I am not doing any kind of study or survey of members here. I am trying to study the subject of abuse, if only because I have experienced it myself. For all of the experiences we have had that caused us great suffering and fear, I think it is important to attempt to understand what is happening, as well as to possess our feelings about it. Anyway, it helps me to heal.

It seems that using the word "love" may have been an error on my part. I am trying to mean the need for connection to other human beings.

Remember what happened to Harlow's infant monkeys when they were deprived of touch and comforting by their monkey mothers? Basically, many of them went "crazy."