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Elivandersys t1_ja2w4u8 wrote

Reply to comment by theprozacfairy in Unpredictable childhood environments linked to food addiction in adulthood by chrisdh79

Yeah, I've thought about that, too. My brother has spina bifida. I went from being the baby to basically being shuttled aside because his health issues were so profound. My husband and his mother and brother were emotionally abused throughout his childhood. His brother ran away at 16 and became a drug addict. None of these things are represented on the ACE test.

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theprozacfairy t1_ja4gq6i wrote

The emotional abuse would register on the ACE test, if the dad yelled, swore at, or insulted them frequently, or ever threatened physical harm. Nothing else, though.

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Elivandersys t1_ja4rnom wrote

Except his version was to pretend they didn't exist. My husband once went two months without his dad acknowledging his existence because as a 9 year old, he ran with his dad's glasses in his hand and tripped, after being told to walk. Glasses weren't damaged at all, btw.

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