Can you actually forget/repress completely a traumatic event?

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Like, say someone experienced some type of abuse as a child. Is it possible for them to repress this event so strongly they don’t remember it in their adult life? Just feel the effects of unexplained mental illness? Or is this just a thing in the movies?

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I’ve hidden away many a situation from my youth, that only heavy contemplation can bring back. I’ve actively ignored them until they just faded away. Only someone mentioning something very specific can trigger those memories.

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