@ceo_of_monoeye_dating @jeffcliff If circumcision wasn't causing it, I doubt a needle poke would. Being too young to consciously remember circumcision wouldn't prevent brain damage, which is what we are talking about if we are talking about PTSD.

In war an incident can be so bad it does damage immediately and can burn memories to the wrong part of the brain.

In an abusive childhood stress chemicals can be be so high all the time the brain never gets relief. This becomes toxic and causes damage slowly, instead of a brief incident so severe the damage happens quickly. This is what I remember from over a decade ago, I've not seen this talked about since or looked into it.

If it is PTSD, it must be something other than needles. It could be needles AND some other problem. Take a bad environment, have a painful incident in that context with no emotional support or relief, now that incident is much harder to deal with.

Single mother households? Daycare? I don't know if those went up then.