Restore Your Smile

Figuring Out

After the bath, Celine was monopolized by Mama Ratna. Mama Ratna led him outside to dry the wet towel, went back inside and brushed off Celine's hair, then took her to the kitchen to prepare the lunch menu. Mama Ratna patiently and gladly guided Celine, like guiding a child.

Mama Ratna really wants to have a daughter. But baby, get all the whiz. So as the only woman in her family, she often felt lonely. No friends when cooking, shopping, or just hanging out with neighbors. It could be, he forced his husband and son to accompany him to do these things. But it still feels not right, because it is different flow.

James himself, after taking a bath, planned to confine himself in Alex's room, which from later tonight would be his room as well (although he had not received official permission from his Empyrean). He wanted to focus on making plans to try to solve Celine's problems based on his knowledge. For that, he had prepared a notebook as a place to record his frame of mind.

Because his college books are still in the dorm, he intends to ascertain the truth of his hypothesis through google. Her search began by mentioning the symptoms Celine showed, such as being silent and sculpting. Catatonia is a group of symptoms that usually involve a lack of movement and communication.

He continued his search by looking for the cause of catatonia. He found that the most common causes of catatonia were psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia. This is in accordance with his initial expectations, namely Celine began to show symptoms of catatonia due to depression due to the loss of a loved one or his place of dependence, in this case Dion.

Suddenly James remembered the words of the Great Lord Adipratama, Celine already from childhood had a problem of social anxiety disorder, to the point that she could not attend school like children in general.

This means that Celine's psychiatric disorder is not just a depression resulting from the loss of Dion, but there are other causes, much deeper than that, that have occurred since she was a child.

He also began searching the search with the keyword social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety disorder or social phobia or Social Anxiety Disorder is the fear of social situations involving interaction with others.

The symptoms were exactly the same as Celine's attitude shown earlier when they first met. Symptoms include fear of meeting others, difficulty initiating conversations, avoiding eye contact with the other person, and difficulty attending school in children. This is also in accordance with what Great Lord Adipratama said about Celine's education.

James continued by looking for the cause. He found that social anxiety disorder is caused by genetic factors/heredity and environmental factors.

James felt the possible cause of genetic factors was very small, given the fact that Mr Adipratama and Dion did not have similar symptoms. I don't know if Celine's late mom has these symptoms, but it's still a question mark.

He focuses more on environmental factors, which are usually caused by wrong parenting. Wrong parenting can be due to parents who are too restrictive. It could also be because the child imitates the attitude of his parents or those around him who also have anxiety disorders or social phobias.

According to James, the chances of Celine being small mimicking the attitudes of her parents or other socially-phobic surroundings are quite small. The reason for thinking was the same as before, no one around Celine showed such symptoms.

Looking at the character and attitude of Mr. Adipratama, he concluded the possibility of wrong parenting is what causes little Celine already experiencing psychiatric disorders. But to be sure, he needs to find out more. For that, James immediately turned on his HP and called Mbok Yani.

But this time, he contacted Mbok Yani with a video call mode. While waiting for Mbok Yani to pick up his call, James walked towards the kitchen to give Mbok Yani a surprise.

"Hello, son James?" mbok Yani. The old woman's face was on the HP screen.

"Hello, Mbok. Busy again?" ask James.

"I want to tell Mbok that we have arrived home safely, have breakfast, and have taken a shower. Nih .. see .... Now Celine is again helping mom pick kale for lunch. Lin .... Ngadep here, Lin .... This is Mbok Yani .." James said as he turned his HP camera towards Celine and Mama Ratna.

Although Celine ignored James' call and kept looking forward with a blank look, Mbok Yani could see Celine's hand actively moving to pluck the kale rods in front of her. This made Mbok Yani's eyes glazed over as he was moved.

"Well .... This one's my mama, Mbok .... Her name is Mama Ratna .... Ma, this is Mbok Yani, Celine's foster mother, " said James pointing his camera at Mama Ratna and introducing them both.

"Good morning, Mbok .... Greetings .." said Mama Ratna conveying her greeting while waving her hand.

"Good morning too, Madam .... Thank you, for being willing to take care of Miss Celine .." Mbok Yani replied in a choked voice holding back tears.

"Not to think about it, Mbok .." replied Mama Ratna.

James immediately switched the camera and walked back to his room. He did not want to linger to let Mbok Yani carried away with the blue situation, because there was still something he wanted to ask Mbok Yani.

"By the way, Mbok .... If you're not busy, may I ask?" james asked starting his main topic.

"Ask what, son James?"

"Can Mbok tell me about Celine's childhood? Maybe family background? Or the parenting that Mr Adipratama applied to Celine? Maybe there was a past trauma that little Celine had experienced?

Because I feel Celine's condition now is not just because of events that have just happened, Mbok .... In fact, Celine's condition was aggravated by the problems in her childhood, " explains James at length.

Hearing that, Mbok Yani fell silent. It looked like he was weighing something in his heart. Before long, it appeared Mbok Yani took a deep breath and began his conversation.

"Allah .... Will Mbok tell me. Hopefully this can help Nak James and bring some good to Miss Celine."

Then Mbok Yani started the story.

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