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Dr. Alan J. Hill ([personal profile] workthroughit) wrote 2015-12-20 02:19 am (UTC)

With the record player put back to rights, the doctor returns to his seat. He seems quietly amused that Viatorus both takes to the tea quickly and without question.

"An amnesiac? That's always an interesting element to add to most cases. You know, most films prefer to show a loss of memory being caused by a blow to the head, but in reality? It is usually a case of suppression. The patient does not want to recall what they have lost, either because of it being troublesome or traumatic.

"And in the case I spoke of earlier, trauma was indeed the source of what caused the young man to have his episodes. To begin manifesting figments that were insisting he deviate from his selfish and misled paths. Hallucinations in his case. But one could make the case they aren't much different from the dreams you have while asleep, couldn't they?"

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