Hello Susan. Thank you for your reply; I was not asking for a friend. I am 68 years old and have seven ACEs from infancy and adolescence. During the first two years of my life, they include: 1) Parental (mother) suicide attempt, 2) Parent (mother) in a mental institution, 3) Parental divorce. In adolescence, they include 4) Parental verbal and physical abuse, 5) Sexual abuse by family friend, 6) Death of a parent, and 7) Family member incarcerated,
I survived all of this trauma and went on to become a marine biologist (retired) and father of three health, happy children, the products of a fifty-year marriage. Now, having heard about the ACEs study, I am re-evaluating everything from my past. Ouch! I thought all this history was normal. I thought I had brought these things upon myself as my father told me.
I have been to several councilors and none of them have heard of the ACEs Study. Now, as a prostate cancer patient, I am on Lupron, an androgen inhibitor and suffering horribly. Clearly the past is also playing a part in this. What do you think.
Sincerely,
Chuck Sultzman