Childhood trauma causes extreme stress on your body. Over time this stress becomes toxic. Your ANS becomes chronically elevated (toxic stress) leading to changes in immunity, breathing, heart rate, blood sugar regulation, quality of sleep, emotional regulation, concentration, and pain processing.
Knowing your score underscores the critical need for daily nervous-system down-regulation.
Research suggests that a high ACE score is directly linked to negative health and wellness in adulthood. Adults with 4 or more ACEs were 12 times more likely to develop chronic conditions. (Cleveland Clinic)
For every "yes" you answer, add 1 to your score. A higher ACE score