[ndiscussion]

Sorry to be harsh, but given the replication crisis, we really don't need more made-up guesses on this.

If you are truly interested, try reading Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman. Dense scientific book on just this type of thing.

[citrablue]

My point is that I believe even though very smart and dedicated people work in the field, and research it, the "state of the art" seems to be little more than opinion anyhow.

That is to say, it appears to me that even "dense scientific books" are either sharing opinionated descriptive analyses or just making this shit up.

While I can appreciate you trying to defend a field of research, I am also OK with keeping my own mental model of operation.

[wbl]

Dodo Bird Hypothesis is still in contention.