Do you know your ACE score? Take the quiz here.
Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs are the amount of difficulties you have suffered before 18 years of age. There are 10 questions.
Our quiz will ask you these questions and tell you your ACE Score!
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Quiz
A short, private way to learn your ACE number. You count your own answers — you never tell us which questions, only the total, and only if you choose to.
Before your 18th birthday…
Read each one and keep a count of how many were true for you. Some may be hard to read — take your time.
While you were growing up, during your first 18 years of life:
- Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often… Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you? or Act in a way that made you afraid that you might be physically hurt?
- Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often… Push, grab, slap, or throw something at you? or Ever hit you so hard that you had marks or were injured?
- Did an adult or person at least 5 years older than you ever… Touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way? or Attempt or actually have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you?
- Did you often or very often feel that… No one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? or Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other?
- Did you often or very often feel that… You didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you? or Your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it?
- Were your parents ever separated or divorced?
- Was your mother or stepmother: Often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her? or Sometimes, often, or very often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard? or Ever repeatedly hit over at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife?
- Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic, or who used street drugs?
- Was a household member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household member attempt suicide?
- Did a household member go to prison?
How many could you answer “yes” to?
Out of the ten questions, enter the total below — a whole number from 0 to 10.
Your ACE score
Where this falls
What people sometimes notice
How The Hope Place can help
Your number is a starting point, not a sentence. If you’re in crisis or just need to talk to someone now, call or text 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), any time.
Comparison figures: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011–2020.
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Merritt, M.B., Cronholm, P., Davis, M., Dempsey, S., Fein, J., Kuykendall, S.A.,… Wade, R. (2013). Findings from the Philadelphia Urban ACE Survey. Institute for Safe Families. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2013/09/findings-from-the-philadelphia-urban-ace-survey.html
Why ACEs Matter to Our Health
Children who are abused and neglected may suffer immediate physical injuries such as cuts, bruises, or broken bones. They may also have emotional and psychological problems, such as anxiety or posttraumatic stress.
Over the long term, children who are abused or neglected are also at increased risk for experiencing future violence victimization and perpetration, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, delayed brain development, lower educational attainment, and limited employment opportunities.
Chronic abuse may result in toxic stress, which can change brain development and increase the risk for problems like posttraumatic stress disorder and learning, attention, and memory difficulties.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy Can Help Resolve ACEs
Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a peer reviewed, evidence-based treatment. ART utilizes rapid eye movements, similar to the way our brains use eye movements while we’re sleeping. Unlike REM sleep, you are able to chose what you’d like to process and how you would like to process it, because you are fully awake and in control during the ART session.
ART differs from EMDR in that it is much more procedural. A trained therapist will walk you through each step. ART also targets certain sensations and memories leaving the client less flooded with emotions that leave them feeling raw. There is no homework and each session is considered it’s own intervention. It doesn’t erase memory. It detaches negative emotions from events.
Keep the knowledge, lose the pain.
We are a mental health facility in Mansfield, Texas that treats mostly trauma related mental health issues. To learn more about us and see what we do that’s different than the majority of trauma therapists in Texas - go to our home page: www.hopeplacetx.com
