>I think being unhappy and in pain, usually having been traumatized (specifically, abused), causes OTD.
>the turning point that starts them heading there is lack of love & care from parents & rabbeim etc… it also includes a lack of self-esteem & self-image
Not to pick on anyone in particular, but are the above notions of why people go OTD more accepted than LessChumras view (ideas that one accepted while growing up being challenged as one becomes older)?
Do people who come from loving homes go off the derech less? Do people with high self esteem go off the derech less?