If you didn't catch it in the description, yes, this story is fictional.  Mostly.

Despite that, I still had to do a bunch of research.  I'm not actually a psychology student.

I'd like to thank Dash Vader, CenturionFox13, and Altoid for working directly on the project.  Fernin deserves mention just because he's Fernin.   I'd like to recognize about a dozen other people who helped me get started when I first began writing this story over a month ago, and also my regular readers who have contributed to this story in various subtle ways, perhaps without realizing it.  Don't worry, that doesn't mean I planted subliminal experiements in my other stories.

Thank you all.