Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 267 [Detailed Deconstruction] and [Event Reconstruction]

I think these ideas are wrong.

So what exactly is wrong?
Nan Zhuren did not ask this question.

The third step is to get Li Minglu to explain "what exactly is wrong".

There is a second step in between.

The consultation process should not be rushed.

For example.

If we take the "present moment" when we encounter problems and feel troubled as the "starting point".

The "future" where problems are solved and we are no longer troubled is the "end point" on the other side of the river.

For professional psychologists, all they need to say is, "You can go from the starting point to the finish line."

For people with normal emotions, mood, and cognition, there may be an extra step: "Start from the [starting point], 'row' to the [finishing point], and that's it."

For those with weaker mental strength, a few more steps might be needed: "Before starting from the [starting point], you can find a boat at XX place, and then use that boat to row across, using this kind of movement... What? Your wrist is injured? No problem, I can adjust your rowing motion to suit your body. You can do this, this, and this again... You can also reach the [finish line]!"

Each step must be broken down in detail.

At this moment, Nan Zhuren was facing Li Minglu.

After Li Minglu successfully recalled the [emotional event].

“Very good.” Nan Zhuren first affirmed Li Minglu’s recollection. “Now we have completed the first step of [Emotional Memory Rewriting] – [Memory Retrieval].

"Next, we will proceed to the second step – [detailed analysis]."

Currently, this emotional event is only a scale 5 event.

However, recalling it still caused Li Minglu's emotional state to decline.

This time, Nan Zhuren did not rush to use "emotional contagion" to manipulate Li Minglu's emotions, but instead used pure counseling techniques to guide Li Minglu.

Nan Zhuren asked, "How did you feel when this happened?"

"I feel unwell." Li Minglu's answer was rather vague.

Nan Zhuren pressed further, "What kind of discomfort is it specifically? Can you describe it with a detailed emotion?"

Li Minglu frowned, a sign that his brain was working hard to think.

He seemed to be carefully savoring the emotions he felt at the time, trying to taste even the slightest flavor within them.

"Perhaps it's... [guilt]."

Nan Zhuren nodded inwardly and continued to guide her step by step: "[Guilt], hmm. So how does your body perceive this [guilt]?"

"Or rather, how does this guilt affect your body?"

Li Minglu frowned.

"I was probably shaking all over. And all the muscles in my body were tense."

"That's right, my body might be resisting me from continuing to contact Lao Xue, and I don't want to burden Lao Xue anymore."

Nan Zhuren captured what she wanted from Li Minglu's narration in this episode.

He decisively chose to repeat the content and expand on it: "You just said that the muscles in your whole body 'tightened,' which is a very good detail."

"So, if you were to use something to describe that state of 'muscle tension' you were in at the time, what would it be?"

Use something as a metaphor?

Li Minglu's thinking completely followed Nan Zhuren's lead.

After thinking for a while, he tentatively said, "Stone? That feeling of all my muscles tightening up, I feel like I'm a stone."

well.

Nan Zhuren felt a little more encouraged; Li Minglu's progress in the consultation was indeed very encouraging.

"So, from now on, let's call this incident of 'going back to my chat history with Lao Xue because I had no inspiration, and then feeling sorry for Lao Xue' the 'Stone Incident,' okay?" A long description was simplified into a shorthand—

[The Stone Incident]

Li Minglu silently pondered the short name, those four simple characters, while his fingers rubbed the small wooden block on his bracelet.

"Okay, from now on we'll call it the 'Stone Incident'."

……

The general feeling of "discomfort" in Li Minglu is broken down into "guilt";
Then replace the emotional guilt with the physical sensation of muscle tension;

Finally, the entire event is summarized using a metaphor such as the "Stone Incident."

"Now, the second step of our [Emotional Memory Rewriting Method], [Detail Deconstruction], is complete."

Nan Zhuren smiled and said to Li Minglu.

Unbeknownst to him, this series of actions had already brought about a subtle change in Li Minglu, though Li Minglu himself was unaware of it.

Nan Zhuren had no intention of letting Li Minglu go back and experience it again right now.

It takes until the entire process is completed that a sufficiently large difference in perception is created.

Only when Li Minglu looks back and reflects on it at this point will he feel a complete transformation.

"Next, we will proceed to the third step – [Event Reconstruction]."

When Nan Zhuren finished speaking, he glanced at Li Minglu's hand.

"During this process, I need you to touch the small wooden blocks on your bracelet more frequently, and it's best not to let go of them throughout the entire process."

Li Minglu nodded: "Okay, Teacher Nan."

Nan Zhuren began to guide the process of "event reconstruction".

The content of this "reconstruction" is Li Minglu's thoughts on the "Stone Incident".

Some of these were things that Nan Zhuren needed to build from scratch; others were things that Li Minglu's vague ideas needed to be visualized and solidified.

“When you recounted the ‘Stone Incident’ before, you said, ‘I now know for sure that these ideas are wrong.’”

"So what do you think is wrong?"

Nan Zhuren used Li Minglu's previous words as a starting point to address the topic at this stage.

Li Minglu rubbed the small wooden block on the bracelet with his fingers and recalled, "Old Xue has never said that to me before, probably because he didn't want me to overthink it."

“But he once told Xiaosui that the paintings I created after I got sick had a flavor that I didn’t have before… Although it’s hard to say whether they’ve become better or worse, they’ve certainly become more ‘rare,’ which is why they sell better.”

"If we look at it this way, then my getting this disease is actually a good thing for Lao Xue?"

Nan Zhuren paused for a moment.

Editor Xue deliberately didn't tell you, but told your wife instead, but your wife still managed to find out about it indirectly, right...?

Try to actively pay attention to this.

"In other words, the change in your work status did not actually have any negative impact on your friend Lao Xue's work."

Li Minglu nodded.

"I need you to repeat my summary while continuing your current actions."

Nan Zhuren glanced at Li Minglu's actions of stroking the small wooden block.

　I've had a lot more reports and assignments lately, so with all the work and constant mental output, my inspiration has dried up.

　　I've been writing this chapter since 11 a.m.

　　There should be one more chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)