[intralizee]

What sort of thoughts were in your head at 12? Trauma can be rooted in the subconscious and without one realizing the trauma ever happened.

[IAmGraydon]

Exactly. Most people who suffered trauma at an early age cannot identify it without working through it with a therapist.

[mthoms]

I think perhaps you wrote "most people" when you meant to write "some people"?

If not, then I'd kindly ask you to provide a citation. Cheers.

[claudiawerner]

I thought this much was obvious; the idea that one can necessarily simply remember trauma was banished very early in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis. It's a little disappointing to see that people continually underestimate the power of the unconscious.

[DanBC]

The idea that people can't remember trauma but that it still affects them, and what we really need to do is to uncover those repressed memories has caused immense harm.

[claudiawerner]

That was my point, but other commenters seemed to be saying that if you can't remember trauma then you must never have been traumatised, which is a false thing to say.

[nnd]

What harm has it caused exactly?