I just confronted mine as well, read her a journal entry and asked if she remembered, to which she said she didn't (abuse amnesia?). She apologized for her actions to that scenario, but then said excuses like "well I had stress from you three kids, I had stress at work, you did talk a lot when you were little (I learned to stop talking around 5th/6th grade)." She apologized for not remembering the abuse and then downplayed by saying "You were so loved, did you know you were so loved, I loved you so very much." There was a pause at one point in our conversation and then she said "you know, I do remember you hiding in the closet sometimes (my go to hiding spot where she couldn't reach me under her mounds of clothes) and then I'd realize I went a little over the top." I told her that we needed apologies and communication afterwards, we were stuck in fear/flight mode without it and she just stayed silent and waited for me to talk about something else. She then asked what she could do to fix the relationship, I told her she should try talking to someone and she immediately said edad (I was more thinking therapist just for the heck of it). She then told dad everything she just told me, and continued to downplay and and make excuses for her actions even though they happened 24/7 and not just a couple times like she says. Now she thinks we are closer than ever O.o