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Pandy Fackler
January 14th, 2006, 03:34 PM
I feel so blocked up today. I feel like there's something within me that doesn't want to feel.

Recently, I've remembered some memories that I had repressed and...they were pretty serious. I think this is part of why I'm blocked. I don't know what to do with this memory.

I hardly ever ask for energy for myself but I feel like I need some right now. I feel like I can't do this on my own and I need some positive, encouraging energy for whatever is blocking my feelings to leave and let me feel again. Please help

LostSheep
January 14th, 2006, 03:43 PM
Hey, just take some time to yourself. just concentrate on yourself for a bit, let yourself feel. tap your emotions. Let them come to the surface.

Hope you can find the strength to face them.

:hugz:

Brenda
January 14th, 2006, 03:47 PM
Sending positive energy :hugz:
but hun, try to accept your memories, rather than blocking them.
I know from experience that it's very difficult, but you'll feel better afterwards :hugz:

goaway
January 14th, 2006, 04:00 PM
being in a drunken stupor helps suppress unwanted memories. it also suppresses wanted ones too, so it kinda sucks in that regard. maybe acid?

Pesha
January 14th, 2006, 04:39 PM
Healing sent for heart and soul. Prehaps holding some citine crystal might help. It absorbs negative vibes. HUGS.

BB
DS.

Xentor
January 14th, 2006, 05:23 PM
being in a drunken stupor helps suppress unwanted memories. it also suppresses wanted ones too, so it kinda sucks in that regard. maybe acid?

If you aren't going to be helpful, don't post.

GalenaFaolan
January 14th, 2006, 05:44 PM
:hugz: Sending energy for you to deal with these feelings. I know first hand how difficult it can be to deal with memories and the feelings that go with them, but it helps to see them, feel them and let it go.

Amber Wynd
January 14th, 2006, 06:37 PM
I feel so blocked up today. I feel like there's something within me that doesn't want to feel.

Recently, I've remembered some memories that I had repressed and...they were pretty serious. I think this is part of why I'm blocked. I don't know what to do with this memory.

I hardly ever ask for energy for myself but I feel like I need some right now. I feel like I can't do this on my own and I need some positive, encouraging energy for whatever is blocking my feelings to leave and let me feel again. Please help
It's been my experience that memories surface when you're ready for them to do so. That's one good thing about it. Another positive aspect is that once you work through whatever it was you have locked away, it will take it's proper place with your other memories and the pain of that experience will fade.It's likely you're not quite ready to feel all of it yet and that's why you're blocked. Talking to a counselor or to friends can help you deal with the memories, so can poetry or art or any other form of creative expression. The body can also store memories and it will be helpful to work the larger muscles in your body right now, as well as to make sure you eat properly and get enough fluids. Repressed memories are a lot of work, but you'll feel so much lighter after a while. In the meantime, I'll send you some energy too.

BlackMagicalCat
January 14th, 2006, 07:07 PM
I feel so blocked up today. I feel like there's something within me that doesn't want to feel.

Recently, I've remembered some memories that I had repressed and...they were pretty serious. I think this is part of why I'm blocked. I don't know what to do with this memory.

I hardly ever ask for energy for myself but I feel like I need some right now. I feel like I can't do this on my own and I need some positive, encouraging energy for whatever is blocking my feelings to leave and let me feel again. Please helpAsk all you want precious one,thats why we are here,to lift you up in prayer,and to love you.

Ill ask God to place his hands around your heart,to keep it safe all the days of your life.I speak good things for you,and things that are from heaven,to bless you and lift you up,because you are precious in my eyes,and in the eyes of God.

Bless you , John E

Pandy Fackler
January 14th, 2006, 07:35 PM
It's been my experience that memories surface when you're ready for them to do so. That's one good thing about it. Another positive aspect is that once you work through whatever it was you have locked away, it will take it's proper place with your other memories and the pain of that experience will fade.It's likely you're not quite ready to feel all of it yet and that's why you're blocked. Talking to a counselor or to friends can help you deal with the memories, so can poetry or art or any other form of creative expression. The body can also store memories and it will be helpful to work the larger muscles in your body right now, as well as to make sure you eat properly and get enough fluids. Repressed memories are a lot of work, but you'll feel so much lighter after a while. In the meantime, I'll send you some energy too.


You're very right about a lot of things.

This memory first surfaced through an alternative therapy practise that my therapist and I have been trying called 'theophostic'. The basics of this practise entails me asking Spirit to help parts of my soul come out of hiding and tell why they went into hiding in the first place. The whole session was very intense and I felt like....it wasn't even me talking. It all felt like a dream.

But now I'm left with this memory of horrible things and I have to work through it. So far, my therapist and I are the only ones who know of this memory. I haven't found the strength yet to tell anyone else and I'm working on that because I really do believe that there are some people out there who would be willing to help and very loving.

And yes, eating right is hard to do; especially when the last thing on your mind is eating healthy :) But I'm going to try my best!




Thank you all so much for your energy. I truly feel a difference in myself now as compared to earlier today. I feel stronger :) I don't think there are any words that could convey to all of you my gratitude but thank you all so much.

Amber Wynd
January 14th, 2006, 08:06 PM
You're very right about a lot of things.

This memory first surfaced through an alternative therapy practise that my therapist and I have been trying called 'theophostic'. The basics of this practise entails me asking Spirit to help parts of my soul come out of hiding and tell why they went into hiding in the first place. The whole session was very intense and I felt like....it wasn't even me talking. It all felt like a dream.

But now I'm left with this memory of horrible things and I have to work through it. So far, my therapist and I are the only ones who know of this memory. I haven't found the strength yet to tell anyone else and I'm working on that because I really do believe that there are some people out there who would be willing to help and very loving.

And yes, eating right is hard to do; especially when the last thing on your mind is eating healthy :) But I'm going to try my best!




Thank you all so much for your energy. I truly feel a difference in myself now as compared to earlier today. I feel stronger :) I don't think there are any words that could convey to all of you my gratitude but thank you all so much.
I had a similar experience about 15 years ago. I was in counseling and some very intense nasty stuff came to the surface while we were doing some child regression therapy. I felt like it was someone else talking when it happened to me, too. It about wiped me out. I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't really do anything except shake.

Luckily, my therapist was terrific and I had some people I could talk to about all of it. One of them was an amazing woman who writes on this subject and she's the person who helped the most by giving me practical help. All I'm doing is passing on what she taught me. It's best to start your day off with a big glass of warm water or tea and a breakfast that includes both carbs and protein because you're using more energy than you realize. Your subconscious is processing the memory, working through the pain of that time, and trying to make the memory go back to where it should have been all the time. You also probably represssed lots of what I call "filler memories" - harmless little bits and pieces of your life that are somehow related to the major memory. All of that stuff has to be processed as well, but when you're done, you'll have all sorts of lovely new memories to counteract the negative stuff.

Anyway, I'm digressing. It's important to eat right, to exercise and make sure you drink enough. My friend also had me make a list of support people and their phone numbers. It went with me everywhere. Sometimes it helps to talk about the little things - it keeps you grounded in today. If you're not ready to talk to your friends yet, there are crisis lines that operate 24 hours a day. The people who staff them are mostly volunteers who are used to talking about this kind of stuff. They're waiting for calls and want to help. The most important piece of advice I got was that balance is the goal. You don't want to let what happened back then effect your current life to the point where it's damaging, but you're obviously ready to work on whatever it is. So it's okay to do it at whatever speed works the best for you.

You can pm me anytime.

Lunacie
January 14th, 2006, 08:29 PM
Amber Wynd, thank you for sharing what your therapist said about some of the good memories being stuck in with the bad memories that have been repressed. For a long time I've wondered why my younger sister remembers so many more things about what happened when we were children than I do, both things that are scary/stressful and things that should be happy memories. This makes so much sense. She was not molested, I was. I have faced and come to terms with some of the memories, but my sister still remembers a lot more than I do, so I suspect that there are other memories that I haven't faced yet.



Pandy, I really like that business about asking Spirit to work with the lost bits of Soul so we can face the memories and pull those bits of lost Soul back into our lives. I think I may try that myself. I also send you gentle yet strengthening energies for facing your memories and dealing with them. :hugz:

Amber Wynd
January 14th, 2006, 08:51 PM
You're welcome. People forget to tell you all the positive things that come along with recovering your memories. Now I can remember watching cowboy movies with my grandfather and smelling the pancakes we had for breakfast every Sunday morning. And just last night I remembered something really funny about my littlest sister. They also forget to say how wonderful it feels to come out on the other side. It's still hard sometimes, but nothing like it was before therapy.

It's possible that you have more of the serious stuff to remember, Lunacie. But it's also possible that all the big ones have been recovered. I haven't had any new traumatic memories for at least 10 years, but the little stuff - both good and bad - continues to pop up to the surface.

TaysatWesir
January 15th, 2006, 02:59 AM
Positive energy sent! :hugz: I have alot of repressed memories dealing with some tonight. :(

Lunacie
January 15th, 2006, 10:55 AM
We all have things we have forgotten, or would like to forget.

Hugs to everyone who is having to face memories of events that had to be suppressed because they were too painful or frightening to deal with.

Pandy Fackler
January 16th, 2006, 04:23 PM
Thank you all so much for your energy sent! After I posted this thread, even a few hours later, I was feeling better about myself.

I found the courage to tell someone close to me about my memory and get some good, supportive, loving energy from him; which also helped a lot.

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you because you helped me so greatly and you were here in my time of need.
I love you all

AineDanu
January 18th, 2006, 12:30 AM
I am late to post and I see you are feeling much better but I will still send some positive energy your way for your continued improvement.

Lunacie
January 18th, 2006, 12:39 AM
Yeah, I'm glad you've gotten through this emotional crisis intact. Hopefully it won't be anything like this intense the next time. :hugz:

DaNcInG_WiNd
January 18th, 2006, 01:20 AM
being in a drunken stupor helps suppress unwanted memories. it also suppresses wanted ones too, so it kinda sucks in that regard. maybe acid?


Is that sarcastic wit I sense coming from you goaway? :nyah:



Take it easy and let whatever happens happen. Energy sent your way.