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Old Jul 27, 2014, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Violet Blue View Post
I understand. My dad died when I was in fourth grade. I remember my first day of kindergarten and even dresses I wore in second grade! I remember being told he died. The wake. The funeral. The cemetery. Memories of my dad? Nope. Nothing. Zero.
Really? I'm sorry about your Dad

So, you can remember the details around the trauma. I also remember my Mom on the morning of my brother's funeral and how people treated me different. I just think of forgetting as a self-defense mechanism for my brain, but I get confused between the two labels. I thought blackouts could be when a person gets violent and has no recollection of the event.
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