I have to admit, before seeing this article, I didn’t know much about Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE) either, let alone that someone was studying their effect on adulthood, and possibly on counteracting the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). This study seems to suggest that these things can help: Below are the seven items on…
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This article is written about India, and I think it’s possible that a few of you will read this and think to yourself that this is something that happens in cultures like that. One where a high priority is put on the family and not shaming or embarrassing your family in any way. That may…
This article is about losing her brother to suicide, but I think this message speaks to all of the things we go through that cause people to not know what to say, depression, child abuse, sexual assault, etc. I am reminded of a text message from one of my former students, sent from hundreds of…
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Again, another reminder that if you simply froze in response to abuse as a child, instead of trying to get away, or fighting, that’s actually pretty normal, and beyond your control: The stress response is a survival response. It is an innate biological response to threat or perceived threat. It prepares the body to fight…
