Parental Qualification Certificate

Chapter 37

"You won't take the mantle off and never become a mother in your life because of your condition?" Jungkook asked her.

Lisa nodded, "Mostly... yes."

"I don't know much about this disease. But online sources say that it has a great impact on people and such people often make some bad choices at critical moments. Why is that?"

"Because 'the subconscious is the boss'!"

"What do you mean?"

"There is a psychological text on this topic. It says: When people are faced with making a choice, it is not your conscious mind that makes the decision, but your subconscious mind."

Jungkook looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

Lisa explained to him, "When facing a situation, our consciousness only analyzes the possible consequences of different possible choices based on memory, experience, knowledge, and collected information. It is like an employee in a company doing a feasibility report on a project."

Jungkook nodded as if he understood, "Then the subconscious makes a choice based on this 'feasibility report,' like a boss in a company?"

"Yes. The subconscious will make decisions based on his tendency and the analysis of his consciousness."

"What is the 'tendency' of the subconscious?" Jungkook was curious, but his tone was very flat.

"Simply put, it chooses which one of the two it prefers– the pursuit of what is desired or to escape as a defense mechanism."

"It's like in a company where the boss tends to pursue profit or avoid risks?"

"That's right. There are many spiritual sources of motivation in the human subconscious mind. But in general, they can be classified into these two categories: the pursuit of what is desired and escape from the struggle."

"Can you give an example?" Jungkook said. "It's a bit abstract."

Lisa said, "For example, if a product is useless to you, would you buy it? Buying it is to pursue the thrill of shopping, not buying it is to avoid wasting money. The decision you make depends only on your subconscious, whether it is more eager to gain pleasure by shopping or being reluctant to lose money."

"Another example, you refused to let me visit the little Dove before, just to avoid trouble or the harm I could cause to little Dove. You wished to give little Dove a safe environment for her growth."

Jungkook laughed, "Then I changed my mind now, what do I wish for? What did I avoid earlier?"

Lisa said, "What you desire and run away from has not changed. What has changed is the 'feasibility report' submitted by your consciousness."

"Now this 'new report' has lowered my risk index for hurting little Dove, and has increased the index of favourability that allowed me to visit Dove."

"Overall, whether you refused me before or changed your mind now, it's all because you cared for and loved little Dove. Unless there is any other hidden reason."

Jungkook thought about it and concluded, "There is no other reason. You analyzed it very accurately."

Then he inferred from the following, "So the reason the subconscious trauma syndrome has a large impact on people is that their subconscious boss is abnormal?"

"Yes. This disease will distort, alienate, and reverse the subconscious. It will make people long for what they shouldn't want, escape from what they shouldn't. The direction of thinking is quite different from ordinary people."

Jungkook was a little confused. So Lisa decided to give another simple example, "Have you heard of the Banana phobia?"

Jungkook shook his head. He knew very little about psychological diseases.

"Will anyone be afraid of bananas?" He felt a little weird.

"This is a classic case in the history of psychology."

"A thousand years ago, Ms. Fran was mischievous when she was seven years old. Thus, her brother hid a banana in her bed to scare her. Since then, whenever Ms. Fran saw bananas and bananlike objects, she felt a strong sense of fear."

Jungkook's face showed a rare look of curiosity.

Lisa went on to say, "That scare engraved a scar in Ms. Fran's subconscious. This was a subconscious trauma. This scar embedded in the subconscious alienated a part of her brain and made her reject bananas."

"When rejection is strong to a certain degree, it turns to fear."

"As long as this alienation does not disappear, her subconscious will always strongly reject bananas, and her fear of bananas will not disappear. Even if her consciousness says a thousand times and ten thousand times that bananas are not dangerous or bananas are harmless, it won't work at all."

"Unexpectedly, a prank with a banana can lead to such serious consequences. The subconscious mind is more easily injured than I thought."

Lisa sighed, "So many people have subconscious trauma syndrome."

"Is it a lot?"

"A lot. But about 67% of them are first-level, which has a little impact on people; 23% are second-level; 6% are third-level... In short, the more serious the disease, the fewer the cases."

"The heavier the trauma, the worse the illness?" Jungkook asked.

"Yes. But the same injuries could cause completely different trauma to different people. This is related to the age of the victim, and also to many factors in the subconscious.

"Then, let's talk about something else." Jungkook held up the coffee cup, took a sip, and asked her with a smile, "Do you know why I donated my germ cells?"

"Why?"