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May 31, 2009, 10:26 AM
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Member Since: Feb 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,611
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(((Fuzzy)))) Everyone.  I use therapy to talk about them and work through the emotions and actions connected to them.
My memories of childhood sexual abuse I try to just block out, while at the same time reminding myself it was not my fault, I am not dirty. My uncle and brother were the sick ones, they were the predators, they caused the ugly pictures in my mind and I can choose not to think of them. It works pretty good, unless something unexpectedly triggers me.
The emotional & physical abuse and neglect from my childhood I do the same. Remind myself it wasn't my fault. Remind myself my parents and brother were all very sick people, but that does not escuse their actions. Talk through it in therapy. Then choose to not think about it, or pay attention to the memories when they pop up.
But I also think once you've been abused, it's always there somewhere. We just have to learn to take care of ourselves.
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