Chapter 946 “Apéritif”

You shall not eat the blood of any living creature, for the blood of any living creature is its life. Anyone who eats blood shall be cut off.

——Bible "Genesis"

"This is not wine."

Mills said after taking a sip of the drink in the goblet.

"That's a mixture of separated pig blood and tomato juice." Anthony observed Mills's expression carefully. "I'm sorry, Mr. Mills, do you refuse to drink blood?"

"The food you cook is really dark." Mills shrugged and drank all the pig blood in the cup.

The side dish after the starter is licorice smoked salmon. The Celts on London Island in the UK had the habit of drinking blood, and the most impressive British dish is fish and potatoes.

The cold-smoked salmon has a licorice aroma, which is mixed with the tender and plump taste of the salmon meat. It simply melts in your mouth. The creamy mashed potatoes are sprinkled with a layer of basil leaves, which smells particularly pleasant.

"Dark, but delicious. Many people call dark magic 'Dark art'. To them, dark magic is not evil, but a kind of art, just like my dining table." Anthony looked at the table in front of him. A table with horns and fruit "one guest said it looked like Nero's dinner party."

"Seriously, this is the most luxurious decoration I have ever seen. Do you eat like this every day?"

"What do you usually eat? Mr. Mills, do you cook your own food?"

"No, why should a person bother himself so much?"

"In my opinion, when you eat alone, you have to spend more time enjoying the process of cooking and plating. When you are immersed in it, you won't feel the loneliness." Anthony put the pig's blood in the crystal jug. Tomato juice was refilled for Mills. "As I said just now, sex is not a necessary desire. People arrange candlelight dinners not to please themselves, but to please their partners, hoping that they will get 'good luck' tonight."

"Aren't you worried about getting sick?" Mills asked.

"That's another source of anxiety. Some people are worried that no one will take care of them when they get sick, so they get married and have children, hoping that someone will take care of them when they get sick."

"And?" Mills asked.

"People feel anxious when they lose their goals. Mr. Mills, I spend the time and energy required to raise children on a healthy and moderate lifestyle and buying insurance. My partner and children may not turn out as some people expect. To take care of themselves at the critical moment of their illness, nurses who are paid to take care of people must do this. It is the nature of all animals to like rewards. Patients with hoarding disorder have experienced this from the process of shopping and collecting items since they were teenagers. It is a great pleasure to use shopping to offset low mood and depression. However, people with hoarding disorder will feel intense pain and anxiety when throwing away anything. Everything has potential in their hearts. Usefulness or sentimental value, this can be seen as an obstacle to independence. Middle-aged white women have a strong desire to take care of them. They will keep many cats. This is what you think in your mind. 'You don't worry about living alone and being taken care of after death. Did a cat chew off its own face? Did you often deal with cases like this when you were a police officer?"

"I didn't think so..."

"I'm a single man, so I should be as slovenly and unkempt as other single men. My house is full of pizza boxes, unwashed clothes, and messy dishes in the sink?" Anthony looked at it with a smile.

Mills.

"Then what's the problem?" Mills said expressionlessly.

"When was the last time you spent the night with a woman?"

"Oh my God!" Mills shouted exaggeratedly.

"Religion can save people's souls, but it cannot save our sinful bodies. If you don't plan to remarry, then you should learn to enjoy loneliness. I enjoy my current life very much. Do you like your current living situation?"

"You are...oh, I forgot, you are a psychiatrist."

"You have anger management issues, Mr. Mills, and many people have similar issues, but given your record, I would suggest that you seek professional psychotherapy."

"Just mind your own problems."

"People always seek help from doctors when their problems are so serious that they cannot live, whether it is psychological or physical, but doctors are not omnipotent God, and not all problems can be solved. I used to be a surgeon, but...

A family member of a patient attacked my colleague because he did not save his wife. Emotions and motivations all have a common root 'mot', which is derived from the Latin 'motus'. Each emotion consists of four

It consists of components, physiological arousal, cognitive interpretation, subjective feelings and behavioral expressions. It can be divided into positive and negative. The patient was controlled by negative emotions and then developed aggressive behavior. I understand his mood very well, but I don’t want to be his vent.

Object of emotion.”

"Why don't you become a plastic surgeon instead?" Mills asked.

"It is a sad thing if there is a twisted soul hidden under a beautiful appearance. I prefer to help others overcome obstacles. The natural one is the most beautiful. It is not really possible to use a scalpel to cut a healthy human body into the shape the customer wants.

To solve their problems, Freud said that "the essence of psychoanalysis is healing through love." The human body is not a plaster statue, and doctors are not sculptors. I regret that I can no longer hold a scalpel, but there is no such thing as practicing psychiatry.

Makes me feel like I'm overqualified and I'm glad I can help others."

"What is psychosurgery?" Mills asked.

"The early 20th century was about lobotomies and amygdala destruction. Do you know Phoenix Gage?"

"Do you know who Donald Duck is? Doctor."

"After a serious accident, Gage was lucky to survive. Although there was a hole in his head, his speech was as usual and his thinking was clear. However, his behavior and personality changed dramatically. He lost the feeling of pain. He

He was originally a kind and polite person. After the accident, he became vulgar and rude, impatient with things, stubborn, willful, capricious and indecisive. He always seemed unable to plan and arrange what he was going to do.

, his friends said, 'He was no longer Gage.' After his death, neurologists performed an autopsy on his brain. The accident caused Gage to lose the function of his ventromedial prefrontal cortex, its structure.

Very similar to the adjacent orbitofrontal cortex. The orbitofrontal cortex is involved in complex decision-making processes, which in turn involves people's sensitivity to risks, rewards, and punishments. Damage to this part of the brain will cause patients to have difficulty suppressing impulses and responding to events.

There is a problem with understanding. After experiencing that incident, do your friends think you are still the same David Mills?"

"My head is not injured."

"Do you have a smoking habit?"

"What does that matter?"

"Berlin Charité University Hospital found that compared with non-smokers, the orbitofrontal cortex area of ​​​​the cerebral cortex of smokers tends to be thinner. Moreover, the more smokers smoked per day and the longer the smoking time, the thinner the orbitofrontal cortex.

Thin. Our brains were designed before we were born. The orbitofrontal cortex, located in the prefrontal area of ​​the brain, contains the main neural mechanisms involved in the generation of human emotions, related to emotions such as regret, happiness, embarrassment, anger, sadness, etc. Some

The 'killer' is born with this area thinner than ordinary people. If he still has the habit of smoking, it will be even worse. Smoking is not only harmful to the health of the lungs, but also affects the brain, as all doctors say,

I suggest you stop smoking and drinking alcohol, and change your lifestyle. Trauma is not necessarily physical. The focus of traumatic stress disorder is to avoid thoughts and images of traumatic experiences. If you don't like reading, you don't have to read.

Don't use chasing the devil as a reason to escape."

"You told your patients the same thing?" Mills's eyes widened in unkindness.

"We are friends, and as friends we should be sincere." Anthony said calmly, "Emotion is the opposite of reason. Men think more rationally than women, but they also rely more on decision-making. Women are less likely to think rationally, and they are more critical.

The unfiltered imitation around them has led to women’s versatility and elusiveness. Men need to use knowledge and means to surpass other men and prevent being surpassed. Do you think you are a rational person? David."

Mills stared at Anthony without saying a word.

"The trauma is not just physical. Your life has been shattered after your wife died. Religion can only provide you with a place to escape. You should face the problems of the past and rebuild a sense of security."

"No wonder you are the most expensive psychiatrist in Los Angeles. You don't just eat with girls, right?" Mills said with a smile, "You want me to be your research subject?"

"I prefer to use the word 'friend'." The doctor also smiled and looked at Mills. "I have never lied to you from the beginning. Science will not lie. Religion will create a virtual paradise. You should believe in science.

guard."

Phineas Gage is visible on Baidu

So, what is the difference between psychosurgery and neurosurgery? (dog head)
Chapter completed!