[pachyderm]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advers...eriences_Study

The ACE study's results suggest that maltreatment and household dysfunction in childhood contribute to health problems decades later. These include chronic diseases—such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—that are the most common causes of death and disability in the United States.

https://acestoohigh.com/2012/10/03/t...besity-clinic/

The first shocker: There was a direct link between childhood trauma and adult onset of chronic disease, as well as mental illness, doing time in prison, and work issues, such as absenteeism.

The second shocker: About two-thirds of the adults in the study had experienced one or more types of adverse childhood experiences. Of those, 87 percent had experienced 2 or more types. This showed that people who had an alcoholic father, for example, were likely to have also experienced physical abuse or verbal abuse. In other words, ACEs usually didn’t happen in isolation.

The third shocker: More adverse childhood experiences resulted in a higher risk of medical, mental and social problems as an adult.

[Sunflower123]

This was very eye opening to me. I have 4 types of ACEs and I am resolved not to let me lead me to an early death. Thanks for sharing.

[*Laurie*]

Yes. It worries me. I grew up with abuse in the home and I worry that it will eventually cause me to be physically sick.

[pachyderm]

Here's another article, on how some kinds of prolonged childhood trauma can lead to prison:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/u...addiction.html

... in a justice system built upon the idea of choice and personal responsibility, experts say the path to trouble may begin long before an individual has any say in the matter. What happens to people in childhood can make a difference in whether they end up in a prison cell, or whether they are even wired to make rational decisions.

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Some schools, hospitals and jails have incorporated this emerging understanding of trauma, shifting the question from “What is wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”

[avlady]

what is wrong with you sounds like a terrible question, but i've heard it alot myself!!

[pachyderm]

Originally Posted by avlady

what is wrong with you sounds like a terrible question, but i've heard it alot myself!!

Has it helped?

[CepheidVariable]

Originally Posted by avlady

what is wrong with you sounds like a terrible question, but i've heard it alot myself!!

Awfully, it's a question many of us hear from our own inner critic a lot.

[eskielover]

I saw the correlation between childhood abuse/neglect & trauma past & current had an effect on eating disorders which directly have an affect on physical health too. That experience for me was in 1996. Irritated me because they could see it with overheating but refused to correlate it to anorexia. They had it stuck in their blinded view that anorexia was all about body image. Their psychologist was a useless jerk.

Glad these studies were done & the results brought to light