[Tublecane]

The whole concept of “repressed memories” was BS from the get=go, and obviously so. Either you remember something or you don’t.

[cuban leaf]

I beileve in repressed memories only in the vein that you “don’t seem to remember the event”, but if someone who was there suddenly comes along and asks you about it, you will remember clearly.

That is, you remember some stuff clearly but it just never comes to mind unless someone brings it up. And if nobody ever brings it up, well, it never comes up - so you have “repressed” the memory.

The “blackout” of memories (where even when it IS brought up, you still don’t remember) is another thing. I don’t buy that.

My first marriage ended due to the “repressed memory” thing. I remember a counselor saying he was concerned that, with the exception of a single instance, could not remember my parents “spanking” me. Then I asked my mother if she ever spanked me and she brought up the exact same occurance (on her own) as the only time.

So much for “repressed” memories and identifiying the counselor as a quack.

[the invisib1e hand]

The whole concept of “repressed memories” was BS from the get=go, and obviously so. Either you remember something or you don’t.

Witch-Hunt alert.

[Puppage]

Either you remember something or you don’t.

Didn't you say that before? :-)