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What sort of thoughts were in your head at 12? Trauma can be rooted in the subconscious and without one realizing the trauma ever happened.
by intralizee 8y ago
What sort of thoughts were in your head at 12? Trauma can be rooted in the subconscious and without one realizing the trauma ever happened.
- IAmGraydon 8y agoExactly. Most people who suffered trauma at an early age cannot identify it without working through it with a therapist.
- mthoms 8y agoI think perhaps you wrote "most people" when you meant to write "some people"? If not, then I'd kindly ask you to provide a citation. Cheers.
- claudiawerner 8y agoI thought this much was obvious; the idea that one can necessarily simply remember trauma was banished very early in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis. It's a little disappointing to see that people continually underestimate the power of the unconscious.
- DanBC 8y agoThe idea that people can't remember trauma but that it still affects them, and what we really need to do is to uncover those repressed memories has caused immense harm.
- claudiawerner 8y agoThat was my point, but other commenters seemed to be saying that if you can't remember trauma then you must never have been traumatised, which is a false thing to say.
- nnd 8y agoWhat harm has it caused exactly?