Remember When

Chapter 8 was all about memory, an important study in psychology. Since I was curious about repressed memory, I decided to do more research.  The article I found is about childhood and how an abused child may “blank” on a time-period in their life, possibly years of their childhood. Dissociative amnesia is a metal disorder for people suffering from past memories of traumatic events. The article stated that repressed memory could also be spontaneously recovered once the child is older. Therapy techniques may also be used in order to help the memory resurface, but as we learned in our Myers books, these memories are more often false.

In fact, I could actually relate the topic to my own experience. Back in Atlanta, at The Ronald McDonald House, I met a volunteer that spoke of accident he was in ten years ago. Over this ten year span, he told me he was now able to remember the accident more vividly. At the time, I didn’t know any better and feared remembering my own accident, which would be quite startling. Now, I go back and think, “Was his memory truly accurate?” Maybe he imagined what went on ten years ago and began to believe it true. In either case, my memory is not one I want to retrieve through imagery or repressed memory therapy.


http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-repressed-memory.htm

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