strange village

Early in the morning, Dongyue was complaining to Zhu Yao at the dining table, while spreading a layer of amber transparent syrup on the surface of the baked bun slices.

"I fell asleep like that last night, why didn't you wake me up?"

"You are tired, and the wind blows again, afraid that you will get sick."

Dongyue rubbed her nose, and said, "I was a little uncomfortable last night, but I'm fine now after sleeping."

"Go on, you just said that you came to the mountains in recent years?"

"To be exact, it was three years. I have been a student of Zhou Yaping for eight years, but it was only three years ago that I was brought to the village to participate in the affairs here."

When Dongyue asked this question, she realized that she didn't even know how old Zhu Yao was. He looked between the eyebrows of the other party, and thought that he should be under thirty. It was incredible that he was willing to stay in that closed place for a long time at this age.

"You should have guessed that what we do in the village is related to the residents there."

Dongyue had already thought that there must be something hidden about Lin Changchang, but did the other villagers do the same?

"All of them? Could it be the one in the library too?"

Zhu Yao nodded, "Well, they are all our research objects."

"What kind of research, can't you tell me?"

"It's not impossible to say," he stopped, raised his right hand and pointed to his cheek.

Dongyue was a little helpless, but still quickly approached him and pecked on his face.

Zhu Yao seemed satisfied, and continued: "To put it simply, let's take Lin Changchang as an example. She had a very painful experience. She became a family member of a murderer because of her brother's criminal behavior. How should I put it, it may be because of" The survivor’s guilt “has contributed to her chronic depression.”

"She's guilty?"

"In fact, her state of mind is quite complicated, but there is no doubt that she has obvious feelings of guilt. On the one hand, she is far away from the original sound family, and failed to help her younger brother who has psychological problems. There is no such thing as empathy, but perhaps it is because she is both a woman and a strong woman, so her feelings are deeper."

He took a sip of tea and continued.

"After their deaths, many things became a mystery to Lin Changchang, such as what happened to them, what happened between the two of them, and why her gentle brother suddenly changed his temperament. It's an elusive thing, but this kind of thing will generally be forgotten over time, but she didn't."

"In fact, this kind of situation is not uncommon. Many people will not gradually get better over time after experiencing major trauma, and forgetting does not necessarily bring relief. Make up even scarier stories."

"Make up a story?" Dongyue interjected.

"Yes, in fact, all facts, once processed by human senses and brain, cannot be called the complete truth, but stories. People often think that first love is particularly beautiful, and the former lover is perfect in memory, but If you pursue the truth to see what that person is like, you may find that this is not the case, and your first love may not look good at all, this is the beautification of memory."

In many cases, the brain will help people forget or beautify painful memories. This function is actually very important.Human evolution is very cruel. One of the manifestations is that women will quickly forget the pain of childbirth. Less than two years after going through that amazing pain, a woman will have the desire to have children again. If you ask her, you forgot to give birth How much does it hurt?She will definitely be stunned, and then in a subconscious panic, she will give you an inexplicable answer: You have never had a child, you don't understand.Perhaps the gene with a good memory has already disappeared in history because they dare not reproduce again.

People can clearly remember the pain of getting herpes zoster ten years ago, but they can’t remember the process of pregnancy and childbirth just one year ago. If there is no text diary to remind her of the feeling of this experience, they will quickly forget the bloody childbirth , I don’t remember how much it hurts at all, this is the brain’s self-protection, otherwise everyone will suffer from PTSD.

"Lin Changchang obviously didn't follow this way, but developed to the bad side. This kind of influence may not be visible in a short time, because on the surface it may be calm, life is not much different from the past, until many Only when it breaks out in the next year will you realize that the impact of that incident has never disappeared. People often say that the current problem must be solved immediately, but some people say that it is better to leave it to time than to struggle with pain. However, suspense is You don't know what time will bring you, it may be the joy that makes people forget the pain, or it may be a □□. For Lin Changchang, it is the worst, because when a person dies, he can There are very few ways to reconnect with the dead and rediscover the truth. She has tried many methods, but none of them can be solved. The family has a strong sense of insecurity.

"Is this persecution delusion?" Dongyue asked.

"There are some similarities. The difference is that she clearly knows her own situation. It is the uneasiness that arises after repeated thinking. Sometimes it is just a feeling without much basis. It is a kind of distrust and fear, and she knows She had a problem, but her family's kind care only added to her pressure and guilt."

"She received formal examination and treatment, but she had no trauma, nor was there any organic disease. She began to suspect that it was a genetic inheritance, and the more time passed, the more she believed it. Long, she not only doubted the people around her, she was also afraid of herself, she couldn't live normally in the family. So after raising her children, she chose to live alone."

"So she found Zhou Yaping later? Or did Zhou Yaping find her?"

"It was she who found the teacher."

Come to think of it.

"Although we have not publicly recruited volunteers, there are still people coming from all over the world. People like Lin Changchang actually have several choices."

"choose?"

"Yes, although they have signed the contract, these people still have the right to choose, whether it is at the beginning of the experiment or on the way."

"What do you mean by choice?"

"To put it simply, there are roughly two types. One is memory correction, like a memory eraser. It is simple and painless to erase the painful memories. The other is more complicated, that is, Pei Chang The reason for the appearance, changed her name and changed her surname to come to the world again with the same posture, which can be said to be a reincarnation in a certain sense. Her memory was completely extracted, edited from a certain node, and a new setting was entered to start a new life. Life."

"What's the difference between this and restarting your life?"

"That's right, it's almost like that. But this kind of choice takes a very long time. It takes many years to wait, and there are many changes in the middle."

"Found another solution?"

"Yes, in fact, there are still many solutions to the pain. These people are constantly trying. Some people's conditions are not too serious, and they can recover with time. Some people just put their lives on solving problems. In the pattern of thinking that there is something wrong with your life and you have to fix it or you can’t move on. But it’s not always like that, sometimes people have to live with problems and pain. They’re all here for different reasons , Some are irreversible matters of life and death like Lin Changchang. Some are common psychological problems, such as low self-esteem, feeling too ugly and fat, being betrayed by a lover, or other interpersonal problems."

"Then the threshold here has not been broken?"

"Yeah, especially the first option. In fact, there are many psychotherapies like this. The key lies in strong psychological suggestion, which is a kind of self-deception to a certain extent. But some people are not good at doing that naturally, so they rely on external forces to improve memory. The article is very convenient. It deletes the unpleasant memories and negative emotions together, but this does not change the essence, that is to say, a fat person is still a fat person, but you don’t remember anyone hurting you because of it, so you don’t care gone."

"But because too many people pay attention, there are still some problems. Some people make a fuss about personal privacy issues. The second is the cost issue. Many people come to participate because of trivial matters, and then regret it. The initial investment in this matter is also quite a lot. Yes, this cannot continue, so we can only raise the bar."

"First of all, it is necessary to continue to donate to the research project foundation for more than five years. This is not just a matter of money, but requires participants to have a better understanding of what will happen next, and proper consideration is also a buffer period. During this period, there is still room for regret. Secondly, the participant must accept the follow-up and monitoring of the research institute from the beginning of the project to the end of his life. Although we will not interfere with his life or disclose any information about him, this is still under the nose of others Many people are unwilling to accept living under the roof, so there will be a lot fewer participants."

"Then why do they live in the village?" Dongyue asked, the baked bun slices had been delivered for a long time, and they were not so crispy, so he simply soaked them in milk to eat.

"They were waiting to die a natural death."

"Wait to die?"

"That's objectively true, but it's not as negative as you might think."

Is there anything negative to say about waiting for death?Dongyue thought.

"Of course, they live like normal people, but they don't have special expectations for the outside world as in the past. They look forward to a new life after death. Many people find inner peace in this state. In a sense, this is similar to religion. Faith works similarly and there are definite means of making sure that it happens and they can even participate in some way, it's their connection to the future. So most of them are doing well in the village The reason why the almost utopian mode of operation can be maintained is because these people have no excessive desire for the present world, which actually makes their mental state much better."

"It sounds like hospice care."

Zhu Yao smiled and said, "Maybe."

"But some people in the village are still very young, isn't this too arbitrary?" He thought of the round-faced girl who often came to the house to help cook.

"Pain knows no age. As long as we are adults, we will not reject the choice we made carefully. But in the village, some young people are like Huaixiu, they are bionics, they can be regarded as staff. "

"No wonder." Dongyue suddenly realized. "So you knew about it a long time ago? You still kept it from me."

"It's not like that. This set of procedures was established many years ago, and the procedures were written by the teacher long ago. That is to say, as long as I am responsible for disposing of the corpse and updating her status in the system, everything will go according to plan. The newly designed park settings are very trendy and fashionable. I have never seen such a desolate situation. It should have existed here for a while, and it has nothing to do with me. I am not sure why the recently dead experimental experience appeared in the here."

"Aren't they going back to normal society? Don't want to go back to their families?"

"Of course, if that's what they want, they can do that while they're alive. It's not much different from the outside world, just on a smaller scale. But the important thing is that the long-term effect of this approach is still unknown, and it has not yet been established." To be recognized by society, so it can only be here."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?"

"This is top secret information."

"Then why are you telling me now?"

"I didn't expect you to come here, and I didn't know it would develop into what it is now."

When Dongyue heard this, she felt ashamed.