Chapter 443 If Everything Is Not an Illusion

Considering that Li Mu had come three times and mentioned that he might have amnesia, rage and terrible fantasies three times, Mu Chun opened the drawer and asked Li Mu to complete a set of scale tests.

The test lasted for 20 minutes, and Li Mu answered all the questions very carefully.

According to the results of the scale, Li Mu had widespread anxiety and hallucinations.

The latter caught Mu Chun's attention. When Li Mu first came to the outpatient clinic of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Mu Chun noticed that he might have some hallucinations.

Li Mu looked like a man with quick thinking and high demands on himself, and he knew that he could get through difficulties through doctors.

"Is it serious? Do I have any mental illness or something?" Li Mu asked as patiently as possible.

"How many hours do you sleep a day now?" Mu Chun asked.

"Not necessarily. I have been recording programs recently. I usually get home between two and four in the morning. Although I try to sleep when I get home, I can't fall asleep quickly every time, and I can't sleep very late, basically 4-5 hours."

Li Mu became more and more anxious as he spoke, "I can be described as exhausted now."

"Is it because of your hallucinations?" Mu Chun asked?

"No, I don't think it's an illusion, it's real. I went to see my neighbor today." Li Mu told Mu Chun that he suspected that there was a water leak upstairs and then found that it was not a water leak upstairs, but a terrible thing on the ceiling of his bathroom.

Mu Chun listened in fascination and then said, "Is it a cat?"

Li Mu opened his eyes wide in astonishment, "Doctor, what did you say?"

"I said there might be a cat in the ceiling." Mu Chun repeated.

"No, no, how could it be possible?" Li Mu kept shaking his head, how could it be a cat?

Now Li Mu would rather believe that someone hid a body above the bathroom than believe that there was a cat there. For some reason, Li Mu just didn't want to think about it.

"Look, there is blood on your car. That's because you rescued a bloody cat from the bushes yesterday. Then, you found cat sounds and cat footprints in the bathroom many times, and you also saw blood on your wife's face and hands. You are also worried that you accidentally crushed a black cat in the community when you came back from the New Year's Day holiday. All these things clearly point to the cat, but you don't want to admit it, right? This logic is not difficult for you to understand and explain. Your real fear is not this."

Mu Chun's tone gradually changed from the mysterious storytelling to a serious explanation. Li Mu couldn't refute anything, because indeed, Mu Chun seemed to be right.

"And I have evidence. There must be a cat in your bathroom. Do you want to know?" Mu Chun tried to ask.

"Don't scare me, doctor. I'm actually afraid of real cats." Li Mu sighed, got up and walked to the window, opened the window, and took a few deep breaths of air outside the window.

"I have a patient here, an 80-year-old lady who says she can't sleep every night. When asked why, she said it was because she always heard the sound of a cat meowing in the middle of the night, and it was a scream." Mu Chun said slowly, and then leaned back in the chair and paid attention to Li Mu's expression.

"Screaming?" Li Mu frowned.

"Yes." Mu Chun nodded.

Li Mu suddenly laughed and spread his hands and said, "What does that have to do with me? There are many reasons why the elderly can't sleep, and it's not strange to hear a cat meow."

"Yes, if it was just a cat meow, I wouldn't find it strange, but this old lady lives in your community, and I just compared the addresses of your two homes, and this old lady lives on the same floor as you."

Mu Chun's eyes were full of worry. He looked at Li Mu, following Li Mu's eyes, but Li Mu turned his face away.

"Maybe it's a coincidence." Li Mu said softly.

"Yes, I think it's a coincidence. So I prescribed some sleeping pills for her, urging the old lady to sleep well and not to think about it when she can't sleep. How can a cat be outside in the middle of the night in the winter, right?" Mu Chun said.

"Yes, it should be, I just don't know, I'm afraid I did all these things, but I don't remember." Li Mu covered his face with his hands and rubbed it several times.

Mu Chun got up and poured him a cup of hot water.

"Thank you." Li Mu took the cup and thanked him. "What did the questions just now say? Am I mentally ill?"

Mu Chun laughed and paced back and forth on the ground. "If you were about ten years younger than you are now, I might tend to pay attention to the possibility of schizophrenia in your mental disorder, because they look very similar. Fantasies that are out of touch with reality, imagined domestic violence, and various non-existent hallucinations really look like that."

"That's what it is, right? Will it be better if you give me some medicine? Will this hallucination disappear? Once I have a rage attack, I will see myself beating others violently, and then I will hear the sound of cats when I go home late at night. I am probably hallucinating, and I also have amnesia problems, so, if I take some medicine and sleep well, will it be fine?"

Li Mu is eager to confirm that he does have a mental illness. Such patients are really rare.

But Mu Chun knew very well that Li Mu's situation was not that simple. He seemed to be mentally disturbed and had hallucinations partly because of his own health problems, long-term fatigue and endless work, lack of sufficient sleep, and even did not meet the minimum sleep requirements.

It seems not difficult to evaluate a mental illness under such work intensity and mental pressure, but once a conclusion such as schizophrenia symptoms is easily drawn, it will not be of any benefit to Li Mu, and may even lead Li Mu in circles.

Mu Chun knew very well that what he needed now was adequate sleep and a clear understanding of the essence of things.

First of all, he had a strong subjective feeling of rage. This problem did exist. According to the evaluation results and Li Mu's supervisor's description, this situation can be clearly seen. For Li Mu's rage and anxiety problems, finding the triggering cause can be effectively alleviated through 3-5 outpatient treatments. Mu Chun believes that Li Mu has a strong desire to seek help. As long as he insists on treatment, it will soon improve.

What bothers Mu Chun is Li Mu's [hallucinations] and his inconsistent explanations of the hallucinations.

This seems to contain something that Mu Chun has not yet noticed.

What exactly is it?

Li Mu clearly wanted to find out the reason for his hallucinations, and he was also eager to get treatment. So what caused him to be so blind to the reality pointed out by the [hallucinations]?

Could it be.