Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health and What to Do about It By Dr. Sanjyot Pethe
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This document discusses adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impact on health. It begins by outlining the intent to understand how ACEs affect health, explore our own pasts, and heal from adverse experiences. It then discusses how ACEs can impact brain development, the immune and nervous systems, and attachment. The rest of the document outlines the ACE study, details 10 categories of childhood adversity, and explores the physical and mental health impacts of high ACE scores. It concludes by offering suggestions for what individuals and parents/teachers can do to address ACEs, including self-care strategies like mindfulness, expressing emotions, and seeking help when needed.
Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health and What to Do about It By Dr. Sanjyot Pethe
- 1. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Its impact on Health By Dr. Sanjyot Pethe HELP Talks Oct 4, 2018
- 2. Intent of the talk • Understanding the impact of ACE on health • Exploring our own past • Healing from the impact of Adverse experiences As children we had no control over what happened to us, As adults we may be able to do something about it
- 3. • Development of the brain – HPA Axis • Immune system • Effects on nervous system • Attachment
- 4. ACE • ACE study – the story • 1985- Philosopher and physician Vincent J Fillitti – working with obesity found a correlation with childhood adversity • He found out by accident and then interviewed 285 patients - the results were opposed by medical community – advised for a larger research - Robert Anda – 26000 patients.
- 5. Adverse Childhood experiences • 10 categories • 5 categories personal -Emotional and physical stressors, sexual abuse, feeling of being unloved or uncared for, poverty/neglect. • 5 categories family – loss of parents, mother being abused, someone suffering from substance abuse, someone suffering from mental illness and a family member being sent to prison • ACE score of 4 and above
- 6. CTQ • Goes beyond ACE • Includes chronic criticism, humiliation, medical injuries, living amidst neighbourhoods of voilence • Goes into more details • Results are similar. No dimension is superior to other
- 8. Impact • Physical – Autoimmune diseases – Heart disease – Chronic bowel disorders – Migraines – Hormonal malfunction – Cancer – Lung diseases – Diebetes – Asthama – Chronic fatigue – Obesity
- 9. Impact • Mental/emotional/behavioural – Depression – Anxiety – Beliefs- Something is wrong with self and the situation – Low self esteem – Rage/anger – Emotional imbalance – Social distancing – Lack of boundaries – Inability to recognize one’s own and other’s need – Suicidal tendencies
- 10. What can we do about it (for ourselves) 1. Take the ACE survey – How old were you? – Is it possible that you don’t remember? – How much support did you receive? 2. Take your resilience score – Available on http://ACEsTooHigh.com 3. Write to heal 4. Draw It
- 11. What can we do about it (for ourselves) 5. Mindfulness meditation 6. Moving meditation 7. Working with the body sensations and feelings and movements 8. Seek professional help 9. Working with the natural environment 10. Eat more leafy greens, vegetables and fruits 11. Connect 12. Work with your intuition
- 12. What can we do about it (as parents/teachers) • Help the child to express all kinds of emotions • Encourage connection to the body, to nature, to self • Avoid criticism in public unless very necessary. If you lose it, apologize • Manage your own baggage. Heal yourself first • Seen, safe, soothed and secure • What does not kill you, makes you stronger is not always true. • No adversity is also not good • Look into your child eyes. • Amplify the good feelings • Incredible power of a 20sec hug • Reframe narratives • Teach mindfulness
- 13. In conclusion • Embracing trauma/adverse trauma does not mean we wallow in them. It means that we accept and acknowledge so that we can let it go • There is a difference between living your emotions and feeling your emotions. Liberation comes from feeling your emotions • Remember that childhood adversity also has genetic impact. Ignoring it is costly
- 14. Thank You Childhood Disrupted – Donna Jackson Nakazawa Deepest Well – Dr. Nadine Burke Harris Complex PTSD – Pete Walker