I have a lot of repressed memories.
Posted by anonymous in Childhood on May 5th, 2010 | 3 commentsI’ve been thinking about what’s happened in my past, and I’ve forgotten a lot, but there are also some things that I’ve blocked out. I have vauge memories of being sexually abused as a young child, but I’m still trying to figure out what exactly happened. I’ve had flashes of the memory in the past, but I was able to get those thoughts out of my head quickly. When I told my mom what I could remember, she said that the only place she could think of that happening was at my daycare.
I keep remembering more, and I’m afraid to tell her that I think the place it happened was at the house my grandparents used to live in. I don’t want to cause any drama between the family by saying that I think it was a family member.
It was over ten years ago, but after trying to remember I’m remembering a lot more as time goes on. If I figure out it was someone in the family, I don’t think I’d tell my parents.
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This is a really horrible situation to find yourself in. None of it is your fault but you feel like if you say something you will hurt your mum. The truth will hurt but you should probably tell her.
Sometimes I feel I have repressed memories of abuse but this is way back from when I was at nursery school. If you think you may have been abused by someone in your family then it is even harder to comprehend. Have you thought about going to talk to a counsellor or a friend you can trust? I hope you manage to pull through and wish you all the strength in the world.
i have been going thru this too for the past 3.5 years, its not easy but find a qualified therapist, i cant imagine doing it without help
You definitely need to seek therapy before accusing anyone of anything. Although repressed memories are very much real, they can also be mistaken for “False Memory Syndrome” A good example of this would be the “McMartin Preschool Trial” of the 1980′s.