Posted by Cecilia on April 28, 2003, at 1:59:07
In reply to Well... (unpleasantly graphic and overdisclosing), posted by Dinah on April 25, 2003, at 20:14:02
I`m another person with every symptom in the book of having experienced childhood sexual abuse, but no memories. (and I never got any in 7 years of therapy). But Dinah, I have to say this story triggers incredibly loud warning bells in me. First the self blame-that if something happened it was because you insisted on wearing the tight shorts. Your caretakers were responsible for what you wore-not you. Second, the adult denial/dismissal. Tight shorts don`t cause bleeding. Third, that at this age you were wandering around apparently unsupervised. Would you ever have let your son at ages 3-4 be in a situation where he was not watched by a responsible adult? I don`t think so. It`s so incredibly frustrating not having memories though. It`s like it`s your life but you`re weren`t there. They say that memories come when you`re ready for them. As far as abuse memories go, though, maybe I really don`t want them. I have more than enough pain in my life already. Cecilia
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