Chapter 1726 The Goddess’s Secret Word (Seventy-one)

In Western culture, some things that look normal may not necessarily look normal in other parts of the world, such as corsets.

Older women will teach girls when they reach a certain age to pay attention to their external image. Even if a ballet girl has a good figure, the teacher will say that if you can be thinner, maybe you can dance better.

Mothers and older women are often the "messengers" who convey social information and values. They will tell girls about men's preferences. Boys will also encounter the same problem. For example, when their elders are fishing, they will tell them what they want.

Such a man represents success.

There are many people whose self-esteem is strongly dependent on the praise of others. In order to be recognized by society and ensure harmonious coexistence with others, even those they dislike, they will put on a personality mask, even if this mask is far from their own personality.

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The more compliments the persona receives, the more they regard the mask as their true personality, to the point where they are unable to recognize themselves, and even find that the real self is very different from the mask they imagined, and refuse to admit their true personality flaws.

In mental illness, it is called a personality disorder, which is prone to occur in a specific group of people with long-term and rigid thoughts and behaviors. The proportion in the mental illness prevalence survey published in the United States is not high, but the impact of this group of people

Very big, they usually make themselves miserable and others miserable when all they want is praise.

In other words, it is easy for these people to be what others want them to be, but it is difficult to be themselves. He is very impatient when practicing the piano. He wants to play baseball more, but if he gets a reward for playing the piano, he will make his parents proud.

, parents who like to show off cannot feel the loneliness inside their children and ignore this "sense of separation".

Most people have experienced an occasional slight sense of dissociation from their consciousness or identity. This "dissociation" phenomenon is very normal, but for a few people it becomes so intense and extreme that they break away from themselves and become someone else.

People may lose their memory and sense of reality and find it difficult to live. If the symptoms are mild, it can be called schizophrenia. If the symptoms are severe, you must seek medical treatment.

The true self cannot be suppressed. Even if someone puts on a personality mask for social life and shows their lovable side to everyone. But that part of the true self is only suppressed, not disappeared. Some movies

There are often plots like this in the movie. A young man who everyone thinks is an outstanding young man is actually a serial killer. Sometimes there is a small gap in his memory. Some people only appear after sleeping. Night is his "work"

At this time, this kind of multiple personality killer is the most difficult to catch, because he himself may not even know that he has a split personality disorder.

Truly crazy people don't know they're crazy, like Ms. Pope who threw the hot water bottle at Martha. She may have a stress-induced somatoform disorder, a disorder characterized by an intense focus on physical symptoms, such as pain or fatigue.

, and given that the town of Salem was shrouded in panic caused by witch curses and "devil's hands" at that time, Ms. Pope was very worried about her physical condition.

Anxiety and excessive mental stress caused her to transition from emotional pain to physical discomfort. Many people would want to go to the bathroom because of nervousness. If Salem had modern equipment for diagnosis and treatment at that time, Ms. Pope should be able to be diagnosed

There were no corresponding organic lesions on her body, let alone the witch she mentioned wanting to take out her intestines.

The intestines and stomach also have sympathetic nerves like the bladder, and can easily cause gastrointestinal disorders. Although Ms. Pope's behavior of throwing things was excessive, it was still within the scope of understanding. The trouble was the adult women who accused her together with the little girl.

The word "hysteria" already existed in ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. People at that time thought that this disease was caused by the "wandering uterus" and referred to the dramatic or hysterical behavior unique to women.

Are they "obsessed" because of acting or because of physical disorders caused by conversion hysteria?

If it is the latter, then this is a self-defense mechanism caused by subconscious conflicts caused by anxiety. Whether it is screaming, twitching, crawling, blindness, loss of hearing and speaking ability, it is normal, but if they are acting

If so, the nature will change.

This was a malicious slander, in other words, calculated to bring about the death of Martha Corey, who would have cried "Burn that witch" had it not been that the New England method of executing witches was to hang them.

Histrionic personality disorder, also known as hysterical or attention-seeking personality disorder, is a personality disorder characterized by being overly emotional or exaggerating words and deeds to attract the attention of others. People with histrionic personality disorder often behave provocatively.

Sexuality and they pay great attention to their appearance. This type of people are emotionally exposed, expressive, and can express their emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy. They are delicate and pretentious, prone to losing their temper, and like the sympathy and pity of others. Their emotions are changeable and easy to be suggested. They are self-centered.

Central, good at communication and self-expression. Demands a lot from others and does not consider other people's feelings. Superficial thinking, not used to logical thinking, appears naive and childish. The incidence rate in women is about twice that of men.

There are many people who exaggerate like this, but it is rare to become ill. It is mainly related to childhood experiences.

Histrionic personality disorder is easily confused with dependent personality disorder. Women in the 17th century were completely dependent on their husbands. If the husband was a very controlling person or relatively cold and ruthless, the wife would lack self-confidence in life and be overly dependent on others.

And play her ideal role that she thought he would like.

For example, Martha Cory jumped out to accuse Martha Corey of giving birth to a mixed-race child. Martha's behavior deserves to be despised more than being unchaste. Everyone can despise her and whip her.

Those little girls who are old enough to be her granddaughters have also lost their respect for the authority of their elders and made sarcastic remarks. Now they are the "queens" of Salem. They say that everyone else must do what they say. The staff in the court do not follow their orders.

Did you say you checked Martha's hand?

It would be great if I could run away at this time, but if I ran away, I might be wanted as an accomplice of the witch. And where could I run to? To the Indians?

In the evening, Pastor Rosen, accompanied by Ingersoll's wife Hannah, arrived at Parris' home. Sabbath prayers had already begun in the living room on the first floor.

However, upstairs, a pale little girl ran back and forth in the room, raising her arms high and shouting "Hoo ho ho" as if she could fly.

If the witch flew like her without lifting her feet off the ground, then Rose wouldn’t raise her arms when she and Jack went on a date on the bow of the Titanic to avoid being accused of being a witch. In fact, Abigail could fly from the top of the building

Jump up and down to see if it will fly into the air. Unfortunately, people are rational and know that jumping from the stairs will break their bones. However, Hannah Ingersoll tried to stop her but still couldn't succeed.

Abigail was possessed after all.

When she had finished snoring, Abigail stood in front of Rosen, pointed at an invisible figure and asked, "Don't you see her?"

Rosen looked in the direction she pointed, but there was nothing there.

"Why is she standing there?"

"Who is she you are talking about?" Paris, exhausted mentally and physically, stopped praying and asked.

"Old Rebecca Nurse, there are two priests here and she dared to give me a book." Abigail said proudly, "As far as I know, it is a book from the devil. She told me that there is no need to sign it.

, just touch the scroll."

"How can I believe that what you say is true?" Rosen asked.

Abigail ran to the fireplace where Tituba had seen the winged flying creature, and reached for a large piece of burning wood.

She got carried away and left the logs around the house and tried to climb up the chimney, but she tried many times without success.

Even when holding charcoal with bare hands, Abigail's hands were still white and clean, without any traces of burns. However, it was not so much a "miracle" as an evil force, which perhaps Rosen had never seen before.

After a long time he returned to normal and discussed with Paris the next day's sermon.
Chapter completed!