Childhood Trauma

Childhood Trauma | Survivors | What Happened To You?

You Don’t Get Over It. You Get Somewhere With It.
ByMary M McFadden

Healing from childhood ACEs isn’t about erasing what happened — it’s about building a new relationship with the adaptations that once kept you alive. This post closes the ACEs series with what real, unhurried healing actually looks like.

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Childhood Trauma | Survivors | What Happened To You?

The Danger Ended. Your Body Didn’t Get the Memo.
ByMary M McFadden

Leaving a dangerous household, aging out of care, or watching a parent change doesn’t end childhood trauma — it starts a slower, less visible phase most support systems aren’t built for.

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Childhood Trauma | Survivors | What Happened To You?

The Behavior Was Never the Problem: How Children Adapt to Survive
ByMary M McFadden

Children in adverse environments don’t fail to cope — they adapt brilliantly to survive. This post breaks down the survival strategies kids build, and why those strategies often outlive the danger that created them.

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Childhood Trauma | Survivors | What Happened To You?

The Moment Childhood Trauma Begins (It’s Not on the Checklist)
ByMary M McFadden

The ACE checklist gave childhood trauma a name, but it was never the whole story. This post breaks down what the original ten categories missed and where trauma actually begins.

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Childhood Trauma | How to read an incident report | System and Advocacy

What a Pattern of Incidents Tells You That a Single Report Won’t
ByMary M McFadden

One incident report shows a single event. A pattern across many reveals timing, staff correlations, and escalation no single page will admit.

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