New Posts For Thread: has anyone remembered abuse later?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_laterI hate it when people are like, "oh, get over it."You don't just "get over" (in my case) being verbally abused day in and day out, knocked around, or forced to submit to sex, all by someone who is supposed to love and protect you. And the worst of ithttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=319092346#319092346I hate it when people are like, "oh, get over it."You don't just "get over" (in my case) being verbally abused day in and day out, knocked around, or forced to submit to sex, all by someone who is supposed to love and protect you. And the worst of itFri, 14 Aug 2009 23:56:17 -0500It wasn't untill I was much older that the abuse I suffered as a child came out.I was abused by an ex boyfriend and I started having flashbacks and I tried to take my life. After being in the hosiptal I saw a doctor who helped me put all the missinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=319084356#319084356It wasn't untill I was much older that the abuse I suffered as a child came out.I was abused by an ex boyfriend and I started having flashbacks and I tried to take my life. After being in the hosiptal I saw a doctor who helped me put all the missingFri, 14 Aug 2009 22:55:52 -0500Dear blueberryangel,I BELIEVE YOU!!! Besides that very "awkwardness" works better on many children than someone very smooth because it brings out their tender, protective side and they try to make that person feel better. Let's face it, making the ghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=286315226#286315226Dear blueberryangel,I BELIEVE YOU!!! Besides that very "awkwardness" works better on many children than someone very smooth because it brings out their tender, protective side and they try to make that person feel better. Let's face it, making the gMon, 20 Apr 2009 11:55:27 -0500with all due respect this didn't happen at work, this happened in my own supposedly safe home when I was a very small child. I am convinced that my own father is a pedophile and he has been living a lie and keeping this secret for decades. I believhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=286237281#286237281with all due respect this didn't happen at work, this happened in my own supposedly safe home when I was a very small child. I am convinced that my own father is a pedophile and he has been living a lie and keeping this secret for decades. I believSun, 19 Apr 2009 21:57:39 -0500Abuse can happen to any age group and profession. There's a lot of abuse going on in certain work places today and it traumitizes it's victims. It is difficult to forget abuse no matter when it happens or where it comes from and there's not much wehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=286122548#286122548Abuse can happen to any age group and profession. There's a lot of abuse going on in certain work places today and it traumitizes it's victims. It is difficult to forget abuse no matter when it happens or where it comes from and there's not much weSun, 19 Apr 2009 13:01:32 -0500Hello, I wanted to share a from earlier this year clarifying that recovered memories are still being researched, and the scientific community hasn't made up its made about them. There is much about the mind that remains a mystery to science.I'd alsohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=286121093#286121093Hello, I wanted to share a from earlier this year clarifying that recovered memories are still being researched, and the scientific community hasn't made up its made about them. There is much about the mind that remains a mystery to science.I'd alsoSun, 19 Apr 2009 12:52:27 -0500BlueburryAngel:I was never phisically abused till after my mother's stroke~and she couldn't help me anymore~till then the kind of abuse I had gotten was all emotional abuse from my father.His emotional abuse was to tell me that I wouldn't amount to ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=285849956#285849956BlueburryAngel:I was never phisically abused till after my mother's stroke~and she couldn't help me anymore~till then the kind of abuse I had gotten was all emotional abuse from my father.His emotional abuse was to tell me that I wouldn't amount to aFri, 17 Apr 2009 22:19:55 -0500Dearest Blueberry Angel and Friends,I am so sorry for the shock and pain you have endured. I just can't imagine what it is like to revisit those memories and to have new ones surface. My heart goes out to you all.With love and blessings,Raga Sajanihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=285818925#285818925Dearest Blueberry Angel and Friends,I am so sorry for the shock and pain you have endured. I just can't imagine what it is like to revisit those memories and to have new ones surface. My heart goes out to you all.With love and blessings,Raga SajaniFri, 17 Apr 2009 19:35:49 -0500I am not going to say that never happens because I don't know. However, I do know that there have been innocent people accused of abuse due to false memories. That is very serious. Unfortunately, when a person is accused of such, even if proven inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=285718851#285718851I am not going to say that never happens because I don't know. However, I do know that there have been innocent people accused of abuse due to false memories. That is very serious. Unfortunately, when a person is accused of such, even if proven inFri, 17 Apr 2009 11:13:14 -0500I never said "It didn't happen."What I'm saying is, be careful, because false memories *do* feel just as real as "real" memories. (The whole "Satanic Panic" of the 80's started because of "recovered memories", and while I don't doubt some of the victhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43881/13800921/has_anyone_remembered_abuse_later?post_id=280318788#280318788I never said "It didn't happen."What I'm saying is, be careful, because false memories *do* feel just as real as "real" memories. (The whole "Satanic Panic" of the 80's started because of "recovered memories", and while I don't doubt some of the victMon, 23 Mar 2009 17:12:44 -0500