This "ball and button in a box" analogy is precisely the one that people told me about when I was processing grief. Right after the traumatic event, the "ball"

This "ball and button in a box" analogy is precisely the one that people told me about when I was processing grief. Right after the traumatic event, the "ball" hit the "button" nearly continuously, but as the months and years progressed, it's gotten farther and farther apart.