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Posted by Shelley on September 5, 2001, at 14:23:13
Just wondering if anyone has experienced having repressed memories come up after taking a psychiatric drug. I am looking for something with that effect.
Thanks.
Posted by Phil on September 5, 2001, at 18:53:22
In reply to strange question, posted by Shelley on September 5, 2001, at 14:23:13
I've been on a ton of AD's and never had that happen.
Phil
Posted by susan C on September 5, 2001, at 19:46:41
In reply to strange question, posted by Shelley on September 5, 2001, at 14:23:13
Just wondering, why you would want this? I get repressed memories coming up all the time, they just pop into my brain, maybe that means they are not repressed? Rolfing, a deep type of massage has that effect, or can have that effect. I guess the idea is you hold past memories in your muscles and the deep work releases them. Just a thought
Susan c.
> Just wondering if anyone has experienced having repressed memories come up after taking a psychiatric drug. I am looking for something with that effect.
> Thanks.
Posted by triedit on September 5, 2001, at 21:05:36
In reply to Re: strange question, posted by susan C on September 5, 2001, at 19:46:41
When I first started on AD's many years ago that happened to me. My therapist said it was because the chemicals were balanced, allowing me to 1)really feel things and 2)feel safer, thus allowing the memories to surface. My therapist and my mother (who is also a therapist--which is probably why I need therapy) said that your subconscious won't allow anything to surface that you can't handle. So far that has been true but handling things can get a bit hairy. If you have past trauma and a memory suddenly appears, it may help to physically hold onto something like a table or the floor. Literally 'grounding' yourself. Good luck and don't be afraid. It really will be ok.
Posted by Tony P on September 6, 2001, at 3:58:04
In reply to Re: strange question, posted by triedit on September 5, 2001, at 21:05:36
For me, it wasn't so much lost memories coming back to me as it was memories I hadn't paid much attention too for a long time. Most importantly it was the feelings surfacing that went with those memories - and then being able to integrate the experience and feeling, and make sense of them in terms of how I feel and who I am today.
I remember vividly suddenly bursting into tears and having no idea why for about two days. (It happened at an all men's group meeting for Gawd's sake! luckily they were a great bunch of guys and I wasn't the first or last one to cry there). Anyway, gradually the memories surfaced and connected themselves to the feelings, and the whole thing made sense, I could see the pattern.
Tony P
> When I first started on AD's many years ago that happened to me. My therapist said it was because the chemicals were balanced, allowing me to 1)really feel things and 2)feel safer, thus allowing the memories to surface. My therapist and my mother (who is also a therapist--which is probably why I need therapy) said that your subconscious won't allow anything to surface that you can't handle. So far that has been true but handling things can get a bit hairy. If you have past trauma and a memory suddenly appears, it may help to physically hold onto something like a table or the floor. Literally 'grounding' yourself. Good luck and don't be afraid. It really will be ok.
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