The Trauma Vortex

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study links early trauma with later mental and physical health problems.  Understanding trauma has become an important topic of discussion.  Despite having many of the ACES on the list, I avoided the word trauma because I refused to believe that my early experiences determined how I could experience my life.  But we DO need to acknowledge the weight of the past if we don't want to carry it into our future, but we're also EMPOWERED to become active agents in our healing.