To use your example, if someone’s speech patterns revolve around the topic of “bullying”, it might mean that the person was bullied 50 years ago and still didn’t get over it
Yes. Which is invaluable information about how they see the world currently. How is that not the ‘right idea’? If that is how they continue to currently mentally represent events?
Your ‘people are scammers’ example is irrelevant, what is important is if they constantly bring in tropes or examples or imply deception. They may never use the word ‘scammer’ ‘mistrustful’ or make a declaration like ‘no one has integrity’. The pattern is what I’m talking about.
Yes. Which is invaluable information about how they see the world currently. How is that not the ‘right idea’? If that is how they continue to currently mentally represent events?
Your ‘people are scammers’ example is irrelevant, what is important is if they constantly bring in tropes or examples or imply deception. They may never use the word ‘scammer’ ‘mistrustful’ or make a declaration like ‘no one has integrity’. The pattern is what I’m talking about.