Neonates have no psychology. If operated upon, for instance, they are not supposed to show signs of trauma later on in life. Birth, according to this school of thought is of no psychological consequence to the newborn baby. It is immeasurably more important to his "primary caregiver" mother and to her supporters read: father and other members of the family. It is through them that the baby is, supposedly, effected. This effect is evident in his I will use the male form only for convenience"s sake ability to bond. The late Karl Sagan professed to possess the diametrically opposed view...
of the same magnitude. The child"s mind is shredded to pieces: some pieces are still HE and others are NOT HE =the outside world. This is an absolutely psychedelic experience and the root of all psychoses, probably.

If not managed properly, if disturbed in some way mainly emotionally, if the separation – individuation process goes awry, it could result in serious psychopathologies. There are grounds to believe that several personality disorders Narcissistic and Borderline can be traced to a disturbance in this process in early childhood.

Then, of course, there is the on-going traumatic process that we call "life".