Taking Our Childhoods With Us: the Effect of Childhood Trauma


Taking Our Childhoods With Us: the Effect of Childhood Trauma


Instead of asking "what's wrong with you?" it may be more helpful to ask "what happened to you?" We take our childhoods with us, and carrying trauma and stress from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can actually affect our health way down the road into adulthood. What's an ACE test and what might the score mean? What can we do to help soften the blows? This episode affects us all in some way.