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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Repressed Memories - Part 1

In this video, I talk about my experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (incest) and person living with PTSD. I do not disclose this in the video: my abuser was my father. He died a few years ago. In 2016, my psychiatrist diagnosed me with post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative amnesia (the official diagnosis for repressed memories) and major depressive disorder. My symptoms seemed to explode from nowhere -- nightmares, intense fear, flashbacks, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts of suicide and cutting. I began doing EMDR a few months after my diagnosis because my symptoms just kept getting worse. It greatly helped to reduce my symptoms, but also caused me to remember details that were horrific. I wanted to believe my memories were inaccurate, but I learned after EMDR that my father was a serial sexual predator and I wasn't the only child he attempted to sexually assault. My denial decreased a great deal after I was able to work through the grief. It has been five years since my diagnosis and during that time, I completed my Master of Social Work degree and took early retirement from my career in healthcare communications. The connections I've made with other survivors made my recovery possible. I love you, survivors! For more information on repressed memories see https://www.jimhopper.com/child-abuse... and https://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemo...