Why didn’t I process that I had been sexually assaulted?

Question

When I was in the 4th grade I was sexually assaulted by my best friends uncle. When I was in 6th I was sexually assaulted and nearly raped. 
The one in 6th grade traumatized me because the sexual assault went on for weeks but I just realized that I never really reacted to what happened in the 4th. Why? I was terrified about what happened in the 6th but after what happened in the 4th grade (although still terrified in the moment) I never thought about it afterwards.

Answer

i was raped for the first time in 6th grade. i was so traumatized by that night that my brain blocked almost all of my memories from it. i was able to remember something happened, and i was able to remember the thunderstorm that was happening but that’s it. i didn’t get my memories back until 4 years later when i ran into the girl who’s father did it. our brain does crazy things to protect us

Why didn’t I process that I had been sexually assaulted?

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