About 8 mos. into my therapy, I was laying on my bed and just thinking about my childhood when I started having these images, kind of like little flashes in my mind of horrible things happening to me as a child. From the ages of about 7 to 12, as far as I know, but also remember having an irrational fear from about age 4, which I still have to this day. At first, I was thinking that it wasn't real, but, as I laid there and just let my mind "be", the memories started coming back. I am amazed that through all the talking of childhood memories my T and I did for 8 mos, every week, that this never came up in my mind. T said I wasn't ready for it to until it did. And throughout my adult life, I never remembered it, either, but it is monumental. I am just now beginnning to understand why certain things bother me, like any woman touching me, even in a non-threatening way, like a touch on the shoulder. T said it was just too painful for me to keep in my active memory, so I put it down so deep, that it didn't surface until I was opening up about other things that happened. So, Squiggle, it definately happens, and I wish you the best with your struggles. I know for me if I keep going and keep talking, someday it will be better. In fact things are better than when I first started therapy a year and a half ago. Blessings...