I'm not sure what small sample size you're referring to in the reference I listed in my comment...or in any of the references I've listed throughout this thread.

Who said case studies or books are scientific fact?

Oh awesome! I have a bachelor's and master's in the psyc field but did not start learning this stuff until late into my mater's degree because the neuroscience on this stuff has slowly been coming out over the past decade or 2, so it's still fairly new to the field and to many degrees and programs.

I don't want a thank you, I don't care if you believe me, and I'm not going to try and "defend my claims" to someone who calls them a "fancy theory impossible to disprove" when my "claims" are actually scientific fact, rooted in groundbreaking neuroscience researched and demonstrated by the authors I listed. Call it…

I'm not sure if there are different types of nonverbal memory, but you are right on the money about implicit, nonverbal, "felt sense" memories being exactly what PTSD flashbacks are, and exactly why they're so disorienting and distressing. It's the same as preverbal memories in the sense that it's using the same part…

I'm not suggesting that "babies left alone in their cribs all day become sociopaths". I'm saying that leaving your baby alone in a crib all day with no human contact is a big part of the reason for/cause of sociopathy. People keep taking that one phrase out of the context of the whole sentence and ironically making…

Well, it's not my job to leave you with specific citations. I gave you the authors, all of their work demonstrates this stuff, you can look it up if you want to debate this topic. Also I left you with 13 well-known authors/researchers on this subject, all of who clearly demonstrated what I wrote about in their work.…

Wow. I'm so sorry that happened to you. I find it amazing you remember that. Even though it's painful to remember, I think it's a good thing. A lot of people can't pinpoint their anxiety, depression, etc. to any one event when it's a preverbal experience like that. And I'm really glad you found support and love in…

Wow. Stay in school girl.

Ok, I'm only gonna go one more round with you.

Oh my god. That was a COMEDY ROUTINE??!?!?!?!?! How did I miss that??

Wrong. You and I just have very different ideas of what fun is.

Yes there is a difference. That said, routinely letting your baby cry it out is routinely neglecting them.

No, it doesn't necessarily mean that. That's why I said in my original post that it's a "big part of the reason why".

Loving your baby is not enough to engender secure attachment. You have to both love your baby AND (more often than not) respond accurately to its signals of distress.

Oooh you told me!!! Get some knowledge in your head and read anything by the following. Then you can talk to me about what's bullshit.

That's why I stated it's a "big part of the reason".

I didn't start with an aggressive "THAT FUCKING IDIOT DOESN'T KNOW SHIT", but thanks for the helpful tip.

I just left a really long reply to someone else in this thread with a bunch of links. But yeah, try Bruce Perry: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog; Daniel Siegel: Parenting From the Inside Out; Robert Karen: Becoming Attached; Lewis, Amini, & Lannon: A General Theory of Love

- Bruce Perry, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. Perry is a child psychiatrist who talks about a case in this book. Teenage boy raped and murdered two 12 year old girls and felt no remorse about it; had clear sociopathic tendencies. Perry interviewed the family and discovers the boy's mom left him alone in his crib all…