I started remembering things a couple of years ago. Things that my father did to me. I'm 40 now. Is there anything I can do? He acts like nothing ever happened.
I started remembering things a couple of years ago. Things that my father did to me. I'm 40 now. Is there anything I can do? He acts like nothing ever happened.
You need to hire a personal injury lawyer to evaluate your case.
"Recovered memories" is a pretty shaky theory, so you would need something else besides "memories" that are decades old and may not even be real.
I had couseling for something else about 2 years ago and that's what brought the memories back. I also remembered that he took photos. It is something that was real and not imagined.
RCW 4.16.340
Actions based on childhood sexual abuse.
(1) All claims or causes of action based on intentional conduct brought by any person for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of childhood sexual abuse shall be commenced within the later of the following periods:
(a) Within three years of the act alleged to have caused the injury or condition;
(b) Within three years of the time the victim discovered or reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was caused by said act; or
(c) Within three years of the time the victim discovered that the act caused the injury for which the claim is brought:......
If you have the photos, that's something real and not imagined. If you don't have the photos, that could still be something imagined.
Did your therapist ever discuss with you the fact that memories, even vivid memories, are not necessarily historically accurate? That memories can mix with each other, mixing people, places and time? That sometimes what seems like a memory, and is appropriate to treat as a memory for therapeutic purposes, may represent something that never occurred?
Yes, she mentioned it to me. It was definatley real and not just some memory. Yes, I found one of the photos.
Then take the photograph to the police, as possession of child pornography is a crime.