Childhood Trauma

Twenty years ago, give or take some years, I was the victim of a sexual assault. I have absolutely no concious memory of the assault and can't even be sure that the vision I saw under hypnosis was legitimate. The only thing I can be sure of is that I am extremely uncomfortable in situations which, in my mind, promote things of a sexual nature. While I have done a lot of adapting on my own, I am still have an extremely difficult time letting anyone, particularly women, get close to me. This leaves me in a state extreme lonliness, somewhere I have been for a long time.

I am now at a point in my life, having lived like this for so long, I seem to be use to the ups and downs of the depressed state which I exist. Sometimes I get to the point where I don't believe it will get any better and that I will be forever lonely.

After all my rambling, My question is: If I do try your theraputic approach, can my fears be resolved if I can not remember the actual event, either conciously or with the help of hypnotic suggestion?

I am just concerned that retrieving either form of the memory could take a very long time. I just don't have that kind of patience. I would do the same thing I did when my last therapist told me I might need as much as two more years: Try to resolve these fears on my own.

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Re: Childhood Trauma, by Heidi, 11/11/99 Re: Childhood Trauma, by , 11/11/99 Re: Childhood Trauma, by Dr. Dan, 11/17/99

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