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Dreams and possible memories

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I started therapy about 3 weeks ago for being abuse by my brother from 8-12 and another guy when I was 18. I love my therapist and am so glad I got myself in to someone. It is going really good, but I have had some dreams and faint memories come up lately.

I have dreams of me being sexually abused by a person who's face I cannot see. From the looks of it, it is a babysitter. Then I also have pretty vivid memories of some guy on top of me when I was about 3-5.

I only have a few things I remember from birth to age 7. Ages 5-7 are the only real thing I have a few faint memories about my life. Other than that I don't remember anything.

My last appointment had to be cancelled so I haven't had a chance to talk to my therapist about it. I think I could be dramatizing it all, but at the same time it seems so real. It would answer a lot of questions. The memories and feelings feel so detatched, but so personal to me. I don't know what to think...
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Personally, I don't necessarily believe dreams. However, I don't completely dismiss them either - I think they're usually trying to tell us SOMETHING but can't necessarily be taken at face value.

Not remembering anything before about 5 is typical - Things before that tend to leave us with impressions rather than specific memories.
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