I recovered a repressed memory some time ago. It disgusted me, but what I remembered doesn't seem like all that horrible of a thing, especially compared to what other people have been through. When I mentioned it to my T, I said that I had remembered experiencing "some minor sexual abuse." She stopped me right there and explained that there is no such thing as "minor" sexual abuse. It affects you, and you need treatment for what it has done to your life.

Some psychiatrists really don't have what it takes to deal with the real issues people have, and maybe they should stick to dispensing meds. I'd go with what the psychologist said, because generally they are the ones who are trained appropriately to deal with issues like that, and also, more especially, because the psychologist's response seems to resonate more truly with what your real experience is. We have been conditioned not to trust our own feelings. That was abuse too. Trust what you feel. You have been affected by what happened to you.