A flood of patients seeking treatment
Digging pits, leading people astray, kicking them into ditches—the methods might vary, but the principle remained the same. Using hypnosis to treat people and using it to trick them were fundamentally not so different.
The final phrase, "little top student," was like a trigger switch for the suggestion. It brought the effects of the earlier guidance fully into place, linking the false, illusory memory with a real one and allowing the psychological suggestion to last for quite a long time.
In idiom, you could sum up this method as "deceiving oneself and others." It was also known as Ah Q's spiritual victory method.
Children needed plenty of encouragement and praise. Only by continually surpassing themselves could they grow and improve.
Using hypnosis, Li Bai had helped an elementary school student in fourth grade regain her confidence. The academic pressure she faced after moving up to the next grade would naturally be offset by that confidence.
How difficult could an elementary schooler's schoolwork be?
Could it be harder than middle school or high school?
Try asking someone who knows a thing or two about math olympiads!
Li Bai understood both student life and hypnosis. He hadn't even prescribed any medicine; he'd simply used a treatment suited to the problem, and the effect had been immediate.
Soy lecithin wasn't a medicine. It was a byproduct of processing soybean oil. Adults normally absorbed ten grams a day; any more wouldn't be absorbed. There were no obvious side effects—in other words, like chocolate, it was harmless to eat.
"Go on home! Get plenty of rest, and don't rush to open your textbooks."
Li Bai handed the treatment plan to Xu Qiao's parents with both hands. He hadn't prescribed any medicine at all, fully adhering to the cautious principles