Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Impact on brain, body and behaviour

Department of children youth and families
Should take note
All CPS CPI
NEED TO BE STOPPED

I stumbled on "ACES". I have a score of 9. Here comes a panick attack I haven't felt in 30 years (currently 37). Whats the next step? Suggestions?

CSUF wya?

i was sexually abused by my father, ive tried multiple time to end me, alas i guess im a coward as im still alive, i just want an out to life.....

Well crap, my life just got cut short by twenty years. I've known that experiences have stolen years away from me, I've felt them leave. 😔

God, these kids have educators wrapped around their little finger. A strong and resolved response to any stressor by the adults in the room will show children exactly how they should respond in a crisis. When the educators react in an unstable and hyperactive manner, the kids will mimic that behavior. The ideas in this video are a losing strategy for helping kids through stressful situations. You're doing more damage to the children than you are helping them.

I definitely learned a lot from this video. I never would've thought that ACEs can have lasting impacts on brain development and can possibly be passed on to future generations.

Great information. We should approach all students with open minds and understanding. You never no the road someone has traveled.

My father was in the navy and that meant a lot of moving around. We eventually settled down in a fairly rough housing estate with gangs of bullies roaming around. I never felt safe and my parents were useless, telling me that I should stick up for myself. They were unsupportable and I ended up serving time in an adolescent psychiatric unit in my early teens. That place was like an open prison where staff regularly searched my belongings and drugged me by force.

What does circumcision do to the baby boy's brain? I have heard baby boys will scream until they pass out when they are having their foreskin cut away.

I work in an adolescent mental health program and we see this so often with our patients. So glad to be increasing my learning on this.

Hey! Can anyone explain to me why adults with childhood trauma lack physical activity? I have Ace score of 7 and i don't sport and never really did, and I don't understand why and how to overcome that

During our first discussion about ACES in a graduate class, I was curious if this possibly affected epigenetic gene expression especially if it reverberates through the life span. Also could trauma imprint on our genes strong enough to transfer to offspring? I wouldn't doubt if this is possible if you're saying it definitely influences epigenetic changes in gene expression. Can you imagine the research necessary to answer that question? I would first look retroactively, and then potentially conduct a longitudinal study to capture a variety of data related to this question.

Epigenetics seems to refer to Cerebral Spinal Fluid and it's influence on genes.

The one problem I have with the Ace score is that it talks a out female victims of domestic violence only. I witnessed my father being abused in childhood. That was traumatic

I have more than 6 Aces... still not gonna use it an excuse ...ever

Thanks for sharing enjoyed watching

Thank-you. It helps

My ACE score is 10. I asked God what the f He was thinking and He told me..."you signed up for this shiii."

how is something so important to one's development so out of that individuals control??? Sometimes I wish a near perfect/future version of me would be able to raise me so I could be capable of being a well rounded person. Idk if it's an ego thing but sometimes I think I can only truly trust myself even though that makes no sense...

Very informative

HEAL

I suffer from ACEs, social anxiety disorder, emotional and psychological trauma. I don't see myself ever getting better anytime soon.

6
With sexual abuse

I got 10

Is there a blood chemistry or test that can identify someone who would need further support e.g.: cortisol? Would there by more obvious presentation (like Cushing Syndrome?) How could a doctor tell the difference between someone who is in a severe state vs someone in the middle or just "sorry for themself" (not saying I like the phrase but it's how people discuss this) and exaggerates" vs someone who is severely stressed but scared silent? If not, how can someone guage what is normal if they don't know what that is or make use of this info other than to think "there might be something wrong with me"?

Smoking: anecdotal evidence. My grandfather (1914-2013) was a smoker, Nazi concentration camps survivor, took very limited pharma-medical remedies, and lived 99 years in the harsh climate of West Ural mountains in the USSR. His nutrition through his life in the USSR was poor not to mention starvation in Nazi's concentration camps, smoking up to his 60th BDay (then quitting), stressors were plenty, prolonged, and abusive all the time from the communists for being a betrayer as if sparing his life by surrendering to Nasi's (not fighting to the death for USSR in WW2), but God gave him a very long life given these life events. I only may provide my most educated guess that in his childhood Russia was in last years of its highest economic peak of 1913 and my grandfather somehow benefited from that without ACEs in his early life.

Very importment information, even with the perfect environment a child may have delay emotional, executive development

I never knew about ACE. I have got some work to do on myself. Thanks for this video.

Explains my whole life in a nutshell

Didn’t know epigenetic was the study of nature vs nurture

Done

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Hello, I love this video. So helpful. I just started a ministry dedicated to helping families heal from trauma. Can I use this video on my website?

Sincerely

My ace score is 9. Both parents suffered abuse as children. Both in turn abused drugs and alcohol. Neither stop using substances. Being the oldest of 3 I raised my siblings. We had a hard life and as of now I've done great by everyone else's standards. I have children, married, work and live a typical life.

Except I have to keep moving, keeping my mind busy, as soon as I stop or take a break I go into a depression. I can't stop moving, or improving things or I'll drown in the emotional turmoil inside. It's like being lost in a dark cave looking at a tiny speck of light. You follow it for days, months, years. Knowing that if you turn around even for a second you'll lose it, you'll die in that darkness and nobody will ever find you.

This is true, of you have bad parents, or grow up in a bad environment, you are fucked for life.

So glad to see this as a branch of science and medicine. I can say from personal experiences that ACEs not only change the trajectory of your life but also how your body and mind function. I wish I had known this (and received help) much earlier in my life. Now I choose to advocate to help others.

subtitles?

Is a score of 4 good or bad?

This is great! Thanks. I am a Subscriber and will wait for more videos like this.

Great video. Thanks ❤️❤️❤️

This was a great learning video for the Adoption Education Program.

An informative video, Thank you. I'd love to learn more as I work with young children.

So glad to see this becoming more mainstream. My life's work is helping adults through these issues. thank you.

My ace score was a 6 and I attempted suicide (I am now physically disabled as a result). I didn't connect the two until my therapist pointed it out as a contributing factor. Even now my mom refuses to acknowledge it was my physical, mental, sexual, & emotional abuse from her & my dead (even more physically abusive) dad that contributed to my being brain dead and on life support.

Sadly I hit dislike for this wonderful video because it does not offer a closed captioning feature.

I’m 31 and just coming to understanding that I have an ACE score of 9... no sexual abuse, thank god. Anyway, working on myself and trying to change my family tree. I have a lovely wife, good job, masters degree, and most importantly - a little girl of my own. We’ve been able to give our child a beautiful and stable upbringing thus far.

I’m not without my wounds, because I never stopped to think about it all until now, but watching these videos, learning about myself, and speaking with a therapist is helping me open my mind and heart to deeper love and understanding of others.

I’ve been able to navigate the world and adulthood just fine, but sometimes it feels detached as though I’m watching my new life on TV.