How Do You Validate A Repressed Memory After Child Abuse?
People who have suffered severe trauma often repress memories of the traumatic events in order to survive their childhoods. When the survivor of child abuse becomes an adult and is ready to heal from her traumatic past, she might begin having flashbacks. Flashbacks are simply the recovery of repressed memories. Because of the terror surrounding the traumatic event, the brain stored the memories in a different way. After each repressed memory is recovered through a flashback, the memory stores in a “normal” way. Because survivors of child abuse have lived their adult lives without conscious awareness of the traumatic events, they often question whether they can trust the veracity of the recovered memories. Here is how to validate a repressed memory after child abuse. Experience the flashback. Do not fight the repressed memory when it comes. Instead, allow yourself to re-experience the trauma while telling yourself repeatedly that you are now safe and that you have already survived the t
