Not sure what to feel or think

So all the sexual stuff that ever happened to me I have always remembered but about 8 months ago I had my first and only flashback thus far. I remembered my dad kissing me in kind of a violent way on the lips. It kinda took me by surprise. I didnt remember my age ( although I get this vague feeling i was a teen)The problem is, is I dont feel anyway about it usually. I see my dad every weekend and no memories have come up. I love him to death and he is really my only emotional support but somedays it pops up and I feel kinda uneasy about it but part of me thinks maybe he was just playing. Part of me feels uneasy about it. Im not saying it was a major thing. Just want to know if I am stupid that it bothers me somedays. Sometimes I feel like I shouldnt talk to him because of it becsuse we have a good relationship and somedays I feel i am overacting.

Well... I don't really know anything about this. I don't think you're stupid that it bothers you some days. On the other hand, I think it would be unfortunate if you lost your relationship with your dad over this, especially since you wrote he is your only emotional support.

I like to read about new scientific findings regarding the workings of the human brain. And one thing that keeps coming up is that our memories are not as reliable as we would typically like to imagine they are. It's apparently not even all that difficult to convince people they did something they never actually did. (This actually becomes rather scary when one thinks about it in relation to the legal system.)

Anyway... I'm not saying something didn't happen here. I obviously don't know. But I do think we need to approach memories of this sort with caution. What we think we recall, & how accurate our memories of it may be, apparently can't be taken for granted.

Well I believe this was a true memory but I dont have the reason it happened. Like what my dad was thinking. I just have the picture that flashed and the shock it caused me. I just wanted to know if i am overeacting. I also was curious as why it took 26 years or more to resurface (the only reason i know it was before then was because I stopped seeing my dad at 16)