[Zoo2847]

I try to remember the past when people bring up past stories. Most of the time I can’t remember and feel really helpless. Through out the day I try to remember and every so often I do remember. I accomplish this by thinking of my past stories that I do remember and try hard to remember what else happen when I was around that age…. Now I don’t know what you would call this but I am positive that I have repressed a lot of my childhood memories.
Sometimes I “unlock” a memory and I’m left feeling frustrated and upset, thinking to myself that I am useless and a failure, even a hypocrite at times…. I say to myself… how could you not know that was wrong…

I will post the memories that hunt me later in time. I don’t really talk or trust anyone in my personal life but with this website I hope me being kind of anonymous will help me open up more.

So I ask all of you, do you think reawakening your repressed memories is a good healthy thing? Or am I just digging myself into a deeper darker hole?

[Open Eyes]

The risk of recalling one's history is that if you experienced bad things you will only be able to understand and feel what you were capable of at the time. For example, a child that is only capable of counting to 10 is not going to have the knowledge that the adult part looking back has. A lot depends on the challenges you may have now that can stem from your early childhood that you may not realize.

Are you seeing a therapist?

[Skeezyks]

Well... I can't say if reawakening repressed memories is a good thing. I'm an older person now. And, in my own case, I have few memories prior to the age of around 8. Plus... I was an only child. And years ago my parents would often tell me stories about things I did when I was younger. So, as a result, even with some of the memories of my young childhood I do have, I don't know if I actually remember them, or if what I remember is what my parents told me about years later.

I like to learn about the findings of current research into the workings of the brain. And one thing that keeps coming up is that memory is a lot less reliable than we would typically imagine. In fact, it's apparently relatively easy to convince people they did something they never actually did! So, at least to me, one has to be really careful about dredging up past memories. One could easily become all caught up in some memory that isn't accurate or didn't even happen. At least that would be my concern.

[Zoo2847]

Originally Posted by Open Eyes

The risk of recalling one's history is that if you experienced bad things you will only be able to understand and feel what you were capable of at the time. For example, a child that is only capable of counting to 10 is not going to have the knowledge that the adult part looking back has. A lot depends on the challenges you may have now that can stem from your early childhood that you may not realize.

Are you seeing a therapist?

No, I am afraid that they will diagnose me with something I can't handel. Plus I don't have any health insurance so I wouldn't be able to afford it.

[MickeyCheeky]

Uusally this kind of thing must be done with the help of a therapist. If you can't afford it, I'm not sure you should continue to try.. if you remember triggering memories, you might not be able to cope.