My mom once hit a dog with her car, and then brought it to a vet. She tried to find the original owner but couldn’t, and eventually adopted him formally. e was very small, and had been living in the woods for weeks at least, and had lots of injuries.
For several months after bringing the dog home, it would sit and stare blankly into the corner of the wall.
Eventually, my sister started spending hours at a time leaving food next to her while lying motionless. Eventually, he started eating the food. Eventually, he started letting her touch him (but not other humans). Nowadays, he appears to be generally psychologically healthy.
This seems a lot more like classic PTSD, and something like actual therapy. It still doesn’t seem like it requires reprocessing of memories, although it might. I also don’t expect this sort of situation happens that often in the wild.
Hmm, a story that might be relevant:
My mom once hit a dog with her car, and then brought it to a vet. She tried to find the original owner but couldn’t, and eventually adopted him formally. e was very small, and had been living in the woods for weeks at least, and had lots of injuries.
For several months after bringing the dog home, it would sit and stare blankly into the corner of the wall.
Eventually, my sister started spending hours at a time leaving food next to her while lying motionless. Eventually, he started eating the food. Eventually, he started letting her touch him (but not other humans). Nowadays, he appears to be generally psychologically healthy.
This seems a lot more like classic PTSD, and something like actual therapy. It still doesn’t seem like it requires reprocessing of memories, although it might. I also don’t expect this sort of situation happens that often in the wild.