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I think you and she disagree about what a "repressed memory" is. Maybe what you call "a repressed memory" she'd call conveniently forgotten. I think what she ta
by kvee 13y ago
I think you and she disagree about what a "repressed memory" is. Maybe what you call "a repressed memory" she'd call conveniently forgotten. I think what she takes issue with is the idea that "in order to go on in life, you had to wall off this memory, because it would be too painful to live with." That you remembered a memory in therapy does not mean that you necessarily walled it off previously because it was too painful to live with. Or maybe you did, but she says there is not yet "credible scientific support." Maybe the research just hasn't been done yet.
Seems like her attitude towards "repressed memory" is an overly literal reaction against colloquially popular definitions of repressed memories. Perhaps her attitude is for the best because by not believing in the notion of repressed memories we prevent ourselves from having them? Still, isn't that some form of repression?!
- andrewtbham 13y ago"in order to go on in life, you had to wall off this memory, because it would be too painful to live with." That was my experience. There were some embarrassing and traumatic events when I was a child. Throughout the rest of my childhood there were frequent reminders of the events. If I brought the events up later to my parent's they wouldn't acknowledge them, and they strongly discourage me from discussing it. These were significant events that led to my parent's divorce and I repressed them. When I recalled them later it was very emotional. With regards to research and scientific proof... I don't know how you would prove it. How can others verify my experience. It's not easily repeatable. Even if it were repeatable... how could you prove something like that in an ethical way without traumatizing people.