Ten questions about what happened before you turned eighteen. Two minutes. A number that explains more than you'd expect.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted on the link between childhood stress and adult health. It was published in 1998. Its findings have been replicated hundreds of times. Its core tool is ten yes-or-no questions.
Each question asks whether a specific experience happened before you were eighteen. The total count is your ACE score. The score doesn't measure severity or duration. It measures exposure — how many categories of adversity you encountered.
Answer for yourself. There are no right answers and no judgment. Your results are not sent anywhere — they stay in your browser.
The ACE score is a population-level research tool, not a clinical diagnosis. A high score does not determine your future. It describes your starting conditions. Many people with high ACE scores build stable, connected lives — especially when they can see the system they grew up in and understand how it shaped their wiring.
The score also doesn't capture everything. It doesn't measure the severity of any single experience, the duration, or the presence of protective factors — a safe adult, a stable friendship, a community. Those matter enormously.
Your ACE score has been saved. Aimeru will have this context when you talk.
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