How Childhood Trauma Can Make You A Sick Adult [8 min - Big Think]

janie, i know that is a fact, but not everybody who has high ACEs exposure feel comfortable being labeled "sick". i am dealing with such patients day in day out and they are extremely sensitive to being assigned negative sounding labels. everybody wants to believe they are OK. i think, working with people with troubles without labeling them is much more constructive. i hope we get rid of high ACE score as well as such labeling before such labeling starts scaring people away from disclosing their troubles. all my best. resmiye 

Although I understand about not wanting to be labeled... most of us ACEs people are sick we just don't know why? And we hide it very well.

Like me... Fibromyalgia, Chronic Myofasial Pain, lower back pain, problems with bloating and digestion. The point is once we know why we are sick we can improve our condition and heal the mind body connection. And we don't have to stay crippled, sick or always on pain.

It makes me wonder how many people who suffer from fibromyaliga have a high ACEs score!

“How childhood trauma makes you a sick adult” is not a good title: labeling people with adjectives like “sick” is not constructive. something like “How childhood trauma is associated with life threatening conditions or illness in adults” may provoke more receptiveness in reader, who may have multiple trauma history.

Seems like a great introduction (video being a great medium I believe) into some of the what and why of ACEs, for those who are new to this.   One to keep!