Comments on: The Journey Home: A Story of Rediscovering Repressed Memories and Healing from Childhood Abuse

By: quentin pierce

quentin pierce — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:14:52 +0000

Memories are all good or bad is the only thing that brings me to wanting to survive another day.I was fortunate enough to be brought up in a family that had love at it’s core yet as the fifth child of six the only attention I received was not a positive experience for me.Yet I persevered understanding my parents were concerned of my older brother sent to Vietnam and returned covered with shrapnel and lucky to be alive as many neighbors children didn’t return.
I knew my family did not want this for me or anyone else,I saw myself stuck in catholic schools better than the public school system but I didn’t connect with my teachers or the system and knew that I did not want to exist in polluted fast expanding area of southeastern Louisiana where the natural resources were being sucked dry from oil barrens who were packing in workers from around the nation did not leave me wanting to live in their wake.
Before I could depart what I call the toilet bowl of the country from the drinking water out of the Mississippi river I watched all the love I knew ripped out as cancer wasted my mother to nothing. I looked up only to see the fires of oil refineries released and petrochemical companies surrounding me from Standard oil to the massive company involved in g.m.o.’s after differing their asbestos’s profits.I had set out alone in my world again and after traveling this massive earth I understood more of the resentment towards the modern world especially after working in Micronesia for a few years on seeing how the defense department can throw money away towards everything from lasers to star wars illusions of defense
at the cost of small islands and the ir population now lured to the dollar for more fenson&hedges to smoke and fudwisers till they are obliterated as bad as the Anewetok survivors exiled.I can not sum, it up like this it’s to detailed and I have lost my faith or in humanity and this is another peak of disgust and wasted experiences on the internet all I feel left in me is wanting to strike forward as warrior I was meant to be and don’t have the time or desire to keep a journal of it at the moment but I do need to warn a few people from my past, I am feeling dangerous,angry and vengeful I must sadly admit and keeping an empty stomach keeps the anger brewing.

By: Sewsomom

Sewsomom — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:11:08 +0000

I have begun my journey in IFS with a very capable therapist who has experienced great growth herself using the technique. I’ve had several therapy sessions that have left me in awe having visited with my much younger selves who experienced painful times growing-up, and I have had the joyful experience of burying, or blowing away, etc bad feelings and literally dancing with myself in joy in having gotten rid of those bad feelings. I still have the memories but don’t experience the pain associated with those memories…and my mind doesn’t constantly gravitate to those experiences in time of stress or sadness. It is amazing that Little Me or Thirteen Year-Old Me are present with me now at surprising times and provide comfort to me. It is impossible to explain any of this in a way that makes sense to anyone who hasn’t experienced it, but this therapy has helped so much in an amazingly short period of time. I have tried cognitive therapy with other therapists, but have never experienced the sense of healing that I am now experiencing. I don’t ever feel that my appointment is a waste of time. I know now where I’m headed and can’t wait to see what the next turn in the road will reveal. I too am a Christian and have felt a closeness to the Lord that is new to me, and I feel true forgiveness which has eluded me most of my life…I guess maybe because I’m finally able to forgive myself for the first time. I’m thankful for IFS and wish more people had the same experience that I have had. Life holds hope and joy.

By: Victoria 1st

Victoria 1st — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:39:14 +0000

Karen and all other readers;

This was such a refreshing story to hear. I’m TRYING to work with IFS but my Therapist is not practiced in it. My old therapist exposed me to it and, like Karen, it just made sense. I identify with several aspects of your story. I can’t seem to shut off my parts any more. I have to let them talk and learn from them but don’t have confidence that my therapist understands much of the time. She is VERY willing to learn but I worry that I’m ahead of her on the path.

I’ve been wanting to hear some success stories for some time. When I participate in groups I don’t seem to see any progress in anyone, or myself. Most of the groups I’ve gone to tend to be places where people talk about the bad rather than how to fix it. It doesn’t leave much hope. And stirs up much of my attachment issues when things don’t work out.

I started a blog of my own to try to help with my IFS therapy. Many of my parts are not willing to be known but an anonymous blog has given them more of a voice. They need to express themselves but don’t have an outlet. I would appreciate any feedback or comments on my blog from people who have worked with IFS in any way. I hope it will continue the awareness and knowledge of IFS as a beneficial tool in healing.

Thank you,
Victoria 1st (my online name)

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:36:26 +0000

Hi,

I am a Psychotherapist. I believe in the ability to recall memories from the womb and have witnessed it with clients. In time the psychological theories will catch up with this ability. I think it is more something connected to the nervous system and is a body memory thing rather than a brain/language development thing. Chiropractors work with the nervous system when correcting spinal misalignment and have developed a lot of techniques that assist in releasing past issues.

I just thought I would put in my opinion.

Maggie

By: Sara Dowling

Sara Dowling — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:27:20 +0000

Karen – my mentor, my support – If there was anyone who should have been left here on earth, it should have been you. To have come so far and to have healed yourself and helped all of us others… You are already missed, and never forgotten. Shine on, Karen. I will love you and forever be grateful.

By: Therapist Glasgow

Therapist Glasgow — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:02:14 +0000

I don’t believe we can remember anything from the womb b/c I believe in the linguist theory that states that in order to have a memory, we must have language to record that memory. Until we can talk, we don’t have a way of getting that memory into our long term memory banks.

By: Therapist Frisco

Therapist Frisco — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:32:00 +0000

I don’t know if it happens or not, simply b/c I don’t have any of those memories. But, I do believe in the possibility. Being in the womb is part of the human experience, so why wouldn’t we have memories of it? Maybe most of use are so disconnected from those memories that we don’t recall them. Maybe there are some who do enough work to rediscover those memories and learn from them.

By: Therapist Fort Worth

Therapist Fort Worth — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:46:39 +0000

I have always been intrigued by those who say they have memories from the womb. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Also, I want to say how much I appreciate this story. It is so gratifying to see someone who really wanted to put in the hard work it took to bring Karen to where she is today. And, that she is using this knowledge to help others makes the story even sweeter.

By: Therapist Falls Church

Therapist Falls Church — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:42:36 +0000

I am so glad that Karen was able to get in touch with the person she always knew she could become. I truly do appreciate someone who is also willing to admit her faith and the part it played in making her the strong person she was meant to become.