tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post4796087909138299603..comments2024-03-28T08:20:11.686-05:00Comments on Daughter Number Three: Repressed Memories Are Not RealDaughter Number Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-36314520582407614542014-12-04T09:31:04.941-06:002014-12-04T09:31:04.941-06:00It depends on how skillful the psychologist is in ...It depends on how skillful the psychologist is in treating the person who suffered early psychological trauma, usually the reason for the repressed memories. <br /><br />I had repressed memories of abuse in my childhood. They were repressed as a coping mechanism in order to insure my survival among the people who were abusing me. It wasn't until I left that environment and had reached adulthood that I felt safe from them. At that point, the memories began to emerge on their own. I didn't need hypnosis. My mind released the memories to my consciousness as I was ready to deal with them. This happens more often than not, actually, and can cause a great deal of psychic pain if the person is not getting his needed support. Then the person turns to self-medicating in some way to deal with the pain.<br /><br />My therapist was skillful and experienced in treating survivors of psychological trauma. What breaks my heart and also hurts others who suffered from early psychological trauma are the therapists who are NOT skillful or experienced or they have their own unresolved psychological issues. These therapists have done damage. Unfortunately, they are the therapists who make the news and get all the attention....and damage the entire mental health community who are trying to help people heal from early psychological trauma.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661278900773185119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-80651046792215092022014-11-23T15:20:42.741-06:002014-11-23T15:20:42.741-06:00It makes me wonder if she did include a response o...It makes me wonder if she did include a response on this point, but it was removed by the Parade editors, who don't know/don't care about the importance of the issue. Maybe I'll write to her.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-29491034131821139642014-11-23T15:12:08.521-06:002014-11-23T15:12:08.521-06:00Not smart. I once knew a person whose life was bad...Not smart. I once knew a person whose life was badly damaged by “recovered” memories, the products of therapy.<br /><br />On a much more trivial note, vos Savant recently <a href="http://parade.com/354561/marilynvossavant/so-what-do-you-think-readers/" rel="nofollow">bungled a question</a> about the use of <i>so</i> as a sentence starter. She didn’t seem to get the point of the question, which was about speakers using <i>so</i> as an automatic prefatory word when answering a question.<br /><br />Makes me want to say that IQ ain’t nothin’ but a number.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com