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This article is based on a case study in which Dr. Dennis Bull explains the process of his patient undergoing sexual abuse as a child. Having her mind repressed the memory of such sexual assault, as she grew up into becoming a well successful professional without having any symptoms, and to afterwards have her repressed memory surface to her consciousness with an extreme downfall of mental and behavioral effect, which transfer her to a psychiatric hospital in which she had uncaring treatment to be heal. Once having recognized that there were absolutely no positive results of being stabilized or treated properly that she began outpatient psychotherapy with Dr. Dennis Bull.
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