This document summarizes the key points from a talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health. The talk explores how childhood trauma can affect brain development, the immune and nervous systems, and attachment. It discusses how trauma disrupts normal development at different childhood stages. The impacts of childhood trauma can include physical health problems like autoimmune diseases, mental/emotional issues like depression, low self-esteem, and difficulty regulating emotions. The talk suggests ways of addressing childhood trauma can include regulation, management, achieving coherence, and feeling contained.

1. Adverse Childhood
Experiences and Its impact on
Health – Part 2
By Dr. Sanjyot Pethe
HELP Talks
Nov 30, 2018

2. Intent of the talk
• Understanding the impact of Childhood
trauma
• Exploring our own past
• What does healing mean?
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. Trauma is fundamentally a
disturbance in the ability
to be in the here and now
- van der Kolk

5. Some questions
• Do you feel extreme unexplained fatigue?
• Do you feel unexplained pain in different parts of
the body?
• Do you become anxious about small things and is
there a pattern?
• Do you want company but as soon as you get it,
you feel inadequate?
• Do you have issues of self esteem?
• Do you have a consistent, negative mood?

6. Development stage
Stage Characteristic Disruption
Womb to 3 Months Existence Loss of connection and
strong mental life
1 month to 18 month Need Not aware of needs, no trust
of needs being met or
sensing
8 months to 2 and
half year
Curiosity, Autonomy Lack of awareness of
impulses and feelings,
commitment avoidance
2 to 4 Will - Seperating thinking, intention
actions, making choices
Self sacrificing, difficulty in
planning, blaming others
3 to 6 Love, sexuality Separation of these
5 to 9 years Opinion forming Difficulty in forming
opinions, rigidity, rejecting
others
7 to 12 Solidarity, performance Fear of competing and
standing out
13 to 25 Independence, identity Low self esteem, anxiety,
depression

7. Impact
• Physical
– Autoimmune diseases
– Heart disease
– Chronic bowel disorders
– Migraines
– Hormonal malfunction
– Cancer
– Lung diseases
– Diebetes
– Asthama
– Chronic fatigue
– Obesity

8. 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?
• Regulation and management
• Coherence
• Containment

11. Thank You
Childhood Disrupted – Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Deepest Well – Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Complex PTSD – Pete Walker