Is it possible to completely block out a traumatic memory from your childhood?
I feel that looking back at memories of my childhood and how I’ve grown up helps me to understand my mental health and how I’ve developed. However remembering some silly memories about my childhood I’ve wondered if something I found to be traumatic happened to me when I was young and I’ve completely blocked it out. Is this possible?
Were you in a children's home at any stage of your childhood?What did it do to you as a person?.?
I was in 2 childrens homes through my childhood,as i ws a very abused child.
The Mead in kings road.(.think it was road may be street though) in Hook. Hampshire
Five trees. Inwood Road Liss. Hampshire.
Anyone been in these homes?
What it did for me was save my life,and i was in and out at my "parents"whim,but i remember only that in the childrens home i got fed,clothed,and hugged.
A real weird thing for me at first.
But "I am what i am in spite of my childhood,not because of it",has become my mantra.
It has affected a lot of my adult life being an unwanted child,and being told it daily as a child , i still have a few hang ups i will never recover from,and many things i still cannot talk about and things i have forgotten.
Did you ever get your social service files?.
I have mine and they helped me move on,and they were eye opening,painful,but essential to my moving on from many wounds etc.
Would love to know how you coped in care and as an adult.