Lights Out

[FIRST SESSION: CBT TREAMENT]

[RECORDING START: AS AT 16 30 HOURS]

'Have you had a good day, Mr. Byun?'

....

'Mr. Byun?'

'You're recording this.'

'I am.'

'You're the liar from that day...'

'I am. But I'm not a liar actually. I introduced myself that day. I'm Doctor Kim Minseok, a psychiatrist, therapist, whatever. I'll be tending to you.'

'A psychiatrist?'

'A psychiatrist.'

'For me.'

'For you.'

'And why am I seeing a psychiatrist?'

'We think you've been hearing voices, you see. Seeing and hearing things that aren't there. What do you think?'

'You think I need help.'

'It works too if you say it that way. We'll see where this goes. I wasn't asking about what I was thinking though.'

'Okay. So, I think I'm here because I'm supposedly crazy to you doctors.'

'Don't stigmatize yourself with that word.'

'I'm here because someone thinks I'm crazy, because someone thinks I haven't been sane lately, right? Hearing voices that aren't there, whatever... Is it Kim Junmyeon? Was he the one who had me admitted here? He's been giving me the weird looks lately. Oh, it must be him, isn't it? He's probably with them too... I'm not crazy...'

'No, you're not, Mr. Byun. You're not crazy, but you are here for a reason.'

....

'We'll get through this together, okay? I'll be here for you.'

'Jongdae... Jongdae...'

'Jongdae will also be here for you. Always.'

'But he can't. He'll get hurt. They'll hurt him. They'll take him away.'

'No, they won't, Mr. Byun.'

'If he comes near me, they'll see him... They'll take him. They'll operate on him. They'll kill him. They want his genes. You can't let that happen, please.'

'Nothing will happen. No one will take him away. No one will operate on him, and no one has any intentions to kill him, Mr. Byun. Who's been telling you that?'

'How would you know that? Oh-Oh... Shit, I forgot that you're a psychiatrist, you think I'm fucking crazy. Who would listen to a crazy man, right? Some crazy man has been hearing voices!'

'Mr. Byun...'

'Don't use that tone on me. Not today, Satan.'

....

'Uh-Why are you laughing.'

'S-Sorry. I just really like those 'Not today, Satan' memes.'

'You're... fucking weird.'

[RECORDING ONGOING: AS AT 16 34 HOURS]
[TREATMENT SESSION, ONGOING]