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Chapter 1277
After mulling over it for a few seconds, Vicky nodded.
Despite his memory loss, Vicky knew Tyler would find out everything he wanted to know.
Spotting Tyler's demanding gaze, the doctor forced himself to speak, "I initially thought it was the car accident that
caused Mister Hart's memory loss, but...judging from the situation now, it seems my initial diagnosis was wrong."
Vicky's eyes flickered. "Your initial diagnosis was wrong?"
The doctor nodded seriously. "The fact that Mister Hart had two memory losses in such a short period meant that it
wasn't the car crash that caused it." He glanced at Tyler and continued in a whisper, "I'm beginning to suspect he
has... dissociative disorder."
"Dissociative disorder? What's that?" asked the shocked Vicky.
"Dissociative disorder is a kind of mental illness, commonly known as..."
Tyler was getting impatient. "Well, spit it out now."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA jolt shot through the doctor's body. "It's commonly known as split personality disorder."
The air in the room thickened with tension.
"Of course, Mister Hart's condition hasn't reached that point yet...but he's showing serious early symptoms,” added
the doctor quickly.
Vicky clenched her fists. "Early symptoms? Can you tell us more about it?"
"Both memory loss and mixing up timelines are early symptoms of dissociative disorder..." The doctor rarely
discussed a patient's condition in front of the patient, so he felt immense pressure on himself. In fact, he did not
even dare to look at Tyler.
"According to clinical research, patients with this type of mental illness must've had an unhappy childhood or lived
in an unhealthy environment for a long time, suffering from extremely painful experiences...
"Plainly speaking, it means the patient had lived in a traumatic environment for so long that to protect itself from
having a mental breakdown, the brain chose this way as a form of escape. But of course, there's a possibility that
it's not dissociative disorder since Mister Hart did experience a car crash and had a burning fever for the whole
night.
"It's just that...more than ninety-nine percent of these patients suffer from extremely severe depression, so we can
conclude Mister Hart has dissociative disorder if he suffers from depression as well." He looked at both Vicky and
Harry. "The two of you know Mister Hart best. Do you know if he has depression?"
Vicky was unfamiliar with dissociative disorder, but she knew about depression since it had become prevalent in
current-day society. Those with mild depression would
experience unstable emotions while those with serious depression would go to the extreme ends of the spectrum.
A chill ran down her spine when she thought back to how Tyler behaved calmly while doing something maniacal
during the car accident. 'He might just have depression... It's just that he hid it so well, so no one knew...'
Her gaze wavered as she looked at Harry. 'He might know some of Tyler's secrets since he worked for him the
longest.'
Beads of cold sweat started to appear on Harry's forehead when he met the doctor's and Vicky's eyes. However, he
was not really worried about those two. Instead, he was worried about Tyler looking at him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmTyler's aura was just too oppressive, and it made Harry think twice about telling the doctor and Vicky about his
employer's secrets.
Harry's internal battle was written all over his face, and Vicky's heart sank even more at the sight.
'Harry would've said Tyler doesn't have depression if he didn't, but the fact that he's hesitating meant that Tyler
does have depression,' thought Vicky.
After a while, Harry decided to bite the bullet and come out with the truth. "Mister Hart does have depression."
"Is his depression serious?" asked the doctor with a frown.
"Due to his status, he's been trained to not show his emotions, so I'm not sure whether his depression is serious.
But, I do know he suffers from frequent migraines and
insomnia which he takes medicine for."
Vicky snapped her head to look at Tyler. She had no idea that was all going on.
Tyler remained expressionless when he heard what Harry said; it was as if he was listening to another person's
problems.
Vicky could not detect any changes in his face at all.
"Having to take medicine means his condition is serious. This kind of mental illness requires early treatment ’cause
it might lead to split personality and insanity, or worse...death, " said the doctor seriously.
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