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False Memory Syndrome what science says

#31 User is offline   SynergyMind01 

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:05 PM

Can't say thank you enough for this thread. I plan to expand on my story here at some point...

This thread means a lot to me. I can relate A LOT to the things people are saying here

Questioning what's "real"
Misdiagnosis
Frustration

Thank you very much.

#32 User is offline   blithe 

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Posted 15 March 2013 - 02:21 AM

Thanks for sharing everyone.

Like many of you, I've had repressed memories from my childhood.

This is still a contentious debate in academia...I was sitting in a Psychology class a couple of years ago on this very topic at my country's top research university. Although it presented both sides of the argument (repressed memories real vs repressed memories are made up by people with some sort of vendetta or attention-seeking problem) , we were strongly encouraged to believe that they're false.

I think everyone was convinced except me. A few years before that I got a confessional email from my oldest friend, who had been in therapy trying to deal with what she'd done to me as a child. Instantly it all came flooding back. Every single detail. Wow...and that's something I have never ever articulated before

#33 User is offline   LavenderFairy 

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Posted 15 March 2013 - 02:34 PM

Thanks for this thread. I only remembered parts of my abuse until I was 26, sober and no longer in contact with my abusers. I had to be safe enough to remember it all.

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