Re: Resolution?

In my particular case I was just used sexually by the person as he would have done to so many others. There was no 'relationship' prior to the abuse other than friendship and his being older I tended to look up to him and the group with which I found myself. The sexual part basically came out of the blue and happened because I was simply unaware of my sexuality at the time other than being totally oriented towards females. This was something that was to be questioned after the abuse but subsequently settled down into what is and has been a predominantly heterosexual attraction ever since.

I have looked at most of the memories I have detailed in a short autobiography and it seems that most are related to either emotional or arousal issue at the time or to traumatic experiences either involving physical danger or actual injury or near-death experiences. Presumably most of these memories come under the 'implicit' category which is why they are retained intact for so long. I'll admit to not having much knowledge regarding memory formation or theory.