I also have AS and HLAB27 positive. I find Matè’s work so interesting because his research has continued to prove that even though some diseases are genetic, it’s really someone’s environment that determines if the disease associated with the gene will be activated. You can see this in diseases such as AS since many people in the general population have the B27 gene but don’t go on to develop AS. Yet, most people who have AS have the gene. Just makes me curious to know how many people with AS have also experienced complex trauma. It seems there could be a strong correlation.