[worstelenchinchilla]

if I repressed the memories of csa for multiple years, when i was about 13 i started showing basically every sign of ptsd but i didnt know what was going on and a few months later i started having flashbacks and remembering bits of its and its just getting worse and worse so could the ptsd just have laid dormant until i began to recollect the abuse?

[Open Eyes]

What is happening is not so much that the ptsd is dormant, but instead children tend to block things out because they simply don't have any life skills or experience to understand what csa or any kind of abuse means or how to react.

What often happens is the child goes into a state of mind where they are disconnected from whatever is taking place. This is actually part of our design so that we can survive in spite of. What can happen is when an individual gets to a point where they are actually learning what is considered bad or wrong, that can end up bringing out these past experiences where what happened to them was wrong. That can lead to recognizing the degree of the threat and that is what can develop into experiencing ptsd symptoms, or bouts of anxiety and confusion, even having a fear of talking about what happened.