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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: Dexterkichokri



I am interested in knowing about this. I have a similar feeling. Years ago when I told my first boyfriend during intimacy, it seemed really vivid and I told him. I remember him being furious at no one being able to shelter a vulnerable child. I have never told anyone but him. But later on, I wasn't sure if I quite recollected the events correctly. Is it in your repressed memory, perhaps? I have often wondered the same. I don't see the face. I don't hear the voice...just the act seems to come and go at will. I have never seen a psychologist regarding this and it has not adversely affected my sex life. But I often wonder if this is why I am such a commitment phobe when it comes to marriage and children. How do you feel about it if you don't mind me asking?



I was in the middle of replying to u when there was a power outage 😆

So coming back to this ... If my early childhood memories are real, than there are two points in my life when i was molested .. one when i was at most 3 but probably younger and second one when i was 9 or younger .. The reason for my confusion is that the house i lived in both times were identical to each in other in design (different cities though) For as long as i can remember, i have this memory of going up the stairs and trying to tell my parents (in whatever language children that young use) except in my memory the stair case is on right side of the foyer but mum says it was on the left ... hence my confusion if it really happened and i repressed the memory or it's just a figment of my imagination ... I really don't know

I do feel that i came through with remarkably little scarring ...as a teenager i used to read those advise columns in magazines ... one magazine used to publish letters of child sex abuse survivors with the psychologist replying and advising .. and i remember thinking i don't feel any of the stuff those victims report .. i don't feel guilty or in any way responsible for what happened .. i m not angry or hate men and i don't have any fears of the opposite sex and even though i don't have a sex life, i m not grossed out by the possibility of intimacy ...
i actually feel pretty dispassionate about the whole episode(s) ..may be that could be indication of some problem? don't know though ... Sometimes i think that my being an introvert and essentially a bit of a loner stems from all of this ... or may be i was always a bit of an oddball 😆😆

So yeh ... i think i m alright but who knows what life will throw at me right? may be some day somewhere i'll realize that it did effect me after all? i don't know Dex .. for now i feel as normal as every other person ... Everyone has there secrets .. mine are just a bit more twisted than usual
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: Arwen.



I was in the middle of replying to u when there was a power outage 😆

So coming back to this ... If my early childhood memories are real, than there are two points in my life when i was molested .. one when i was at most 3 but probably younger and second one when i was 9 or younger .. The reason for my confusion is that the house i lived in both times were identical to each in other in design (different cities though) For as long as i can remember, i have this memory of going up the stairs and trying to tell my parents (in whatever language children that young use) except in my memory the stair case is on right side of the foyer but mum says it was on the left ... hence my confusion if it really happened and i repressed the memory or it's just a figment of my imagination ... I really don't know

I do feel that i came through with remarkably little scarring ...as a teenager i used to read those advise columns in magazines ... one magazine used to publish letters of child sex abuse survivors with the psychologist replying and advising .. and i remember thinking i don't feel any of the stuff those victims report .. i don't feel guilty or in any way responsible for what happened .. i m not angry or hate men and i don't have any fears of the opposite sex and even though i don't have a sex life, i m not grossed out by the possibility of intimacy ...
i actually feel pretty dispassionate about the whole episode(s) ..may be that could be indication of some problem? don't know though ... Sometimes i think that my being an introvert and essentially a bit of a loner stems from all of this ... or may be i was always a bit of an oddball 😆😆

So yeh ... i think i m alright but who knows what life will throw at me right? may be some day somewhere i'll realize that it did effect me after all? i don't know Dex .. for now i feel as normal as every other person ... Everyone has there secrets .. mine are just a bit more twisted than usual


Wow...twice? The fact that you sound so normal is remarkable. You are a survivor, we all are. Thank you for sharing. So the details are hazy to you too? I understand, I have the same issue. I have always wanted to find someone who may have gone through the same but I have never been able to speak about it. I too don't know if its my repressed memory that comes back in flashes or if I imagined the whole thing. I saw it once that night when I lost my virginity... it was really vivid. I told my bf some details, he held me and got real mad...that's it. Everything is blank after that. Since then I just see a shadow, a room, a bed...me maybe 5 or 6 years old...it comes into my head sometimes. I try really hard to remember but nothing. Everything else is really hazy. I know I escaped in time but I can't seem to remember how or when I did. I have often debated whether to go see a shrink to recover the memory so I can move on or whether to let sleeping dogs lie since it has not adversely affected me much either, I don't have problem with indiscriminate sex or intimacy. However, I always wonder how it would have shaped my personality had it not happened. Oh well.. thanks again for sharing. It feels good to know that I am not the only one who is unsure of the incident. :)
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Posted: 13 years ago
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The second time .. no memory issues .. i know it happened ... just confusion if anything happened before that ...

Have u been to tumblr? some of the tumblrs there were a revelation to me ... I feel remarkably lucky to have come through for the most part unscathed ...

I can't suggest one way or the other about therapy ... they say that talking about it makes u feel better but i didn't really feel bad to begin with ... i guess it is up to the individuals to take a good look at their life and make some tough decisions ..

and no problem 😊 i m glad that i ended up talking about it 😊
*phew* 😛


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Posted: 13 years ago
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@ Arwen and Dex

Have you guys ever read about repressed memories and dissociation? What you've experienced is very common in cases of sexual, mental, or emotional abuse.

Arwen, that 'discrepancy' about the stairs in your home is a very natural part of the reconstructive process. When your repressed memory which has been lying dormant for a long time suddenly gets triggered due to any stimulus, the brain, in its effort to recall the event, can distort a few details while trying to identify the more important 'bigger picture'. The mind sometimes protects us for a reason by blanking things out, and sudden memory flashes mostly arise when the mind (treating it as a separate entity here) feels you are strong enough to deal with the buried memories.

When some people start remembering things from years ago, they force themselves to remember more, and that may create false memories. That's why therapy is recommended in a majority of cases, because the progress is slow and guided and not enforced. It's good if you guys feel your memories aren't affecting your present. Therapy is basically a choice- most folks opt for it in such cases because they either simply want to know what really happened back then, or need to get over intense post-traumatic stress.

To take things even further, there are stories about foggy memories 'seeping in' due to subconscious memories of a past life. Of course that's a grey area in science since psychiatry does not officially recognise this phenomenon, but there are a few psychiatrists who have admitted there's a pattern, especially in children.

Sorry for the mumbo-jumbo and veering further away from the OT. It's a subject that fascinates me.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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@taco - your post reminded me of some of the stuff i read when i took psychology for one semester 😆 thanks 😊 u have given me a lot to think about actually
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Posted: 13 years ago
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@Taco, thank you for your insightful response. That has been very informative. I'm not much of a psychology person and frankly, I had not dwelled upon it to this extent until I saw Arwen's post. Her post did strike a chord with me. But your explanation does make sense as well. Posting on this thread has been a cathartic experience, that I can definitely concur.
Edited by Dexterkichokri - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Reading this thread has made me vevy vevy saaad😒
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: blue-ice

Reading this thread has made me vevy vevy saaad😒


The world is pretty messed up, especially with such people around. One can't even trust one's relatives. I don't know what kind of perverted mind they have that they sexually abuse kids who are not even mature enough to understand anything.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: souro


The world is pretty messed up, especially with such people around. One can't even trust one's relatives. I don't know what kind of perverted mind they have that they sexually abuse kids who are not even mature enough to understand anything.

I know...I am lucky to have not faced such traumas like these girls are describing ...but eve-teasing yes...it was a big problem...growing up...
I have an almost teenager daughter and reading all this not only makes me sad ...but also scared
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Posted: 13 years ago
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@ Arwen: YOU too??? 😲

I was thinking about this the other day (pedophilia), when something flashed into my mind. A memory which I think had been dormant for a VERY LONG while. Now that I remember it, I'm surprised I'd ever forgotten it.

Apart from the incident when I was four, I was felt up and touched by a neighbourhood boy when I was new to our society. He was atleast 18 then. I used to be a frequent visitor in their house to read comics. And. I remember now, whenever i used to be alone with him, he used to feel me up and touch me. I'd try to resist, but could not since I was taught to look upon him as a "neighbourhood bhaiyya".I could not dream of telling anybody either. It made me feel extremely embarrassed and I dreaded going to their house again.

Three or four instances later, I stopped going to their house altogether. Even if I did, it was always on some occasion and with my parents. Years passed and as I grew a little older, he never tried it again. By that time, I'd forgotten those incidents. I even talked, communicated with him normally all the following years...went to their house, chatted with them, participated in Society Festivals.

Now that I think of it, I feel I must've been remarkably strong-minded not to let it scar or affect me in any way. I didn't even remember this when I first learnt about sex and had fantasies. It had passed completely into oblivion. Maybe it did so because I was much too innocent and reclusive a child then. I used to remain in my own world all the time. And maybe because interaction and living in the same place as my molester made me immune to some extent to those memories...I was about 7 or 8 then. He's now working in some other part of the country. I never recalled those incidents even when I talked to him when I grew older.

Like Arwen here (kudos to you for sharing your incident), I too am thankful that I could escape unscathed from such an incident, that thankfully didn't go too far and didn't scar me.

I was extremely hesitant while sharing this online, because it gives me a sort of "Taboo" feeling. But, seeing the other responses, I feel like I should. If not here, then never.


Edited by sayali_babes - 13 years ago

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