The LBS trauma comes from a specific event: BD. People go in MLC, but, for many, there does not seem to be a specific event/reason. Something from the past alone would not lead to MLC.
When their crisis ends MLCers also don't seem to have a clue about what lead to the crisis. Or most of them don't.
That woman remebers events. Or part of those events. As said in the article, memory does not store everything.
It is more than the trauma being stored in the brain, it is also stored in the body and genes. However, keep dwelling in those memories does not help brain or body since it provokes more trauma and damages.
"One focus of my work is understanding how the timing of stress influences long-term memory. In studies over the past decade, I have observed that stress enhances memory for information that is presented around the time of the stress, while impairing memory for information that is presented long before or after the stress."
For LBS, BD. For the MLCer who knows. Real life MLCers I know don't recall any special issue from the past/childhood that could had been the cause of their crisis. They also don't call it MLC, they tend to call it their depression/when they were not well. For me MLC come with a lot of stress and BD, that was another stressor. I don't recall anything from my childhood or adolescence to have anything to do with it.
The problem for LBS is that we keep re-living/are always thinking about it which does not help our brain, body or genes. And, in many cases, we are also constantly being reminded of what happened because the MLCer now is monster and/or lives with OW/OM, has left us with financial problems, etc. or because the MLCer keeps doing more and more things that affect us. Like court/divorce, like solving those, or divorcing in nasty ways or having a child with OW/OM and so on.
MLC keep affecting us long after BD.
To our brain body and genes it may make more sense for us to quicky divorce and distance from the MLCer, removing ourselves from the situation as fast as possible and keep the MLCer away. The stress MLC causes us is very damaging and has long lasting consequences of all sorts. Especially if we remain married/close to the MLCer.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. (Marilyn Monroe)