Childhood abuse and neglect can result in a cold blooded murderous rage. The following video documentary is of an adopted girl who had been abused by her birth parents at a very young age... an age at which many might believe she should retain no memory of the abuse. The video is chilling and not safe for work:
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But remember there does not need to be a horrible family background to breed a sociopath. It is easy to look at sociopathy as a funcion of nurturence.
It is a lot harder to face the sociopathy that is geneticlly predispositioned.
Thank you. You said what I was trying to convey with my emotional rant.
It is a lot harder to face the sociopathy that is geneticlly predispositioned.
I agree with that. Using cancer as an analogy, being genetically predisposed to a particular cancer does not change the fact that lifestyle/environment is an important variable to monitor and manage.
People without a known genetic predisposition can still develop a particular cancer due to their lifestyle/environment.
I'm not a medical professional but I have observed over the years that children in homes where the parents don't get along and ultimately split in a less than amicable manner can develop and manifest major emotional/behavioral issues.
A long time ago, someone advised me that pets will take on the personality of their owner. I have since observed that the behavior of a pet particularly in a household comprising two young adults can give a sense as to the nature of the adults relationship to one another. A "spastic" pet can indicate a relationship that from outward appearances is stable and happy is destined to split.
I guess what I'm getting at is a long held suspicion that home environments that while not meeting the definition of abusive can through instability, domestic intranquility and benign neglect result in children developing patterns of antisocial behavior.