Hi Sabby,

I always find it amazing how wonderful the brain protects chldren! You couldn't handle the overwhelming aspect of the experience so you blocked it out!

I have not worked directly with a particular repressed memory per se. But a lot of my work in therapy has been reconstructing my childhood that I blocked out because it was too painful. The way we work it, is to explore those feelings that come up within the context of everyday life. I have found that many of these feelings are old and they lead me to memories that were long ago locked away. I think the theory is that the body holds the score one way or another. So we need to access those feelings that were laid down as repressed memory because the conscious couldn't handle it. Does that make any sense?

It's like one of those investigative TV shows, CSI or something. There is always more than one way to figure out what really happened. Only some pieces of evidence require more investigation because they are hidden.

I also think that there are other ways people use to access memory but you have to be careful.

Good luck.

I'm sorry you had such a frightening experience. Poor (( little Sabby)). I bet she was scared. Yay for the "kindergarten cop."

xo