Posted by daisym on January 3, 2006, at 23:12:10
In reply to Re: A new therapeutic technique!? » fires, posted by JenStar on January 3, 2006, at 22:55:20
"This is probably a REALLY inflammatory thing to say, but I wonder what percentage of people who say they've been molested by a Catholic priest really WERE molested, and how many are making it up, and how many just THINK they were? But the truth is, I think -- that like alien abductions -- people are somehow getting false memories of events that may not have happened."
Yup -- totally inflammatory-- and I know better than to engage in this debate. So all I'll say is that memories of abuse cause such tremendous pain, shame, fear and physical illness, why on earth would anyone hang on to a "false" memory of this type? Comparing this to alien abductions feels a little like saying one must be crazy to have these kinds of memories. I know that isn't what was meant but I hardly think they belong in the same category.Thanks for letting me speak up.
--an admittedly touchy Daisy
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