I was molested when I was 11 years old. I had no awareness of it until the memory suddenly came back to me about 15 years later. When it happened, I didn't understand, and I guess I didn't think that much of it. I think that I liked that an adult paid attention to me, wanted to sit by me, etc. I had no clue what he was trying to do to me by touching me that way.

When the memory came back, I felt sick. Suddenly I knew what it was. I don't know what made it come up when it did, but there were some details that came up that I was able to use to establish that it was a real memory. Details that my mother and my sister remembered when I asked them, although they didn't understand at the time. Such as the landlady telling my mother that we couldn't go over and visit anymore, although due to the language barrier, mom couldn't understand why.

Case examples aren't considered good emperical evidence, but when you actually expereince something yourself, you know that it really can happen. I can't verify that all recovered memories are true, but I know that it happened to me.