@Melinda Monroe #ThePsychiatrist During the hypnosis something unexpected happened. When I asked the patient her name, she said, “My name is Anishi.”
That was quick, I thought. I quickly improvised my question lineup and asked, “Do you remember your family?”
“Yes”, she said.
You are now reading the fifth chapter. Refer to Inflicted for a chapter-wise listing…
“How many members are there in your family including you?”
“Four. I love my brother. I love to play with him. We used to sneak out of the house and have ice cream at the shop around the corner of our house. After the ice cream we would go and play in the playground and play on the swings…”
She was talking like a little girl. Her voice totally turned to a young girl’s voice. Suddenly she started gasping. I asked, “What happened?”
“Someone is hiding behind the tree. Let’s go home Aman…” a little pause “… I know you want to play we would play tomorrow.”
‘I start walking towards home and push Aman to go faster. There is a man following us so I start walking faster and push Aman more. The man starts to walk faster. Now he starts running. I am really scared but I want Aman to be safe. I think I can distract the man following us by going a different direction so that Aman could reach home safely. Then I stop and tell Aman to go straight home and I run into another lane. I knew a hiding place there and I thought he won’t be able to find me. He was following me as I thought. I go into an under construction villa nearby. I think he didn’t see me.
He stopped right in front of the house. He is calling someone. I am really scared. I hope Aman wakes up mom and dad and they come and get me. A van stopped right in front of the house. Two people get out and all three start walking towards the house. They come in and start looking around. They are talking in a language I don’t understand. A man saw me. I have to run. I get up and start to run past the door. The man grabs me. I try to scream but he has a hand on my mouth. I don’t know what to do and I am really scared. Oh no. Oh no. What are they doing…. Ouch! I want to scream. I can’t… Ouch!!’
After some deep breaths she went still. “Anishi?” I called.
“Anishi’s not here. I’m her sister.”
“What’s your name?”
“Yelda.”
Interesting, I thought. It was time to wake her up. I started the wake up routine. I slowly brought her back from the hypnotic state. She woke up and she was angry. She said, “I didn’t want to tell you all this.”
“What?”
“That Anishi is my baby sister. Now you would think that I am their daughter.”
“No I don’t. Anishi is just a name. It is their daughter’s as well as your sister’s name.”
“Okay.”
“So now you need to come in a few more days so that we can find your parents okay?”
“Okay.”
She walked out and progress could be seen from day one.
