Posted by Dinah on May 2, 2003, at 17:33:53
In reply to Re: I wonder.... Dinah, posted by judy1 on May 2, 2003, at 14:24:26
I didn't mean for this thread to be so triggering, and in fact worried a bit that it was.
After talking to my mother today, I'm willing to admit that it's entirely possible that I have dissociated a wide variety of memories. The childhood she describes contains entire chapters that I have absolutely no memory of. And although my mom is well known for living in a world of her own creation, the things she described were so really unflattering to her that there must be at least some truth to them. She told me herself that I've probably repressed the memories because things were so unpleasant.
It's odd, and I feel like I've wandered into someone else's life. Of course, it is my mother, and I need to take what she says with a grain of salt. I'll try to get corroboration from my dad.
I'll explain some of it in my post to Lee, so if you want to avoid triggers, you might want to avoid that post.
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