YES!! I have a couple of them. Oh, I hate those images, they make my skin crawl and I don't want to be anywhere near me, let alone be me.

Not really just one...I have several from the memories that I do remember right now.

Memory Snapshot

because it is a Memory Snapshot 1 picture you have something soild to work on
try to imagine an eraser rubbing it out
so it becomes a white page
and keep working on that it does help over time

it also gets you out of that image emotionly
being at a distance erasing it gives you a distraction

it worked for me
hope that helps someone else

I dont know if i can erase the image. I mean its worse than just the reallity of what happend. My mind has altered it.
The super fast run down of what happend is that i was 6. I am a male and my abuser was a male of about 14. I was forced into giving oral sex. I have the whole thing written out in my journal.
The snapshot is of him putting his hand on my head, and his eyes rolling back in pleasure. That is so humilliating. this is what is tearing me apart right now. if there ever were a source of anger in me that would be it. but the worst part of it is that in my dream, my adult self is the abuser and my child self is still the abused. and i see the scene from both perspectives. I woke up shaking. part of me wants to just forget the whole damn thing, but thats what i've been doing for the past 30 years. i am just now dealing with it. I just need to face it somehow, but it seems to be controlling me in stead.

I'm sorry, that's a terrifying image...are you in therapy?

yes i am, but i have not told her about this yet. I go again on Wed. its been two weeks since ive been. i'll talk to her about it then, but its just bothering me now!!

i know EXACTLY what you mean. i've always just had one snapshot of that guy, sitting in the living room, wearing his plaid shirt, making his model cars...ughhh except his face is a blur. it's not even anything explicit but it makes me sick!

I too remember the snapshots. I have been in counseling since Feb. And just 2 weeks ago I finally worked through my abuse snapshot. I don't remember how I got into the room where the abuse happened. And I don't remember what happend afterwards. But the event, clear as day. What haunts me now is the loss of memory for those few years, from about 5 to 7. I wonder if it wasn't just the 3 times I remember. If there aren't more. And my mind is keeping me from my memories. And all I can say is that the more you work on it here at DS and in counseling, it will get easier. I promise, I am a work in progress.

I'm so sorry, that is a horrifying image. It makes me angry people like that exist. I just don't understand it.

I hope your therapist can give you some ideas on how to neutralize this image. The memory will be there, but maybe you can get to that point where you don't have dreams or get physically sick about it anymore. I think these memories are especially strong now because you're facing the abuse after repressing it for years. With time and healing, it can start to have less power over you. That's how it's been with me. I wish you the best with your session.