Posted by RealMe on September 23, 2007, at 23:50:06
In reply to Re: To everyone » Happyflower3, posted by sunnydays on September 23, 2007, at 16:50:18
I would agree with those who said you would remember. It is possible to have repressed some things, but usually one remembers some aspect of it. This is what I have found with people I worked with. Myself, I remember it all but put it in a little box and locked the box with a key so to speak so it would not impact on me. And, it didn't for many, many years. I thought to myself, "Well see, it is not a big deal; it's all in the past." HAH did I fool myself.
It could be any number of things such as feeling you were deprived of attention and love. For a child that is extremely painful. I was never able to block out the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse (diffrent people) but I have always been good at compartmentalizing, and so things get put in emotional drawers which is not so good as the drawer can fall open at the most unexpected times, and then I go into a panic and/or feel very depressed.
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