2006-08-02 20:12:32 · 13 answers · asked by medusa_eyes 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I would say blocked out of the conscious mind but not forgotten
2006-08-02 21:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. It is never forgotten. Fortunately, the pain from abuse eventually fades with time. Even months after the incident, it doesn't hurt as much as it did weeks after it.
The abuse changes the way the person thinks. It will be hard to be non-judgemental and non-biased if someone has done something like that to you and you might get mixed messages coming from your friends, your parents, teachers, then yourself.
The real problem is when all those conflicting messages don't make sense and you can't determine who is correct and all you feel is confusion and shame from what happened.
No, it is not forgotten but hopefully the abused get a chance to resolve (with therapy) any issues that have been troubling them after the abuser has left the victim's life (hopefully in prison).
2006-08-02 20:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Kivan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While I have never experienced sexual abuse personally, I have known many survivors of it. I believe that forgetting would not be the healthiest way of dealing with the emotional scars. It is the same as suppression and will result in the negative feelings manifesting themselves in other ways.
It would be better to confront your feelings and learn to accept and deal with them. Only in this way can you move forward.
2006-08-02 20:47:21 · answer #3 · answered by Rory McRandall 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of you are able to forget approximately it yet I do think of you are able to come to a decision the subjects that throughout all likelihood have arisen from it. subjects like shame or fearing intimacy etc. the main suitable thank you to handle the subjects i think of is to discover a counselor who's familiar with the subjects of sexual abuse and who can help walk you thru it. additionally a competent e book on the undertaking is The braveness to Heal. can no longer remember the authors in spite of the incontrovertible fact that that's spectacular and covers each and all of the subjects with regards to sexual abuse. Wishing you the main suitable.
2016-10-01 10:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The person has put away those memories in dut bin of the mind by thinking that the victim was not responsible for it, it happened because of someone else's depravity & the victim was too young to comprehend it.
A calm thinking & state of mind can be achieved.
2006-08-02 21:21:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, once the memory is there, it will always be there. Even if you ignore it without fail, it will still be there, waiting to be dealt with.
If you are the one with the memory, check out a "survivors" type group. Listening to other's experiences can be very healing and help put things in perspective.
2006-08-02 20:24:59 · answer #6 · answered by R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no never untill the culprit get the right punishment and then just move on with life as we shuld not keep the past bitter memories with us for long it affects the future
2006-08-02 20:26:45 · answer #7 · answered by Nick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no experience what so ever but my thoughts would be that it cannot be forgotten but it can be forgiven.
2006-08-02 20:17:14 · answer #8 · answered by epod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you have a physiological problem with the brain.
However........ it can be "left behind" emotionally.
You wont forget - you'll just not think on it often.
2006-08-03 06:02:05 · answer #9 · answered by Alexander Shannon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think the memory will always come back to you
2006-08-06 03:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by Do_As_Infinity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋