Do kids block out sexual abuse if they were very young?

I believe I was sexually abused as a little kid. I have snippets of memories from it, but I cant remember it fully, and being a traumatic as that should be, I feel like I should remember more. I read somewhere that many kids block out sexual abuse frm their memories when they are very young. Could this be why I can barely remember it?

Answer #1

when I was 11yrs old I was sexually abused by someone that I really loved from the day it happened it never bothered me and it felt like it never happened but then last year the memories came back 2 me and I realized that all along I was blocking it so I wouldnt remember and till this day no one in my family knows what happened to me and keeping a secret like that can mess you up real bad so I do think kids block out sexual abuse if they were young cause I did

Answer #2

Probably, do you have any idea who did it ? If so tell someone such as a parent that you can trust.

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