Hi Corinna,
Thanks for the report! This will definitely come in handy.
I think the concepts of positive psychology and resilience are vastly underappreciated in today's society, but I still think the ACEs discovery needs more attention. From a treatment perspective, it feels like it's best to know where you come from, what made you who you are, what drives you, and what your triggers are in order to ultimately achieve a healthy state of mind. With the rates of mental health diagnoses and long-term prescription medication steadily rising, it seems like the biggest problem in psychology right now is that we aren't looking at root causes, simply "cures".
"Know thyself" is my motto right now. I stole it from Socrates, but he doesn't mind.
My other concern is that people are desperately trying to take the steps to heal themselves, but because something is weighing heavy on their souls, they simply can't get to where they want to be. I hear it so often, especially with parents; they want to practice self-care, they want to have more patience with their kids, they want to get out and active, but the stress of the daily grind exhausts them, so they burn out or shut down. They don't understand why certain things get to them so badly, and those usually have something to do with their ACEs. It's a depressive state, really, and so many people are living like that as "the new norm". When parents live like that, kids suffer, and the parents see the suffering, and in turn, they suffer more.
I'd love to hear more of your thoughts! Thanks for the feedback!