Well, I have never forgotten what happened to me. So, sometimes I think that repressed memories are not real. My abuse was bad- I was removed and put into foster care, so it is not a question of how bad the abuse was for whether repression occurs.

I flucutate on this issue. I think without corroboration of the memories, you need to be careful. Because if you are led to believe that things happened to you, it is very distressing having to deal with something that you do not know truely happened. It can ruin your life.

Most people I have met, in group etc, remember events. We dont remember everything like day, color of pants, etc, but they remember their lives and the major events. Most of them dissociate as well, but they have not forgotten everything.

I actually usually dont hang in this forum because of all the repressed memories that are discussed. But I thought I would respond to this with a different opinion.

Just my 2 cents....