Call back the patient's soul
Also known as "scream" and "soul scream". In the old society, the Han people believed in folk customs. It is popular in most parts of the country. In ancient times, it was thought that people would die if they were ill, and their souls would be scattered. Only by evoking souls could they restore their spirits and prolong their lives, so there was a custom of "evoking souls".
The chapter "Evocation of Soul" in Songs of the South is related to this custom. If the babies and children of later generations are scared out of their wits, they must be scared at this time, so that their souls can return, eliminate diseases and eliminate disasters. Different places have different ways.
In modern Dongguan, Guangdong Province, a few pieces of fragrant paper were lit under the eaves, beside the bed or in a frightened place, and the children's clothes were swung back and forth above the flame. With a kitchen knife or scissors in their hands, the rice grains were slapped on the ground and then scattered in all directions, shouting, "Oriental rice grains, western rice grains, southern rice grains, northern rice grains and four pentagonal rice grains. So-and-so (child's name) is back in childhood! Please go to Xuan Nv for nine days to pick up Bo Tonglang. I'm afraid I'll return to XXX! " Wait a minute.
In Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, children write on red paper according to their age (eight characters), put them on the stove, put a bowl of water on the paper, and light incense sticks to kowtow. Then take a bucket, cover it with a bag, light a fire to find the spider at the foot of the club, and even shout "one official (the boss is a big official, the second is a second official) to return!" Until you find two or three spiders, put them in a bucket, hold them to the child's pillow, shout while walking, and put down the mosquito net. In a few minutes, the curtains can be opened.
In Northeast China, North China, Nanjing and other places, family members have identified the places where they have lost their souls. One person called the child, and one person called "Come back!" Shout and shout, go there. The wearer opens his clothes and shoes,' symbolically closes them one by one, and then puts them under his arm, shouting the child's name, and the other party answers,' come back! It means that the soul has been bound. If you go along with it, you think your soul is restored. This kind has been handed down from ancient times.
Psychological basis of "calling for the soul"
Calling the soul is a mother's patent, usually around dinner. Put three incense before calling the soul. After the incense was lit, it began to shout. When shouting, bring the child's name. For example, a child nicknamed Gouwa shouted, "Is the Gouwa scared back?" Mother dog shouted outside the door, and father dog replied in the bedroom, "The dog was scared out of her wits." When people outside the door shout, people in the bedroom want to speak with one voice, usually a dozen or eight voices. Shouts from low to high, melodious and high, showing parents' concern for frightened children.
Is all this really effective? What's the scientific basis? From a psychological point of view, how to explain it?
"Soul Call" reflects adults' care for children and is a complete sense of security for children.
My friend Dandan recalled his thrilling experience as a child. "When I was a child, I was also called by my mother. I was four or five years old then. Because I pestered my father at work, it was useless for him to explain anything. In a rage, my father held me and ran to the well room. When I came to the machine well, I saw the bottomless bottom and heard the croak of frogs at the bottom. I was scared out of my wits and repeatedly said,' I'll stop it.' The next day, I didn't eat or drink, and I was in a trance. Mom kept complaining about dad, and finally they decided to call my soul. I lay in bed, listening to my mother's anxious cry outside the door. My father sat by the bed, touching my forehead with one hand and holding my little hand with the other, answering my mother's questions from time to time. It's comforting to feel that my parents are so close to me and love me so much. The next day, I ate my mother's steamed egg soup. Before noon, I was alive and kicking again. It's still warm to remember the voice of my parents calling at that time. It's all a sense of security: don't be afraid, son. Dad is by your bed, and mom will be here soon. "
After the child is frightened, even if the adults don't scream, the "soul" won't drop, and the child will naturally get better the next day or at most every few days. If the "soul" really fell, did you call it back? Call for the Soul only expresses the care and sustenance of adults for their children. For children, through the story of "calling the soul", he (she) will think that my family likes me very much and cares about me very much, and will get great psychological comfort and gradually forget this unpleasant thing; If the child is frightened and the adults turn a blind eye to it or even scold it, then the child will be deeply hurt psychologically and think that the adults hate him, which will lead to hatred for parents or other family members. So "Call the Soul" can make children love their parents and family more. Establishing a healthy parent-child relationship between children and families is conducive to the healthy development of children's personality.
The Chinese nation has long noticed that childhood experiences have a great influence on people's personality and mental illness. From the perspective of psychoanalysis, our Chinese nation has long noticed the psychological trauma suffered in childhood. Without timely and effective treatment, it may affect his healthy personality development. The effect of this trauma will lurk in his heart, which may lead to the root of neurosis in the future.
There is a great difference in understanding between children and adults. Therefore, the psychological trauma of childhood does not come from the judgment of adults, nor is it based on the experience of adults, but from the eyes of children, which is the self-evaluation of children. Some things are very childish and ridiculous for us adults, but they are unusual for children. Being startled by a dog will never be taken seriously by adults, but it will leave an indelible mark on children's hearts. Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "when you are three years old, you can look at seven years old, and when you are seven, you can look at your whole life". If the traumatic experience of childhood is not treated in time, it will be suppressed into unconsciousness and become the crux or root of illness in the future.
"Soul call" is a folk phenomenon to eliminate children's fear of "soul call", to eliminate its unscientific components and develop it, so as to transform it into a naive language of scientific psychological treatment for children. In this way, for children who are frightened by accidents, we can ask their parents or their most trusted people to give a scientific explanation of such incidents from the perspective of children, supplemented by the most cordial comfort, so as to eliminate their fears. In the future, when they encounter similar incidents, they will not only be afraid, but also know how to deal with them. If the degree of trauma is serious, it can be supplemented with mild drug treatment at the doctor's suggestion. Or find a psychologist for psychotherapy to eliminate the stumbling block in the process of healthy personality growth.