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Old May 06, 2009, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by shezbut View Post
I don't know what to do! I'm scared to talk about it, and try to figure out exactly what has happened. And I'm also afraid to continue to avoid talking about it. Since this memory came back to me, a few days ago, I can't get this dilemma out of my mind. I'm obsessing over my questionable childhood. How do I know whether or not I merely dreamt that these things happened so many years ago?
I can relate to exactly what you're feeling, because I am feeling it right now as well. I have a "memory" of something that happened in my childhood (SA), but I am wondering if it really happened or not - or if it was just conjured up in my own mind. I am asking my T that exact question - how do you know if the memory is real or not?

Regardless of whether or not it actually happened, if you are thinking it and questioning it - it is real in some way to you...whether it happened or not. I hope that makes sense.
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