Well, I feel like my mind repressed them, for the most part, since it started well before I was able to make any conscious decisions about them. The infant mind is not ready to process those things. I too thought there was only this wee little bit until I was about 49, got into multiple personality therapy. That brought out the memories.

Anyway the dream journaling turned out to be a bonus for me, just in general a rewarding tool--as is everyday journaling,