Dancing David
6th December 2006, 07:58 AM
Repressed Memory
I don’t believe in it myself, as someone who is a victim of trauma, and who has talked to many victims of trauma, I believe that most ‘repressed’ memories are accessible to victims, they are there but they are more like a room in the house you just don’t go in. I remembered the rape I was the victim of a age six, and then other bizarre family stuff. I chose not to remember and review until I was much older. But the memories were there, I usually avoided them like the plague. But that is just my personal bias and belief and purely anecdotal.
I wanted to research who promoted repressed and recovered memories , psychiatrists, psychologists and/or therapists, counselors and social workers. But feel a discussion of the issue in general is better.
From Google:
http://skepdic.com/repressedmemory.html
Sceptic’s dictionary: seems skeptical of RM (as unconscious event).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory
Wikipedia : seems skeptical
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/lof93.htm
E. Loftus: skeptical
http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/#pref
Seems to be half and half, says that there is amnesia but is very cautious in preface.
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/repressn.htm
Maybe skeptical or cautious, but feels they are useful to the believer to deal with, seems to be Freudian, not a good basis for legal action.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/
Feels there is evidence that RM exists, offers evidence.
http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/Murphy_Memory_Article.html
Legal discussion of issues.
http://cogprints.org/599/00/199802009.html
More Loftus
http://www.geocities.com/retractor/
retractor’s homepage, skeptical and from prior RM person
http://www.fmsfonline.org/about.html
False Memory Syndrome home page
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/whatabout.html
Discussion of recovered memory and betrayal trauma, looks interesting
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/whatabout.html
‘psycho-bunk’
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/f/false/
skeptical but supportive
http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.shtml
Seems upset with FMSF and CSIOSP
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-Dec-1996/frow.html
Sceptical discussion of The Courage to Heal
I don’t believe in it myself, as someone who is a victim of trauma, and who has talked to many victims of trauma, I believe that most ‘repressed’ memories are accessible to victims, they are there but they are more like a room in the house you just don’t go in. I remembered the rape I was the victim of a age six, and then other bizarre family stuff. I chose not to remember and review until I was much older. But the memories were there, I usually avoided them like the plague. But that is just my personal bias and belief and purely anecdotal.
I wanted to research who promoted repressed and recovered memories , psychiatrists, psychologists and/or therapists, counselors and social workers. But feel a discussion of the issue in general is better.
From Google:
http://skepdic.com/repressedmemory.html
Sceptic’s dictionary: seems skeptical of RM (as unconscious event).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory
Wikipedia : seems skeptical
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/lof93.htm
E. Loftus: skeptical
http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/#pref
Seems to be half and half, says that there is amnesia but is very cautious in preface.
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/repressn.htm
Maybe skeptical or cautious, but feels they are useful to the believer to deal with, seems to be Freudian, not a good basis for legal action.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/
Feels there is evidence that RM exists, offers evidence.
http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/Murphy_Memory_Article.html
Legal discussion of issues.
http://cogprints.org/599/00/199802009.html
More Loftus
http://www.geocities.com/retractor/
retractor’s homepage, skeptical and from prior RM person
http://www.fmsfonline.org/about.html
False Memory Syndrome home page
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/whatabout.html
Discussion of recovered memory and betrayal trauma, looks interesting
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/whatabout.html
‘psycho-bunk’
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/f/false/
skeptical but supportive
http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/fmindex.shtml
Seems upset with FMSF and CSIOSP
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-Dec-1996/frow.html
Sceptical discussion of The Courage to Heal