scene on January 20th. These two 'impressions' remained in Jiang Que's consciousness, and after being processed and integrated by the 'rebirth delusion', they ultimately formed the prophecy of 'falling into the water during filming.'"
He Jingsheng had been trying hard to listen, but now he was clearly feeling a little behind. He quickly raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I need to digest it first..."
Zuo Jianqing was not in a hurry. In fact, he had already said most of what he wanted to say. Moreover, he tried to avoid professional vocabulary as much as possible during the entire narrative process and used the most understandable expressions. He believed that the two would be able to understand it after a little sorting out.
Song Yecheng next to him didn't seem to be struggling. Zuo Jianqing's thoughts were like threading a needle, connecting the scattered guesses and judgments in his mind one by one.
However, as he followed the thread and sorted out the logic, he also had his own thoughts. So after reviewing it, he confirmed with Zuo Jianqing: "Have you finished?"
Zuo Jianqing said: "Most of it, there's still a little left to replenish."
Song Yecheng immediately guessed: "Is it about the time sequence?"
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Zuo Jianqing was not surprised that he noticed this problem. After all, although Song Yecheng was not a medical professional, he was definitely a leader in logical thinking ability.
He Jingsheng was still digesting the information, but upon hearing the conversation, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's the timing?"
Zuo Jianqing asked, "Have you finished digesting it?"
He Jingsheng hadn't figured it out yet, but he wasn't in a hurry: "It's okay, go ahead and talk."
Zuo Jianqing nodded and explained, "The so-called time sequence issue is actually a question of cause and effect. According to our normal thinking logic, or from a God's perspective, Jiang Que should have first had the delusion of 'rebirth', accompanied by 'past life memories', which are those 'prophecies'. Then, the shadow made the prophecies come true."
He Jingsheng rolled his eyes and thought about it, then quickly nodded in understanding.
Zuo Jianqing shifted gears and said, "But based on the order of events we currently know, that might not be the case. Shadow went to the crew on January 9th, and Jiang Que wrote the prophecy on January 10th. The causal relationship between the two is likely this: Shadow's actions left the 'impression' first, and the 'prophecy' came later."
He Jingsheng was a little confused, then he heard Song Yecheng confirm, "In other words, his 'prophecies' probably didn't appear simultaneously with his 'rebirth' delusion. Instead, each time the shadow appeared and left an impression, he formed some of the prophecies?"
Zuo Jianqing nodded and said, "Yes. So this involves another problem, which I still cannot judge."
Seeing his expression become more serious, Song Yecheng couldn't help but become concerned: "What?"
Zuo Jianqing said seriously, "As I said before, in special cases, there's the possibility of one-way or two-way memory sharing. Based on the clues we have so far, I can basically confirm that Jiang Que is unaware of Shadow's existence. However, I can't be sure whether Shadow can share Jiang Que's memories. Because all of his actions are very purposeful, it's difficult for me to judge the extent of his memory 'area'."
As soon as He Jingsheng said this, before he could understand its meaning, Song Yecheng frowned and said, "You mean, although the shadow appears very rarely, it might be the one with the larger memory area?"
Zuo Jianqing said seriously, "We cannot rule out this possibility."
Song Yecheng fell silent for a moment.
If two personalities coexist in one body and one is completely unaware of the other's existence, while the other can share the other's memories, then it is difficult to determine which one holds the "dominance".
"But there's no need to think too much about it for now," Zuo Jianqing interrupted his thoughts. "As I said, all of the above is just 'inference' so far. The specific situation can only be confirmed after he wakes up. There's no need to worry about it in advance."
At this time, the sky outside the window was already turning pale.
The days are long and the nights are short in the summer, and they gathered here in the second half of the night. After so much recollection and analysis, time had already passed quietly without them noticing.
Zuo Jianqing glanced at the time at the bottom of the computer screen, turned to Song Yecheng and said, "You go back first."
Song Yecheng was at a loss: "Where to go back to?"
"Go home." Zuo Jianqing said calmly.
Song Yecheng suspected that there was something wrong with his ears: "Are you kidding? He hasn't woken up yet, and I'm leaving him here and going home?"
Zuo Jianqing was helpless and could only explain, "I'm not asking you to go back and do nothing. He's not going to be discharged in a day or two. Can you at least go back and get him some clean clothes? Also, since he has a dual personality, his computer, phone, and diary might have traces of his other personality. Those will help him recall and assist in diagnosis. You should at least get them, right?"
Song Yecheng was stunned for a moment. Before he could say anything, Zuo Jianqing added, "And didn't Director Chen say before that his emotions fluctuate greatly when he sees you? Even if he wakes up, I can't let you go in to see him right away. At least I have to talk to him first and see what the situation is. So what's the point of you waiting here?"
He Jingsheng looked at Song Yecheng and also advised: "You go back first. It won't take long to get the things anyway. He doesn't know when he will wake up. The two of us will stay here and call you immediately if he wakes up."
Song Yecheng was still somewhat reluctant. It wasn't that he didn't trust the two people in front of him, but no matter how trustworthy they were, it was still safer to keep them by himself.
But he had to admit that what Zuo Jianqing said made sense. Jiang Que's condition was still unknown, and diagnosis was the prerequisite for treatment. The sooner the diagnosis was made, the sooner a targeted treatment plan could be found. Instead of waiting here, he might as well go back and find clues that could help with the diagnosis as soon as possible.
Ding-ling-ling——
At this moment, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Song Yecheng took out his cell phone and looked at it, and was stunned for a moment.
At four or five in the morning, the person who called was Qiu Mingyue.
Song Yecheng picked up the phone in surprise: "Hello, Mom?"
"Are you in the hospital?" Qiu Mingyue asked with concern.
Song Yecheng was stunned for a moment: "How do you know?"
Qiu Mingyue said, "Your Uncle Chen sent a message to your father last night. He just saw it when he got up to drink some water. Why did you go to the hospital so late at night? Are you sick?"
Song Yecheng hadn't expected this, but then he thought about it and realized that Director Chen did have a good personal relationship with his father, so it wouldn't be surprising to let him know. He had no choice but to tell the truth: "Jiang Que fainted last night."
"Fainted?!" Qiu Mingyue's heart immediately hung in the air, "What happened? How is he now?"
Song Yecheng was speechless for a moment.
Jiang Que's current situation was too complicated to be explained in a few words. Moreover, Qiu Mingyue's call came so suddenly that he hadn't even figured out where to start.
Qiu Mingyue quickly sensed something was wrong from his brief silence and said without hesitation, "Let's go over there now."
"Don't." Song Yecheng stopped him immediately. He didn't want to alarm Qiu Mingyue and Song Sheng. Even if they had been alarmed now, he didn't want to have a large group of people guarding the hospital.
But an explanation still had to be given. He couldn't let them hang in the balance. So after considering for a moment, Song Yecheng said, "Don't come over here. Go to my place. I just need to go back now."
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