I'm two years into no-contact with my parents (though only six months since the last unwanted attempted contact on their part). I've had longstanding emotional and boundaries issues with them, but it's really only in the last six months since, after the last attempt at contacting me and I told them off unequivocally, that things started to change.

I remember things now about early childhood. I remember physical and psychological trauma that I guess I repressed. I can't stop swinging from anger to hurt to depression.

Has anyone else found memories after cutting ties they didn't know they had? Almost like you didn't have the emotional space to let it out when you were still navigating a relationship with them.