Comments on: When the Past Cracks Open: Navigating Repressed CSA Memories in Adulthood https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Elizabeth Woods https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-56099 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:13:32 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-56099 I’ve just come across this story from last year. Reading this was like reading my own story, except I always knew I had a dark past. I just never realized how dark. Would be nice to connect. My website is: http://www.elizabethwoodsauthor.com

]]> By: Nia https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-56066 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:04:49 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-56066 The self doubt is so real. Constantly questioning if I’m making this up. It helps to know that I’m not the only one with these thoughts

]]> By: Oconnor Griffin https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-53346 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:10:33 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-53346 Reading this brought peace to my body and mind. It’s comforting knowing that I’m not alone. I’m a survivor of torture and it took 20 years to recover the memories and it’s still blurry. I feel crazy but also relieved that I know the truth. Now I’m closer to my authentic self.

]]> By: Jo https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-51617 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:14:04 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-51617 I needed this so much right now. I can’t ever thank you enough.

]]> By: PJ https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-43278 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:27:27 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-43278 The entire time I was reading this article it’s like you were inside my head, living the battle I began fighting 8 years ago. It seems identical to my own journey. I know we are all different but I needed to read this because I have been asking “what if it never happened?”

]]> By: Naomi https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-40417 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:49:32 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-40417 Reading your article describes what I am going through in the words I have so far not been able to find. It has made me feel less alone. Thank you

]]> By: Libby https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-40220 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:45:59 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-40220 Thank you. I am going through this now. I really needed to read your words

]]> By: Theodore J Hall Jr https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-33489 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:08:26 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-33489 I am 56 yrs old and this story hit me hard. Out of nowhere these images, thought whatever you want to call them. I went throught it all. I quastioned it all. I was already in therapy for PTSD so I had my wife and therapist to talk to about it all. Everyday is a battle. I keep fighting the battles that no one can see but me. I have overcome so many things and I am learning I AM OK. Somedays I dont feel that way but I am. It is a battle from within. I am a surviving.

]]> By: Ruth https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-33473 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:30 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-33473 Well said. I went through this process back in the 1980’s. I was sure I was losing my mind and maybe my soul as well. Fortunately I found my way to a good therapist and good people who believed me.

I still have scars, but I know I was not, am not “crazy.” There is hope out there, with support. I hope that anyone reading this can hear that this period of remembering is not going to last forever.

]]> By: Virginia https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/04/10/when-the-past-cracks-open-navigating-repressed-csa-memories-in-adulthood/#comment-33312 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:26:41 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987500106#comment-33312 Reading this with tears streaming down my face. Your words in this article describe so much that I am coming to grips with and I thank you so much for sharing.

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