Okay guys your ACE trauma score does not indicate how fucked up you are?. It's just a rough estimate of your childhood trauma. Just because you a have low score doesn't mean your lucky or normal. And just because you have a high score doesn't mean your messed up.
My score is 3 and I thought it was normal turns out after therapy I found out I have depression and anxiety disorder as a result of my trauma. That's because I have unresolved trauma. But therapy and medication have been instrumental in helping change my unhealthy perception of life. I can now sleep and reduce my anxiety and depression.
Those with a high score can be healthy if they resolve their trauma through therapy. Those with a zero are not necessarily okay. There are people I know who have no childhood truama but have issues as adults.
Bottom line we all have issues no one is perfect everyone needs therapy. I know strong willed people who still need therapy.
Religious people obsess over religion because they have unresolved trauma. Religion is like a drug. They think they need a fix every Sunday.
the difference between religion and therapy is that you can see a measurable difference. You do not need therapy for the rest of your life (unless you have a serious mental illness). Most still think you have resolved your trauma all on your own but I'm certain you have not.

Since l am 70 years old and have never met a person that l could look to as a standard for normal, l think I'll pass. ?

I do know my ACE score, and I think it is the reason I chose to work in child welfare.

Think I'd be a bit scared to find out honestly lol

Here is a test know, [enneagramtest.net]

I know a lot of tests that measure a range of how fucked or good we could be but the ACE score, I have not heard of, please, send me a linki

I think there is some confusion about this test, and I would love to clarify its usefulness. We use this test in child welfare to help determine risk in some scenarios along with a myriad of other risk assessments. Risk does not imply outcome, it implies the probability of exposure to harm. We take risks everyday. Every time we get into a car, bus or train we take the risk of being in an accident. That doesn't mean we are going to be in an accident. However, if we get into a car impaired to drive, or into a car that is mechanically deficient that risk can go up substantially and become a safety issue. When it becomes a safety issue it means that there is a much higher probability to exposure to harm that is immediate; it is now not if there is going to be a dangerous situation, it is a matter of when, and generally that is in the now or very near future. So, what I am saying is just because you have an ACE score does not mean that you have a mental health issue that needs addressed with therapy as an adult.

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Yes. 8.

8 out of 10. Just another score for the books. It doesn't really mean anything to me.

Hmmmm..... no.

I just took the quiz. It was kinda generic though. I've seen some pretty fucked up shit go down before I was 10 that wasn't even on the quiz.

Mine is a 10

I got 0. I never had any specific traumas in my childhood, but never really had strong emotional connections in our family either.

I took the NPR test and came up with 6. I have been to family therapy because of issues with my son. I am far from perfect but feel fairly well adjusted. I had an alcoholic father who I adored and feel that despite his issues we had a positive relationship for most of my childhood. He was abusive in the end but we left and it taught me to never accept that kind of treatment. I I also had a live in grandfather who was super supportive as were all the few relatives I was in contact with. My second marriage was idyllic and definitely restored any faith I had lost in the male gender.

In the words of Luniz, “I got 5 on it” ? N to preempt your thoughtful follow up question: I saw a psychologist a couple times around middle school, and a court mandated religious family counselor around high school (who did far more harm than good). I’ve dealt with most everything that happened to me before high school, but plenty more trauma got added in that incident that brought us to court; the full extent of which wasn’t revealed to me until a couple years ago so that’s all pretty fresh. I do realize I could use some real therapy, but I could also use some insurance to pay for it first. In the meantime I self medicate with herb, yoga, meditation, nature, and random hobbies I tend to pick up. It’s getting better but I do intend to see a therapist as soon as possible. In the spirit of frankness around childhood trauma, I have to share one of the greatest poems on the subject:

This Be The Verse
BY PHILIP LARKIN
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.

I was a free range child.

How d'you find that out?

How do you get your ACE score?