I strongly believe that those of us who do understand at least a little bit about ACEs are as carriers of the trauma solutions -- like someone might be a carrier of a disease.

I think many people, if not MOST people, who actually have very high ACE scores and don't know this part of their story, already know very clearly that trauma (even though they might never have used this exact word to describe their experiences) exists in their lives. What most of us have never had before is (1) a CONTEXT that can give us some sense of true meaning for this trauma, (2) a clear idea of the consequences on many levels for what this trauma "has done to us", and (3) a way out of...

Long stories, our malevolent trauma histories. Yet here we are. What does THAT mean - exactly? How did I GET - HERE - TODAY? I continue to ask.

Never, NEVER did I see ahead when I started my Stop the Storm blog seven years ago where the trajectory of my “stop trauma” efforts would take me. I was willing to take off on a journey back then. But there’s a spiral of concern going on here. Into my future. Into the future of all of us! I can’t say I like where “this” is taking me. THIS WHAT? Violence in America? (Let alone across the planet.) What IS violence? Is neglect violence? If not, where, exactly, is the line between these two?

When considering early trauma - We MUST find ways to track what happens to people conception to age 4, at a bare minimum, to get the ACE model right. We cannot continue to use archaic thinking such as “What you can’t remember doesn’t matter.”

++ I just turned 64.  It becomes increasingly clear to me that never in my lifetime SHOULD I ever again attempt an intimate mate kind of relationship. I hope I honor the knowledge I have gained about myself that tells me basically that I would...

++ This is a post I wrote this morning about the interplay between empathy, imagination, imaginative  "pretend play" and denial.  What do we know?  What are we ready (able) to know?  What might link the California summer weather...

I can't help but have increasing concerns about what can be done "on the ground" with ACE study findings.  There seems to be a growing cry in the trenches, "What does all of this mean?  What can I or anyone else DO with this information?...

Definitely time for me to pursue a little R&R!!! My self-assigned work for the weekend has been completed! +Early trauma (high ACE scores), attachment disorders and impaired empathy: great power in new research that combines the three

++ Where would childhood trauma go if it belonged, completely unresolved, to someone who later becomes a parent except on down to their children?  Trauma, I believe, continues to survive and perpetuate itself until the lessons that it has to...

It will always be what happens with an infant at the very start of its life, essentially conception to age 3, that determines to the largest extent what the outcome trajectory of a human being's life will be for the rest of their life!  Instinct...

"Hands Around the World" comes to mind as I posted this information in   +TRAUMA? STOP IT! which includes:   Here is yet another expert’s word about the impact of trauma and hopes for its healing.  This is the link to one of Dr....

I have never posted here before so do not know the parameters of what is allowed and what is not.  I would like to introduce myself most simply and directly by providing a link here to my own blog post of today on Stop the Storm (of transmission...