I Remember, Daddy

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Katie's childhood memories were fragmented, primarily marked by her father's physical abuse and violence. At 24, following the birth of her son, she began to unlock more horrific memories with the help of a psychiatrist. Growing up in constant fear, she vividly recalled the icy dread that enveloped her when her father grabbed her or assaulted her mother. She remembered being locked in a bedroom for an entire weekend at age three, deprived of food and water, and the night her father brought home a woman, violently pushing her mother down the stairs and locking both mother and daughter out in the snow in their nightdresses. While these incidents of cruelty lingered in her mind, it was only when she started her own family and sought help for debilitating post-natal depression that she confronted even darker memories. From the age of three, her father had subjected her to sexual abuse, memories she had buried for over two decades. As she spent months in a psychiatric hospital, the locked doors of her mind began to open, revealing the trauma of her past and helping her understand her self-disgust. This is Katie's journey through harrowing memories toward healing and acceptance.