Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

The visitor Nan Zhihao's thoughts have returned under his control.

He can think now.

After blinking repeatedly and taking deep breaths several times, experiencing the current feeling of his body.

"I feel... a bit afraid afterward." The visitor swallowed, murmuring, "After all, that state just now was very uncomfortable."

"Only after avoiding danger can one feel afraid afterward." Nan Zhubin smiled, "And look, aren't we now able to pull ourselves out of that state through our own efforts?"

Indeed, that is the case.

The visitor was taken aback, closed his eyes to carefully feel his state.

The duration of a [Memory Flashback] doesn't last long, but the damage persists for a long time.

Apart from causing extreme negative emotions in real-time during an episode, it also plunges the individual into prolonged palpitations afterward.

Sometimes the flashback images would reappear in a milder yet annoying [Invasive Memory] form.

But at this moment, the visitor only felt a sudden clarity in his mind.

This relief after the emotional ups and downs... feels a bit like the initial standby state of an overloaded brain rebooting.

Also somewhat like the time of a sage...

Although soon, at the edges of the blank thoughts, those memories and emotions began to erode and invade rapidly again.

But this level of negative feeling, compared to the torment and burden suffered every day for these past three months, has already lightened significantly.

In conclusion, it's—good!

...

No need to proceed with the third landing.

After the [Spiritual Landing], the visitor has recovered quite well.

In this case, using [Self-soothing Landing] wouldn't have much effect and might actually seem redundant.

We can look for an appropriate moment after this consultation to allow [Self-soothing Landing] to take full effect on the visitor to deepen the impression.

Of course, if this moment doesn't appear by the end of the consultation, Nan Zhubin will also provide a demonstration, but the purpose would just be to let the visitor experience the complete [grounding technique] process, enhancing their learning pace of this technique.

For now, continuing to advance the visitor's narration is the right approach.

"Very well, we've now overcome the first [Memory Flashback], which is a significant milestone victory worth commemorating."

For each progress in consultation, the consultant must provide sufficient positive feedback.

When Nan Zhubin spoke these encouraging words, his tone was slightly uplifted, allowing Nan Zhihao to easily feel the joy within.

The visitor also, infected with the joyful atmosphere, couldn't help but curl his lips upward.

"Next, we'll continue the process and complete your narration of that experience. If any problems arise midway, we will perform the [grounding technique] again, alright?"

The visitor's expression froze slightly.

For someone who just had a good experience through the technique, voluntarily picking at negative experiences is a rather harsh task.

But this is an essential process.

Healing is like surgery; it requires incisions and excision.

The visitor will inevitably retreat during this process, hence the need for the consultant's supervision, using their knowledge and experience to make judgments and provide support to the visitor when necessary.

"Alright." Nan Zhihao nodded quickly.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he displayed an extraordinary determination. Although he involuntarily swallowed after nodding, showing signs of nervousness.

But his tone was undeniably firm.

This made Nan Zhubin raise an eyebrow inwardly, praising the visitor's steadfast resolve to change his circumstances.

"We just mentioned the scammer pretending to be your comrade, sending you a QR code, asking you to go to another platform to help repay his debt."

Nan Zhubin provided a reflective [summary] for the visitor: "Did you lose your personal privacy information because of this?"

The visitor took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.

This breath was long, lasting the span of approximately three regular breaths.

Then the visitor nodded, "Yes."

"I was already on my way to the police station then, and... heh."

The visitor gave a self-deprecating laugh, "I was too overconfident back then. I thought since the other side was using my comrade's AI, I must have been tricked, so I thought I could learn more of their methods to help the police track them."

"On one hand, I wanted to maintain contact with the other side, and on the other hand, curiosity drove me... Initially, I said I couldn't download it, so they sent me several QR codes."

"By the third time they sent it, I scanned it and downloaded a... loan app."

The visitor paused at this point.

Nan Zhubin asked, "Did they hack your phone using this app?"

The visitor shook his head, "It wasn't that advanced; modern phone anti-theft measures are already quite advanced. I even downloaded the national anti-fraud app, so those advanced tactics couldn't be used."

"I... tch, after downloading that app, I clicked in, and then a prompt popped up asking for permissions to my contacts, photo album, and phone location..."

Nan Zhubin fell silent for a moment.

The visitor also fell silent for a moment.

"Did you... give them?"

The visitor nodded with difficulty.

"I wasn't thinking much at that time, so I clicked agree without much thought."

"Without much thought?"

"...Yes." The visitor pressed his lips together, "Nowadays, aren't there many applications like chat software, food delivery apps, etc., that have such pop-ups? If you don't agree to those privacy agreements or permissions, you can't use them at all."

"Earlier, I used to reject such pop-ups when downloading apps. But by that night, I would just click agree without thinking when I saw them... My attention was probably only on 'not transferring money' at that time..."

"Cough, cough..." The visitor cleared his throat, revealing a bitter smile, "I thought I was being very cautious, but in reality, I wasn't cautious at all."

Nan Zhubin sighed, "Was it at that time that your privacy information was leaked?"

"Yes." The visitor nodded.

"That app... was just a decoy; there was nothing inside, nothing could be accessed. I told the other side, and they just asked me to re-download it several times, now that I think about it, it was to buy time."

"And then they told me... it's not needed anymore."

The visitor took a deep breath, "Then they sent me two video software and a few pictures."

"In the pictures were my current location, screenshots of my contact list, and several certificate photos I kept in my photo album."

"Then, they sent me two synthesized videos..."

The visitor's neck stiffened, and his skin turned red at a visible pace, with veins popping up.

"In my phone, there were some of my... more private photos. There were also videos I took after working out to track my physique, which is... in less clothing, posing."

The visitor released a long sigh.

"The first video, they seemed to have used many of my photos, synthesizing a very blurry, exaggerated video, where they swapped my face onto another person's body."

"The second video used my physique showcase video, it... looked very real. And they edited it into a video that felt like I was... having a naked chat with someone else."

The visitor suddenly closed his eyes tightly, his neck spasming, with his whole head starting to shake.