I have never really used the ACES site because it seems so overwhelming to me. I have no idea who, or how, this blog will be seen.
My work is in the area of trauma and neglect in the first two years of life. My father was a WWII veteran suffering extreme shell-shock from the war: he was alcoholic, had malaria, was having flashbacks, and had surgery when I was a few-months-old, resulting in 56 abdominal stiches. I was left with him six days a week as my mother worked as a waitress. When I was thirteen-months-old, I watched him die on the floor in front of my crib, in a pool of blood (we lived in a one-room apartment.)
Sixteen years ago I published a book "Healing the Wound That Won't Heal: the Reality of Trauma." I also founded a non-profit, "The Hannah Institute for the Study and Understanding of Early Trauma." (available at Amazon.com) I have never had funding for my work, but I am now hoping to file the paperwork again. I need to find two board members. I am in Sonoma County, California.
Hope this blog is seen. I need help with knowing how to use this site. I am in a very bad place right now.