What Is the ACEs Questionnaire?
The ACEs study was launched in the late 1990s by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente. It followed more than 17,000 people and asked about ten categories of childhood adversity. Researchers found a powerful connection: the more ACEs a person experienced, the greater their risk for a wide range of health and life challenges later on […]
The Invisible Water of Childhood Trauma
There’s a saying: the fish doesn’t notice the water it swims in. That’s what it’s like growing up in trauma. You don’t notice the water because it surrounds you. It’s the only world you know. You adapt. You breathe it in. You think it’s normal. For many of us, trauma wasn’t a single dramatic event. […]