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You''ve said some good things.

I would add that there is also the "Deer In The Headlights" Syndrome is often a part of what you have mentioned. Someone or some event shocks another person into some form of quiessence.

There's a great quote about ruts and agrees with what you say in Henry David Thoreau's Walden. I don't have a copy with me right now, but its near the end of the book.

Caiyros