I think it's important to realize that it's normal not to remember a lot of thing from one's childhood. Also, remember that if there was sexual abuse of somekind, a child doesn't know what that is, so you will not remember it like you would now. What is typically remembered is something that affected one emotionally, something that hurt or frightened a person. To try to recall everything and think something is wrong because you cannot is not something one should stress over or assume something bad happened that you are choosing to block out.

When I developed PTSD, everything that challenged me for a while involved the traumatic situation I experienced. Then when I experienced some challenges with my older sister, or a lawyer that was failing mentally and was failing to help me in my lawsuit I experienced flashbacks from my past that I had no idea my mind held in storage. I would have flashbacks of certain things, parts of things and in every flashback I was afraid or being hurt somehow and experiencing these really confused me.

We may not always remember what was said, although sometimes we do, but we do remember how whatever did take place made us feel, especially if it has "fright/flight/freeze" in it. So, don't just assume the worst or that if you can't remember everything it's bad. We never remember everything that happens to us from day to day in our lives, especially when we are children, unless we experienced emotional challenges, then we may remember those experiences.

Always keep in mind when recalling a childhood, you did not know then what you know now as far as overall knowledge and maturity is concerned. And whatever you do recall, you did survive whatever it was. Often people will remember things that made them happy too. It's just mostly things that involve emotions. And keep in mind, the brain doesn't store everything in areas where there is language so it may take time for someone to be able to put whatever they are remembering into words. Patience is very important.