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Originally Posted by deliquesce
be careful that your T is not leading you to dredge up "bad" memories that might or might not be there. it is common for people to not remember a lot of their childhood. it does not mean that there was necessarily something "bad" that happened which they are stuffing down.
i would go with your gut on this one. don't let your T lead you - it could lead to a lot of heartache  .
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I don't think she's leading me. She's asked me a few times at the beginning of therapy if anything "bad" happened to me as a kid (sexually), but I kept saying no. And all she said this previous session was that there are memories, just not at a conscious level. Maybe so, but why would they be in the unconscious unless they weren't good? She didn't argue with me when I told her I didn't believe that, but I know she disagrees.
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Originally Posted by madisgram
[there is term called "repressed memory". it's caused by the mind being on overload with the information. like too hard to process. in children this often happens when there are things that happened that were too much to bear emotionally. so they become repressed or for better words, lost memory. it's in there, just not on the surface where one consciously remembers it cause the mind is protecting you.
that's my spin on it. i could be incorrect but i'm feeling like your T has some insight on this. why not let her guide you thru this process of discovery if she feels it will help you. if nothing's in "there" then you can move on to the next "topic".
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She may, but I just don't think anything so bad has happened to me to cause me to not remember my childhood.