This can result in symbolization of feelings and at such times it is possible to interpret the resultant connection as meaning one thing when it does not. I believe that the feeling memory is always correct, but when we are pushed into transpersonal feelings we may decide that the culprit or source of our pain is not whom or what we think it is. He believes that if the abuse was ongoing, it will be remembered. But, laid down memory residuals consist of a lot more than the recalling of a traumatic incident or a series of incidents. Repression is not all or none.
Partial repression is the rule rather than the exception.
The person who suffered the abuse might very well know on some level that the abuse occurred. But it might remain something that she never thinks about, since it is painful and suppressed. In addition, elements, especially aspects of feeling elements, might be partially repressed. I might have had some inkling or memory that I did have that experience. But that does not mean that I did remember the experience.