Repressed memories don't exist

I would agree with that article.But what about little babies. I know its a bit icky to think of but there are children under 5 that are abused (sexually or otherwise). It's been suggested that most people can't remember anything before the age of four. So what happens then if a child is abused before that age? Do they not remember the situation at all and go crazy as adults wondering what is wrong with them? Or would researchers suggest that they are unaffected by the abuse because they have no firm memory of what happened? Its a little confusing. And soul seeker hugs for you

the role of psychotherapy, in many cases, is to draw a connection between experience and behavior. you may have had a traumatic event that you've consciously trivialized or chosen to not dwell upon to the point where you don't see it as a major factor in the way you've come deal with reality or everyday life. this is not repression, it's just that you haven't been able to connect the dots. i don't know if people repress memories to the point of not being able to recall them without "hypnosis", but i don't believe it's generally accepted. people just need help learning where their behaviors com... [More]

"Memories are a tricky thing as any cop can tell you. Ten people can see the same event and have 10 different memories of it." with all due respect, i think you're referring to ten different perceptions of the event, rather than memory of it. different thing.

"Memories are a tricky thing as any cop can tell you. Ten people can see the same event and have 10 different memories of it." with all due respect, i think you're referring to ten different perceptions of the event, rather than memory of it. different thing. Actually, I have heard both versions of the saying. I think both are technically correct. The difference being that memories are created from perceptions, and that both vary greatly from person to person. We could argue the semantics, but that would be pointless. Thankyou for sharing your opinion on the matter.

That is soooo wronggg!!! I do wish research would not prove wrong what are accepted facts. It causes wayyy tooo much paperwork, get a lot of folks upset, and generally gets proven worng or invalid later on by somebody else.

Repressed memories are the bane of all detectives and destroy fmailies. Some psychologist dredging up false memories blaming fathers who never molested their daughters. RM are B.S. and half baked shrinks who meddle with them ruin lives.

Having done hundreds of past life regressions, I can tell you that you definately don't (really) forget anything. And to those idiots that say people are just making things up ... they have never sat in on a past life regression. It takes about 5 minutes of listening to someone being regressed to know it is not being made up.

The mind is a very individual thing. No two people will do anything the exact same way, thoughts wise. The chemicals are too complicated for that and the balances are miniscule. Just the slightest ammount of one chemical can completely change your mood, or your thoughts or behavior. It's why certain drugs have serious mental side effects.

I think the only way your going to think it's not wrong, is I'f noone tells u it's wrong. It's like we know eating animals is wrong because we have to kill them to eat them. But we are so used to the idea of killing animals for food that we are so ok with it. So if u grow up being abused and noons ever tells u it's wrong then ur going to get used to the idea of it being right! I've read before that we remember bad memories more than good memories, because they have more of an impact on us.

My interpretation of the article is this .... They aren't saying that there is no such thing as a repressed memory , but are suggesting that some repressed memory aren't real . We've all experienced those triggers that bring unpleasant memories flooding back . Hypnosis in my humble opinion is the most dangerous tool that can be used to rake over old memories . I believe it can be very unreliable , and I think some courts of law wont allow such evidence ?