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"Childhood memories" in French?

Why are childhood memories repressed? specifically childhood memories of abuse? what cause the brain to repress them?

  • I want to know this because my best friend believes that she was abused as a child and after seeing a therapist for awhile she says she remembers it all and is now coping with it, and I'm wondering why exactly;y are memories like that repressed by the brain, plz help me ASAP with any info you can give.

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    It's just the way our brain copes with trauma. We bury it. I don't think we would be able to function if we constantly saw all the bad stuff like our loved ones being murdered, or being abused as a child. But then our subconscious brain constantly churns it up over and over trying to heal the wound, and this can manifest itself in everything from mental illness to actual physical pain and fatigue.

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Here is some more detailed information on repressed memory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory

Skylight

Thanks so much for your input.

cloud1012005

This article might also be of interest to you: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8587000/8587211.stm

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