Posted by shelliR on May 22, 2001, at 5:37:12
In reply to Re: memories-shelli, posted by Kristi on May 22, 2001, at 0:19:21
Hi Kristie.
.< I'm sure the fact that the board as been kind of hostile lately doesn't help any...... >I just wanted to say that I don't think that either Geek UK or Noa has shown any hostility concerning hypnosis. I just don't agree with their perspective.
There are a few reported cases of implanting memories: one is a hospital incident in which doctors are being sued for convincing patients that they had been sexually abused, but this is not the norm. It's just this whole thing about repressed memories and "false" repressed memories has gotten so much press in the last few years that it often leads to really heated debates. It has become the mission of some people (The False Memory Group and Eliz Loftus, PhD) to convince the public that there is no such thing as repressed memories, that they are all implanted by therapists. That idea is so ludicrous and it upsets me so much that the uninformed public is believing them, that I can't deal with it. When a repressed memory becomes accessible, you know it. And if my therapist could implant memories, I would certainly have recall of all my memories by now!
But I'm still glad you were able to bring the topic up on the board. How memories become accessible and how to deal with them when they do become assessible are really important topics.
Shelli
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