A day after the first Test finished with a 381-run thrashing for England, the tourists were hit by a further blow as Trott decided to return home after revealing a long-term battle with a stress-related illness.
Writing for The Independent, Stephen Brenkley has asked whether Trott should have been selected for the tour and sympathised with the batsman, who managed scores of just 10 and nine respectively in England's two innings at the Gabba as he felt the full force of a Mitchell Johnson bouncer barrage.
"On reflection, it seems to have been no place for a man suffering from stress and Johnson devoured him again," wrote Brenkley.
But speaking exclusively to Sportal, Louder, a psychologist with 11 years' experience working with sports people, felt this was a somewhat misinformed opinion.
"I think there are athletes in the past, the one thing that has kept them (from) completely dropping to an absolute low has been competing in their sport because that's their one escape," said Louder.
"And you can't predict sometimes when that final nail in the coffin is going to make a really big difference, where they go, 'I can't fight anymore'.
"So it's a very big call for anyone outside his internal circle to say it was a good or a bad decision.
"I think the more important thing now is that he's recognised where he's at and said, 'I need to take a break' and that everyone respects that and allows him to do it."
Some writers have hypothesised that the nature of cricket and specifically batting - where one does not have many opportunities to atone for a costly mistake - lends itself to mental illnesses.
But Louder believes this is not quite the case.
"I don't think any sport is more or less pressure when you're talking at the top level," Louder said.
"Because whoever follows those sports, there's those media people, those experts in that sport are still criticising those athletes.
"I think the thing is with cricket, because one or two have come out, it's probably a little bit more comfortable.
"It's probably a little bit more accepted that within that sport there are athletes with issues, but they are no more prone to it than anybody else.
"(But) these illnesses don't discriminate," she added. "It's like cancer, anyone can get cancer.
"It's just a lot more difficult when you're trying to go to your job every single day and you're trying your hardest and you're criticised for it.
"I think if you speak to any individual (they would not be happy if) you said, 'if you got to your job every day, no matter how hard you try, somebody's going to pick on you'. It's a really tough gig."
Despite better awareness of mental illnesses over the last few years since fellow English cricketer Marcus Trescothick was forced to leave the 2006-07 Ashes tour with depression, it hasn't stopped several Australian media outlets having a dig at Trott as being mentally weak.
Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kennett has hit back at such comments, describing them as 'ignorant' and said it was important athletes weren't criticised for revealing their battles with mental illness, as these people were representative of a wider community.
"There is a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety, a lot of depressive illnesses within sporting communities and I suspect it's higher when you get close to being an elite sportsman, such as Jonathan Trott," Kennett told Sportal.
"There's only 11 people selected from all of England to represent your country, same as Australia, so you're at the very peak of your profession.
"No one's forced to be an elite sports man or woman. But I do think those who run the sports have got to be cognizant of the fact that the workload, separation from family, long periods of time can have a severe impact on a sports man or sports woman.
"You've got to understand that elite sports men and women only form the very peak of what is a very large iceberg," Kennett added.
"There are hundreds of thousands of young Australians, starting at a very young age in competitive sport, trying to improve their skills, trying to be recognised, trying to be promoted, selected.
"And, for every elite sportsman or woman that is suffering a stress-related illness, there will be hundreds, thousands of other sports men and women lower down the pecking order going through exactly the same."
Sports psychologist defends Jonathan Trott management
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