Reply #175: Research shows repressed memories do happen... [View All]

[melnjones]

http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/
http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/art3v2i2.html

Those are just a few examples...
I agree with you that therapists need to be trained properly as to not "implant" memories, but dissociated memories are extremely common and extremely troubling for the survivor. I understand this all too well, and in my case there is evidence that shows what I remember DID happen. No one can question whether I'm making it up or not...the abuser did the exact same thing to two other people. One remembers it clearly, the other very vaguely. I confronted the first one to see if anything like that had ever happened to her and it had...on an almost daily basis for both of us for years. Yeah, it seems strange that you can repress something that happens that frequently, but it happens.