Trust yourself

Chapter 14

The therapist went to his professor and told him what Li Chi said to him in their last session. The professor commented.

"This development is fast and surprising. From one extreme to the other, it's disturbing and seems illogical. Beware that he is manipulating you or that he has another type of mental illness and you do not know. Beware that everything he said from the start was a lie (pathological lying), or maybe he is just being a patient who likes to manipulate and deceive others (factitious disorder).

For a brief moment, the therapist was stunned and began to recall everything that had happened with Li Chi. Then he said,

"I don't think this is the situation or that this is his case."

The professor shook his head with a motion that meant it was just a possibility and did not speak. The therapist thought more and then said, "How can I be sure of that?" "He came alone and did not leave any personal information or even contact information. I think all the information he gave me is wrong." "I even think that he uses a pseudonym and not his real name." "It is logical because he is a murderer who must hide his true identity."

The professor commented,

"Or a liar who must prevent others from discovering his lies; all you know is what he tells you, right?"

The therapist replied, "

"If this is his case, I will not be able to help him, and everything I say or do with him will be meaningless, because he already gets what he wants, which is attention." "These patients have no genuine desire for treatment because they have already fulfilled all of their desires by convincing others to believe their lies."

The professor agreed with the therapist's words with a nod of his head, then said,

"All I'm telling you is not to get too excited or emotionally involved with this case. Remember to remain unbiased and objective."

On the other hand, Li Chi was thinking about the therapist's advice to him. He went to the university and began to attend on a regular basis. At first he was shy and nervous, but one of his colleagues started talking to him spontaneously and asked him to compare his notes with Li Chi's notes, so Li Chi calmly gave him his notebook, the colleagues reviewed it, then returned it back to Li Chi after he added some things to the notes that Li Chi hadn't written and said,

"Thank you, handsome young man; by the way, you forgot to write something."

Li Chi looked at what his colleague had written and smiled. because during the lecture he had already gotten lost in his thoughts, thinking about himself. Does he look older than the rest of his colleagues? Does he seem strange to them? __ So he missed a piece of the lecture that he didn't notice. The colleague asked him:

"What is your name?" "My name is Zhao Chen, and you are?"

"I'm Li Chi."

Zhao Chen commented,

"You seem shy and untalkative. Let's be friends. A handsome guy like you will attract the attention of a lot of ladies, and your shyness will allow a talkative person like me to talk and shine up, and maybe I'll get a girlfriend quickly. What do you think?"

Li Chi nodded his head and smiled.

Zhao Chen said,

"Ah, you can talk at least a little with me."

Li Chi nodded to him again, then took notice and said,

"Ah, yes, I will." "I'll talk."

Chen laughed and embraced Li Chi's arm as he said,