Is it possible for someone to suffer some kind of abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) as a child but not remember it until they are older. Or to start having dreams about the abuse that seem so real but you dont know if they really happened or not. Can these repressed memories be trusted? what type of things may cause these memories to be remembered?
2006-08-09 16:48:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Some repressed memories are true, others aren't. It all depends on how the memories resurfaced, what they're of, etc.
Try going to a counselor, he or she can help you realize the difference.
2006-08-09 16:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother had dreams for years of a monster crawling into her bed before she asked her sisters about it. Turns out that their dad would sexually assault the oldest sister. When she finally started talking back at 13, he went after my mom and her next younger sister in bed (they shared) when they were asleep. The real monster was my grandfather... Yes, they are real. But make sure that, if you see a therapist, s/he doesn't try digging TOO hard. It has happened that they dig so deep that they start to make you think things may have happened that never did.
A lot of times, these repressed memories resurface when you return to the place that they occured after a long absence, or if you find yourself in a situation near identical to that in the memories. My mom first remembered this stuff about her dad when my father worked late for a week. He snuck into bed after getting home at 2 am one night and my mom came unglued.
2006-08-09 17:11:50 · answer #2 · answered by Angela M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you r going through. I am 46 and I kept telling my psychiatrist that i had thought i had been molested when i was 3. He said that sometimes the experience is so traumatic that you repress the memories for years..you just block them out. My psychiatrist told me to go home and ask my mom about it because i even remembered who did it to me. I went home asked my mom and her reply was how can you remember that you were only three, when i asked her why she didn't tell me she said that it was because i never would remember because i was so young and they thought they had caught the guy who did it before much happened. When i told her the name of the person who did this to me she turned white. She still insisted that i was to young to remember and felt really bad for not telling me but yes you can repress the memory i did for 37 years. Sorry for what may have happened to you i know it sucks.
2006-08-09 17:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some repressed memories are real. You need a counselor who knows how to hypnotize you and not put suggestions in your head. I had a friend who was molested repeatedly and would actually go into a fugue so she wouldn't remember it. It was 20 years later that she remembered it and, when she reported it, discovered she was not the only one molested by this person.
2006-08-09 16:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by PuttPutt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 21:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. If these "repressed memories" surface while on drugs, then they are not real!
2006-08-09 16:55:25 · answer #6 · answered by Shelby67grl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are definitely real... repression is a defense mechanism used by your consciousness where the threatening material gets shoved into your unconscious... it is possible to access your unconscious, especially through dreams. i would go to a counselor or therapist, specifically one who practices psychoanalysis; they would be most willing and able to help you analyze your dreams and bring them into your conscious awareness.
2006-08-09 17:08:38 · answer #7 · answered by KristenM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.heartcenteredtherapies.org/Public_Resources/Useful_Information/Energetic_Psychodrama.htm
2006-08-09 16:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋