Crazy Psychologist

Muchun thought of one of Kurt Vonnegut's favorite humorous jokes, a story about smuggling a wheelbarrow.

For years, a Customs and Border Patrol agent searched a man's wheelbarrow every day and found nothing.

Finally, when the customs inspector was about to retire, he asked the guy, "We've become friends. I've been searching your wheelbarrow every day for years. What on earth were you smuggling?"

"My friend, I smuggle a wheelbarrow."

Vonnegut's humor is very special, and it is very suitable to describe Fang Ming's state at this time. He is troubled by mixed emotions. In fact, the answer has always been right in front of him, but he didn't notice it because it was too obvious.

Humans often turn a deaf ear to the obvious and fail to see the obvious because the human brain is designed to do just that.

Fang Ming was not to blame for this matter, but he invested too much emotion and had too little impact on the matter, which led to a feeling that the surgeon disliked very much - being abandoned.

It is actually very easy to say that this matter is simple. The question is whether Fang Ming is willing to face the simplest logical relationship.

Face the patient head-on or help the patient face the condition head-on.

Telling the patient's condition clearly and clearly is a basic ability that has been repeatedly cultivated by senior doctors when he was a resident physician. Now, has Fang Ming begun to fail to do these tasks?

"Let me tell you a joke." Muchun said suddenly.

"Jokes? You can still tell jokes?"

Facing the questioning eyes, Muchun showed a somewhat helpless look, folded his hands on the table, and then his expression became serious.

"You tell me, I'll try my best to laugh."

"You're really a bit far-fetched about finding joy in hardship."

"ah?"

Muchun told the joke about the unicycle to Fang Ming. Fang Ming's face was very strange after hearing it. It was not at all like the expression that a human being who heard a joke should have. Maybe the joke was really not funny, just like many people couldn't understand Ku. Fang Ming also happens to be one of these people with a special sense of humor.

"So, he always secretly sends the wheelbarrow out?" Fang Ming, who couldn't laugh, could only ask for further explanation. Muchun nodded, "That's what happened."

"What's so funny? What's so obvious? How can I put it? As an audience, you are completely transparent when listening to this joke. If you compare a joke to a fish in the water, if the water is too clean, the fish will be clear. You are clearly swimming there, even if there is humorous logic in such a joke, you just can’t laugh at it, you’re right.”

"Yes." Muchun admitted that the joke was not funny even after Fang Ming's analysis.

"Does your psychosomatic department just tell jokes to patients?"

Muchun smiled awkwardly, "Sometimes, right? Sometimes the patients just look at me as a joke."

"Huh? Hahahahahahaha!" This joke is much funnier than the one just now.

"Since you think the surgery is correct, just ask the patient himself."

"The patient himself——"

"Yeah, no matter how the family members try to help the patient deny the facts, out of good intentions or for reasons they can't explain clearly, the patient himself needs something, and that thing is sometimes more important than the doctor's promise about the future. .”

"What is it?" Fang Ming was suddenly curious. He had never heard of such a statement. He guessed that Mu Chun might have said something like the opportunity or courage to face reality. As a surgeon, he knew that sometimes these things were just It just feels useful, as if obvious logical punchlines wouldn't produce enough humor, and clear, theoretically sound methods might just be fancy words on paper, but that's what it sounds like, and it seems reasonable. It seems that everyone should believe in and be willing to follow this useful spiritual theory. However, Fang Ming's work experience tells him that it is a different situation. It is a confusing and not always effective expectation, and it is not as useful as the literal meaning. .

He waited for Mu Chun's answer and patiently drank a small bowl of shepherd's purse and fish ball soup. The soup was very delicious. The freshness of the vegetables and the sweetness of the fish balls complemented each other. It was originally a very seasonal delicacy. He But he had no intention of tasting it and just drank it mechanically.

"Something you get by yourself is not given by others, but comes from yourself, and it is the kind of thing that you can only get by yourself. Whether it is the opportunity to live, the attitude towards life, or death, you also need to let go. There is something that patients can only master on their own. A bad disease robs a person of his life and makes him lose control of his life. The patient is in deep pain. In fact, it is one thing for them to be afraid of death. It is only when they suddenly lose the sense of reality that they are alive. It’s the scariest.”

"That said, I made it clear to her whether the operation and the progression of the disease would be better. If I ignore the director's advice and have a thorough discussion with the patient, it does not violate the hospital rules."

"Of course, from a professional point of view."

Fang Ming patted his chest and said confidently: "From a professional standpoint."

"That's good." Mu Chun's affirmation actually didn't have much impact on a surgeon's decision. Fang Ming's self-restraint only hovered between "showing off" and "professional stance". His problem was not difficult. , in comparison, the problems his patients face may be more complex.

"Human life is multi-faceted, not just illness and health. The factors that affect a person's sense of reality may not entirely come from the disease itself. The problem may be more complicated, and time is very tight——"

"She just got engaged last night. I heard Shen Zifeng say that she seemed to be severely stimulated. Her husband's ex-girlfriend suddenly appeared and she fainted after saying a blessing. It's very strange to say that she is in trouble today. She was about to commit suicide, but her husband didn't show any nervousness. Do you think it's strange for the family?"

"Perhaps the problem is the marriage. She can't have children after the operation, so she refuses."

"This is inevitable, but we shouldn't hide it from our family."

Muchun shook his head, "Life will become very bad after the operation, and the recovery period will be long. If the relevant functions are not rebuilt, she may have to use ordinary methods to guide excrement?"

"That's for sure." Fang Ming rolled his eyes, thinking that Muchun was not a surgeon after all, so he couldn't ask too much of him.

"Do you think girls can accept this?"

Fang Ming sneered, "So I don't want to leave it alone if my surgery is clean. I'm talking about reconstructing the function. There is obviously a chance. The problem is..."

"For what?"

"I see!"

"What do you understand?" This time it was Mu Chun's turn to look helplessly at Fang Ming's excited look.

"She will not face the future life alone, and it is not just the patient who must completely rely on herself to gain a sense of reality. I must talk to her husband."

"You've lost your great future."

"Then I will become a highly skilled surgeon." After saying that, Fang Ming asked the clerk to pay, saying that he had something else to do, and asked Muchun to eat slowly, picked up his coat and walked out.