I agree with all of this. I did not remember the abuse - but I knew I was different than other people with regard to sex and had VERY strong opinions about people who abuse children. It wasn't until I was in T that my therapist enabled me to remember what had happened. I am fortunate - the memories hit me in his office where we could deal with them. Now, suddenly, my behavior in the past makes sense to me. I know why I have felt different and I know I am not to blame for the abuse. He was a boy who lived next door and was 5 years older than me - started when I was about 6 and went until I was about 10. My mother always wondered why I always kept getting urinary tract infections at such a young age. Our minds are very powerful and will do whatever they can to hide things from our consciousness that we cannot handle. Then, when the time is right and we are in a place where we can handle it, the mind will release that information for us to process and recover.