ACES Primer HD

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[Soffefee]

Scored 10/10. I’m pretty messed up, but it’s a miracle that I haven’t gotten into drugs. Maybe the fact that I’ve imprinted “I need to be better than my parents” into my brain from a young age, made me choose a good path for me, even though I’m mentally f**ked up 😅
I was finally diagnosed (a week ago) with PTSD with secondary depression as a result of PTSD (emotional/mentally, physical abuse/neglect, and also sexual exposure and harassment before the age of 18) after years of hearing “social anxiety and mild/moderate depressive episodes” which I felt didn’t fit me.. I’m so glad that I might have a chance of fighting my traumatic past and build myself a brand new life from scratch with help from my handsome fiancé ❤️

[sobersaber]

Scored a 7. I am proud of myself though because I did not become my dad. I struggled so hard academically in primary school thinking I was stupid but turns out I was just so traumatised by what was happening at home. Now I am in college and enlisting in the military afterwards. It makes me shudder seeing the health risk factors of >4 ACEs despite me having an active lifestyle. Well, I can prove the depression bit though. Recently, finding out that my dad lied to my face all my life about him loving me left me beyond upset and bitter. The lingering trauma still subconsciously affects me no doubt as an adult, and I am still as an adult, 5 years later trying to fully cope while picking up lost fragments of my personality. I've come a long way, but it only gets harder. One thing for sure, however, is that I will never let my past define me.

[FreeJulianAssange]

10/10 I have done all the healing I can, the rest is life long as the pain will arise from time to time.
The part that hurts most is that we won’t get back what was stolen. All that we can do is take the remaining symptoms with us, hope they decrease and go forward. Letting go oddly hurts.

[harenrussel]

ACEs Changed my life. Awareness, application equals reversal of those diseases mentioned in this very enlightening and informative video. Thank you. 🦋🎶💕😊😊😊 To all of you ACEs survivors, Kia Kaha is Maori for Be Strong. Start right now to turn the tides of early death, to quality and quantity of life. Go for gold. You can and you will do it. Let us know how you go... God bless us all ♥️🙏🎶

[christinepemberton]

I scored 9 out of 10. I thank God for my faith. It has given me something i can believe in and made me strong and resilient. I have no substance abuse problems and only see 2 issues that I've had because of it. I'm thankful because it could have been so much worse....

[veganworldpeace]

I have a 7 score & first did this test 7 some years ago. I wish this information was known when I was a young person in order for millions of people to get appropriate assistance and therapy decades ago. I am so glad that youth and many adults will have the proper research-based prevention, understanding & intervention in schools and communities. Adversity is more common than originally known amongst our societies, everywhere worldwide. As a person in my 60s, my overall health is not so great for a number of reasons. My depression and anxiety is mostly a constant for me in my life ever since I was a very young child.

[FindhelpphxOrg]

This is the best overview of ACES that I've seen!  I hope more viewer check this out!

[Splashstar]

My ace score was 7 and before I had heard about the ACEs, I attempted suicide. It left me on life support & brain dead--docs terminology not mine, and I was left physically disabled. Only after did I have a therapist tell me that my ACEs must have caused my suicide attempt.

I've talked to my mom about it but she said she didn't care and that it "doesn't count" towards how good of a parent she was (she still claims she's the best). My dead dad was much more violent so I was relieved when he got sick and no longer lived with us, but my mom was violent too. She beat me til I bled and fell sick for 2 days. She punched me and whipped me with belts. I began getting beat up with belts at age 4. She also sexually abused me and would hit my dad. I was honestly expecting her to hit my dad on his hospital bed to wake him up from his brain surgery.

I don't want biological kids (not due to my childhood), I'd only ever adopt. As a parent, I'd be a free range mom. The complete opposite of my super strict and abusive parents. Hell no will I repeat the abuse.

[gianag]

the first time i took the test i got a 6 because my test asks about household, but when you switch household to family my score becomes 10. I was only diagnosed recently and i’m starting f therapy to work through my traumatic childhood. I used to looove the movie Matilda growing up, and ever since Harry Styles released his song Matilda, all my bad childhood memories have returned and i have to work through it

[knitpurl]

High score, there was no substance abuse or incarceration, there was abuse, divorce and mental illness. What was a harder realization for me was the "resiliency score." I score a 1: There were rules and you were expected to follow them. That's the only one. No one was ever there for me. It's like I was an inanimate object. A thing that has never mattered.

[musselchee]

Sooo... I ain't as alone as I thought I was. Y'all fill your mind with positive thoughts.

[awakenartist]

I scored an 8. No wonder I'm so messed up. Physically and mentally. And it's only gotten worse as I've gotten older.

[psycherevival]

It’s interesting that crime is not a social problem that is illustrated as a result of ACE’s.
Also, there are more subtle situations that will cause trauma - personality disordered parents, emotionally neglectful or abusive parents and more. Check out the video about “tricky” families by Patrick Teahan LCSW.

[SanderBastiaans]

I have 11 aces.😅

* Physical abuse
* Emotional abuse
* Verbal abuse
* Child sexual abuse
* Emotional neglect
* Physical neglect
* Community violence
* Mentally ill person in home
* Loss of parent by divorce
* Discrimination
* Bullying

It lasted for 22 years.
I am planning to make this year my last year of healing.

[Rat_Queen]

8 out of 10
Yikes
I have CPTSD and DID
If you are a parent and you are struggling, get help! No child deserves this

[dontshakeme]

But I think alcoholism is not the only thing one can get addicted from. One can get addicted to anything, also sugar. Sugar makes the brain feel calmed, just like a mother's carressings. Plus, the people gaining more and more weight in the western world is also a sign of addiction to me. Same with working. Some are workoholics, some are game-oholics, some are addicted to dolls, and so many more 'ohisms' do exist - not to speak of sexism.
For your ACEs list i do miss the point where a child experienced an overly clean mother, because she was addicted to it... Is that 'drug-abuse' or 'alcoholism'? Neither of both did she but she had a very addictive obsession with having an overly 'clean family'. She died from brain cancer because all her thoughts were just for 'the others' and what they could possibly think about her. She really cared for that too much, and hence she needed an overly clean life. Made her brain cells turn against herself one day. When the doctors discovered it, it was already too late... too sad, really. I would have a lot to talk with her

[keylzuk]

ACEs are high pretty much full house. Then continued into adulthood. Mum died at 58 from COPD so makes sense. Just hope I have been able to limit the damage of all the trauma through making some better decisions in the long run

[jennifermccormick]

10 out of 10. And more depressed than I've ever been. This is no way to live. For anyone.

[awkwardgemini]

I scored an 8-growing up my dad was an alcoholic and my mom was scared all of the time. As a result I never felt safe from him or the world, at a young age I found my dad laying hands in my mom. Throwing, punching, slapping, cutting, threatening us with guns. My dad always had drugs in the house and people over...btw just to be clear currently I’m 14... I was pretty much a baby while this was happening, I remember my mom getting her head smashed in to the dishwasher and having to carry her upstairs while my brother was sleeping because I didn’t want him to worry. I cleaned up the blood and put her to sleep in her bed. They eventually divorced and it isn’t so violent anymore-I mean there’s always gonna be threats but it’s definitely not as bad. I’ve gotten close to my dad and he’s stopped drinking and doing Drugs but I’m still not sure if I can trust him

[brittany]

High ace score can literally change the way your brain functions cognitively(brain atrophy)and chemically.. (toxic stress-prolonged and intense stress releases stress hormone cortisol, the fight or flight hormone to be released constantly, which results in immflamation in the body, which causes autoimmune diseases..your immune system goes crazy trying to fight toxins in the body and ends up attacking healthy tissue and makes you sick.. anemia, thyroid disease, psoriasis, lupus, arthritis, ms, cancer, heart disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease ect..mental health..anxiety depression personality disorders..lack of drive, motivation, self worth, self identity, self control, impulse control ect..unhealthy coping mechanism..disscociative identity disorder ect..before you try anti depressants and anti anxiety meds (which can have horrible affects on ace inflicted people) get a full panel health screening. CBC test(blood cells could be unlevel causing immune system problems)full panel thyroid tests(hormones in the brain too high or too low causing illness and symtoms) honestly an array of specialists to check everything and long term Psychotherapy(talk therapy)