A is a middle-aged woman who loves beauty. Six months ago, she had a medical check-up and was told by her doctor that she might have the possibility of breast cancer. When she learned this news, it was like a thunderstorm. As her husband was on a business trip, A hurriedly recalled him and went to various hospitals to seek medical advice. Several hospitals had different diagnoses, some said surgery was needed, some said not. During the consultation process, A saw the surgical wound of the breast cancer patient and was very scared. So she took the Chinese medicine given by a friend to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis on her own. After that, her husband went on a business trip for more than 20 days, during which time A had to bear the enormous pressure of a possible terminal illness on the one hand, as well as the unannounced tasks at work and taking care of the food and living of her children in high school on the other. After more than a month of support, when the work ended, A suddenly collapsed and was unable to sleep for a week, after which she had various hallucinations and delusions: she suspected that others were monitoring all her privacy, that others knew all her defects, that others were spreading all kinds of bad news about her through the Internet media, and that she was a “bad person” affecting her husband and children. her husband and children. So, she called her child’s teacher and asked to erase the mother’s information from the child’s file; she wanted to divorce her husband and stay away from the child. At the same time, she kept assuming that if her husband really got divorced, she would look at the situation and commit suicide, and even considered the way to commit suicide. At that very moment, A’s husband came back from a business trip, so he brought to seek medical attention. A’s symptoms are a typical manifestation of a psychological crisis event emergency. For a person who usually feels healthy, suddenly hearing that she may suffer from a terminal illness is like a bolt from the blue, especially for a middle-aged woman who loves beauty, suddenly may have to face a life sentence, may have to face an unacceptable crippled body, what a cruel reality! Besides, A is always a good-looking, somewhat introverted person, somewhat afraid of intimacy, always showing people the good things, but deliberately hiding the flawed aspects, even to the closest people! Faced with such a great loss and the fear of death coming upon her, how could this fragile, vain woman, have the strength to fight? Because of her work and her husband’s frequent long business trips in recent years, A was reluctant to tell her mother’s family and was afraid that people in her unit would know about it and that her colleagues would talk about it, so she was extremely lacking in social support. In the process of struggling alone, the unannounced work of the unit became a temporary alternative to relieve her anxiety and divert her fears. A person’s usual habitual defense mechanisms are practiced from childhood experience and are used to protect themselves from harm balancing themselves. These defense mechanisms are usually weak and fragile. During some special life transitions, or sudden psychological events, these defense mechanisms may not be able to withstand the sudden shock. The trauma of a strong psychological shock is an internal sense of balance and control. “Denial” is a common practice, and after repeated diagnoses and examinations in several hospitals, the diagnosis of “breast cancer” is “yes” or “no”. A preferred to believe “no” and to choose the Chinese medicine recommended by her friend. But the fear of “yes” was still lurking behind the denial. Under the double attack of affirmation and denial, A’s psychological defense collapsed. Rather than separating sooner or later, I abandoned first. The best way to deal with someone who has experienced a strong crisis event is to listen and be there. Family and social support systems are important, and positive and strong support will give the experiencer a sense of support and will make them feel dependent and safe. In a supportive environment, the experiencer’s initial sense of powerlessness after the blow is cathartic, will slowly be released, and will slowly become empowered to face reality and find a way out of the difficulty. The reconstruction of her washed out psychological defenses needs to be slowly restored. It takes a process. Companionship sometimes does not necessarily mean anything, as long as the person going through it feels that there is someone with her, someone helping her, someone paying attention to her, and that she is not alone, that is enough. Of course, for those who are seriously ill, professional companionship and care are needed. For people who are suddenly and seriously ill, it is important to pay careful attention to psychological care while also seizing the opportunity to treat the physical illness. After all, the disease is already here, so it is unrealistic to deny it. The most important choice is to find a reasonable treatment plan that minimizes the impact on the patient, both psychologically and physically, but of course this process can be difficult.