[annyokie]

Thanks.

I am of the opinion that "recovered memories" are nonsense. Look at all the debunking of the Satanic Ritual Abuse from the 80's and 90's.

FWIW, I have a BA in Psychology with a specialty in Research Psychology. I have yet to find a claim of "Recovered Memories" that proved to be true.

Thanks again.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yes, but I've read those same statistics from several sources. This is not a case of recovered memories stacking the stats.

On the issue of repressing memmory, I think it does happen, and I think there are many false claims. The comments at the site I linked you to said as much.

I have seen the long term effects of child sexual abuse up close. It's horrible, and it is like a cancer that grows. As the child matures, she looks back and reinterprets the event (non-professional analysis). So the trauma mutates and grows over time. It is really tough, and it is very difficult for the child to come to terms with it. The last thing we need to do is to teach kids that they should tolerate everyone's sexual identity. That is not even close to appropriate for cartoon age children.