It's kinda long, but I hope you can help me: I have had anorexia for a year and a half now, and I have been dealing with self.harming too.I'm already at a mental center for that. The thing is that, after my therapist persistence (cos i fear s*x very much), I have kind of admit I was abused.Just that I don't remember being so. When I was 12 I had a teacher who was like obsessed with me. He felt so repulsive to me. I have all the year erased from my mind. Is it possible to be abused and forget it?

Yes lovely, it is so normal to forget part of, or even all of your experiences of being abused. It’s called repressing memories and I’ll put some links in which may help explain it further.

The way I think about it is as a part of Freud’s iceberg theory:

Traumatic events can be stored in the unconscious level, which means we may forget about them, even though we may still have feelings of anxiety in certain situations.

Links:

This link explains Freud’s theory further and also talks about the evidence issues.

Biological Basis of Repressed Memories

This is very in depth and long, but I skimmed it and looks pretty informative.

Someone’s story about their repressed memories.

The thing to remember is that not all people believe in repressed memories as there isn’t really any solid evidence backing it up. Also, although most of the information out there is to do with sexual abuse, I’m sure that repressed memories can happen with any traumatic event.

If you need any more help/clarification over anything, don’t hesitate to ask xx