childhood trauma
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I’m Struggling (Mentally) and I Don’t Even Know Why
I am struggling a lot lately. That’s the cleanest way to put it. Not in any obvious way. Just quietly, persistently, in a way that sits behind the eyes and won’t bugger off. And I don’t fully know why. Last August, in the middle of what I thought was a routine conversation, a GP looked…
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ACEs Explained – The 1998 Study That Changed Everything
When I talk about trauma, mental health, or long-term health problems, I often refer back to something called the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) study. This post is here so I can link to it as a simple, go-to explanation of what that actually means. A Plain-English Guide to the 1998 Felitti Study In short, the…
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Childhood Trauma and Adult Health – What the Evidence Shows
Viral posts only tell half the story… You’ve probably seen posts like this doing the rounds on social media: “I wish more people understood that unhealed childhood trauma doesn’t just disappear. It shows up decades later as autoimmune disease, heart issues, chronic pain, exhaustion and mental health struggles. What happened to you at 4, 10…