
Jan 26, 2013, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Nemo39122
The other day I was unpacking my apartment because I recently moved again, and looked in the side door of a TV cabinet that used to belong to my parents. It was full of VHS tapes, and as I was putting them in a box to bring back to my parents I saw the label of one that caught my eye. The label said "For [my dad's name]," "[Me] pre - 5-23-93," and said stuff like me and my brother at certain points in late 1993 and 1994.
Me pre - 5-23-93 refers to me before a day when I was 3 months old, when my dad threw me and I landed on my head. For awhile I thought I was told the whole story but over the past few years the story has changed so many times that I have no idea what really happened. Because of my age at the time I have no memory of any of this, I have to depend on liars for the truth. Now I don't have to...but do I really want to know the truth?
I know the video isn't going to tell the whole story in detail or anything, but maybe it'll help me piece things together. Who was there, who wasn't, what months/years this was...and how I was. Although I don't know if that's something I want to see, knowing what I know now. The weird thing is I've seen parts of this video before. But it was before I knew what really happened back then, and I don't think it was all of the video...plus it was a very long time ago, so I don't remember it very clearly.
I feel like I NEED to watch it. I know it's probably going to really mess me up for a little while, but if I don't watch it I know I'll always wonder, and never get past this.
I just don't know if this will help, or if its a really bad (even dangerous) idea and I should just let it go. 
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Hi,
I just went through something similar. I recorded a conversation that I had with a "friend of the family" who raped and abused me for years when I was a teenager. I'd forgotten that I'd made the recording. I blocked out alot of things from those years. I talked to my therapist about it and we decided that it would be best to have a few sessions going over what might be on the tape and try to be prepared. It was a one sided recording so I couldnt hear his voice all of the time but I got the jist of it from my responses. I'd forgotten how angry I was back then. It did mess with my head and I went through a few weeks where I self injured. My therapist helped me to better cope with the bad taste that I was left with. I dont regret listening to it. Like you, I would have wondered what was on it. If you watch it, please have someone that you trust that you can reach out to.
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