"He's hypothetically self-medicated with the classical rest cure," he answers, poker-faced, "let's say, and perhaps shown willingness to be drawn towards subjects of challenge and interest unrelated to his previous pursuits so long as no one expects him to actually do anything with him. Other than that, he's shied from treatment. As you say, even when soul damage results from external attack, it leaves a person ashamed and reticent, most particularly with healers who must keep records. And, as one might further suspect, this hypothetical patient's fear of still containing remnants of his very tricky and powerful oppressor might hypothetically make him irrationally fear the possibility of contaminating anyone using magic to assess him"