Stanley said, "Have a seat. What do you want to drink?"
"Nothing, let's get right to it." After she finished speaking, Summer realized that she was too anxious. She added, "Rosie is taking a nap at home. I have to go back early."
"OK," Stanley nodded.
He sat upright on the sofa with a serious expression. "Why did you suddenly ask about hypnosis? What happened?"
Summer hesitated for a moment.
Noticing her hesitation, Stanley said gently, his lips curling "Just ask the question."
"Can hypnosis block a person's memory?"
"Hypnosis is used to treat patients with mental disorders. It will hypnotize the patients according to their needs. It is also a psychological hint."
Suddenly, Stanley paused.
Noticing that Summer listened carefully, he continued, "I don't know how to give patients the psychological hint, but people's mind is very complex and it's difficult to control, so it may block their memory as you said."
So, Stanley also thought hypnosis was powerful.
Summer asked with a serious expression, "If their memory is blocked, can it be restored? Or can it cause memory to be in disorders?"
Stanley suddenly laughed. His gaze fell on her face. And then they looked at each other. "Anything is possible, just like you miraculously woke up after being unconscious for three years."
Summer said, "You mean they may remember again?"
"Well, look at it in this way." Stanley thought for a moment and said, "Hypnosis is not that magic. After all, it is just a hint. If the one who is hypnotized gets rid of the hint, the hypnosis may fail."
"Just like what you said, the one who is hypnotized has repeatedly received psychological hints from the hypnotist. The hypnotist tells him he should forget those things. However, if someone around him repeatedly mentions those things, or if there are people and things that can touch him, he will recover his memories eventually."
"Then apart from recovering his memories, what else may happen?" She understood what Stanley said, but Leonardo was not recovering his memories but had memory disorders.
"There may be mistakes and confusion in their memories." Stanley leaned back slightly and changed into a more comfortable posture. "Just like when you woke up, you lost your memory. There are always uncertainties. However, if the one who is hypnotized can't remember correctly, the hypnosis may have affected him deeply. Going too far is as bad as not going far enough. If he is too anxious to recover his memory, he may have memory disorders."
Leonardo was exactly like that.
Thinking of this, Summer frowned, "Then what should he do if his memory is in disorder?"
"I'm not a hypnotist. I can't answer this question. Perhaps you should find the doctor who hypnotized him, and then you can find a solution."
Stanley's words appeared to be directed at someone.
Summer realize that she was so eager that Stanley had guessed something.
Noticing Stanley gazing at her, Summer didn't know what to say.
Stanley asked calmly, "Is it Leonardo?"
Stanley explained so much to her, so she had no reason to hide it from him. "Yes."
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and said to Stanley, "You must keep it a secret. Do not tell anyone else."
"You don't believe me?" Stanley tilted his head and pretended to be disappointed.
Summer heaved a sigh of relief. She said earnestly, "Of course, I trust you since you have saved me from death. By the way, do you know any hypnotist that can make people lose memory?"
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