When Susan was removed from her mother, she entered shelter care for two months. Then she was in a succession of three foster homes before she was finally adopted. One can only imagine her “worldview” about the safety and trustworthiness of adults. The process of building her house was continually interrupted; the wiring, plumbing, and framing were all impacted by a two-year span of unpredictable, uncontrollable, and extreme activation of her stress-response systems.
