Athias - Unvaccinated
Aces Metrics: physical, verbal and sexual abuse, parental separation, exposure to
domestic violence, living with a household member with mental illness,
alcohol and/or drug misuse, or a family member in prison.
Was I ever physically, verbally, and/or sexually abused?
No. My parents use to hit my older siblings and I with a belt on the occasions we were unruly. This however stopped with me. I told my parents at age 11 that they didn't have the right to hit me (I actually caught my father's belt in my hand and threw it away.) My parents were understandably shocked by this. My parents sat my older siblings and I down and explained how they were extending a practice that was implemented on them as children, and never thought to look at it critically until my "rebellion." They apologized to my older siblings and me and ended the belt whooping under the condition that we started acting more responsible for our then "questionable" decisions. My younger siblings were spared the rod.
My parents never berated us. And no I was never initiated sexually by any of my parents.
Were your parents ever separated?
My parents have been together for 48 years, so no.
Have you ever been exposed to
domestic violence?
No. Neither of my parents ever laid their hand on the other. It's not their way.
Have you ever lived with a household member with mental illness?
No, there'd be no family or household member who would meet the description of "mentally ill," which is a myth.
Have you ever experienced alcohol and/or drug misuse?
"Misuse" is vague. But I've never seen my parents "misuse" drugs or alcohol. I've never seen them "do drugs" and my mother and siblings may have a drink on holidays--my father and I abstain.
Do you have a family member in prison?
No.
RESULTS OF STUDY: BULLSHIT!
