Jeffrey Dahmer, Edgar Allen Poe, Adolph Hitler, Ted Bundy, Saddam Hussein, and Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) may all have one thing in common; they did not get assistance in healing from childhood attachment issues (Thomas, 2000). None of these men was able to develop a healthy self-identity when it came to connecting intimately with others. Thus, living much of their adult life with a pseudo identity and being extremely vulnerable to others when it came to …showed first 75 words of 248 total…

…showed last 75 words of 248 total…one another (Hayes, 1997). Research has shown that stage one of Erikson's Psychosexual Theory, "trust versus mistrust" is the very place that attachment is developed (Sigelman, 1999). During this period, the infant is very dependent on others for all of its needs. If a mother does not provide for the child's emotional requirements during this time of need a lack of trust may develop which can initiate the triggering of long-term attachment and trust problems in relationships.