Have you ever recovered a Repressed Memory?

[inglioti]

Incidentally I think it's about the same time FF8 was released

hahaha.

well, i never knew how much the animated movie 'alice in wonderland' scared the hell out of me as a kid until i saw it at one of my friends dress up party - the scene where the ...lobster or bear or something eats all the baby clams, i watched that and felt sick.

the funny thing is that i have spoken about alice in wonderland countless times and never thought of that. perhaps not a story of repressed abuse as a child, but i doubt you'll get crazy admissions on the escapist.

 

[Angerwing]

Repression is a defence mechanism when the brain can't handle something. I could go way into it, but I won't. It's a psychological term, where what you experienced was "remembering something you haven't thought about in a long time".

You spelled "defense" wrong, just to point out.

Secondly, your last sentence makes little sense, and doesn't actually describe repression. It's been mentioned several times above, that the basic idea is one undergoes something so traumatic that the only way the mind can deal is by locking it away so that your conscious mind can't retrieve it. It's why hypnotism is supposed to be so effective in bringing such memories to the surface.

That being said, repression is an incredibly rare psychological event. So rare, in fact, that many of the people who believe themselves to have repressed memories, do not. They end up surfacing a bad dream or fantasy that they in turn believe is an actual memory. So unreliable is the idea of an actual repressed memory, that when used in a legal setting, it almost never hold up as valid testimony.

I believe I repressed a memory where I molested myself. It was devastating.

It's already been pointed out, but I spelled defence right. And I know what repression is, what I was saying, if you re-read what I posted was: you did not experience a recovery of repressed memories, you experienced "memory".

 

[Epitome]

I have never tried, i imagine they were repressed for a reason

 

[Queen Michael]

My old diaries are full of stuff I've repressed. I'll read them someday.

 

[damselgaming]

The closest thing i've had to repressed memories was that I used to love watching wrestling.

When we first got together my boyfriend left his ipod at my house, so I put it on shuffle just to see what he listened to. The DX entrance music came on and I was sure I'd heard it before, then BANG, it just all came back to me, the quotes, then entrance musics, the wrestlers, the match types etc. I them made him lend me his Wrestlemania anthology so I could re-watch it all.

 

[SmartIdiot]

Repression is a defence mechanism when the brain can't handle something. I could go way into it, but I won't. It's a psychological term, where what you experienced was "remembering something you haven't thought about in a long time".

You spelled "defense" wrong, just to point out.

Secondly, your last sentence makes little sense, and doesn't actually describe repression. It's been mentioned several times above, that the basic idea is one undergoes something so traumatic that the only way the mind can deal is by locking it away so that your conscious mind can't retrieve it. It's why hypnotism is supposed to be so effective in bringing such memories to the surface.

That being said, repression is an incredibly rare psychological event. So rare, in fact, that many of the people who believe themselves to have repressed memories, do not. They end up surfacing a bad dream or fantasy that they in turn believe is an actual memory. So unreliable is the idea of an actual repressed memory, that when used in a legal setting, it almost never hold up as valid testimony.

I believe I repressed a memory where I molested myself. It was devastating.

You have made my day.

 

[orangebandguy]

No, I don't think I could stand being mentally unstable. It's quite an ordeal or the people who have to go through it.

 

[x434343]

I do have repressed memories, but it's extremely weird how I've repressed them.

They're repressed in such a way that I can try and remember my ____th year in school and remember at least one bad bad thing. I've seriously blocked out everything from 1st grade to 9th grade. Why? Not very fun. It was bad 1st and 2nd, but 3rd on was way worse.

3rd I know I had no friends. 4th was when I realized the world was shit when people accepted newcomers like me, but not me. 5th was torture. Apparently I can't wear novelty shirts to school because, and I quote the principal, "They just give them a reason to make fun of you."

6th to 8th I don't have any memory about at all. Not recallable either. Those must've been bad. 9th I have memory of the second half of the year, not the first.

The worst thing is this. I'm 16. I've blocked out memories from 6 to about 15. I literally have had no life for more than half my life. Which sucks shit.

 

[heyheysg]

I do have repressed memories, but it's extremely weird how I've repressed them.

They're repressed in such a way that I can try and remember my ____th year in school and remember at least one bad bad thing. I've seriously blocked out everything from 1st grade to 9th grade. Why? Not very fun. It was bad 1st and 2nd, but 3rd on was way worse.

3rd I know I had no friends. 4th was when I realized the world was shit when people accepted newcomers like me, but not me. 5th was torture. Apparently I can't wear novelty shirts to school because, and I quote the principal, "They just give them a reason to make fun of you."

6th to 8th I don't have any memory about at all. Not recallable either. Those must've been bad. 9th I have memory of the second half of the year, not the first.

The worst thing is this. I'm 16. I've blocked out memories from 6 to about 15. I literally have had no life for more than half my life. Which sucks shit.

Don't worry, when you're 45 and in a Mars office building surfing the Web 5.0, it'll suddenly all come back to you

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Looking forward to digging up some in my thirties I'm intentionally not dealing with stuff from high school memories, which will probably lead to repression.

 

[Cilliandrew]

I do have a bit of a blank spot around the end of 2004. Always wondered what...
...oh dear.
Fuck.
The badgers.
SHIT.
FUCK.
THE BADGERS! THE BADGERS! NOOOOOOOO!!

Hehe.


I don't necessarily remember repressed memories, but i do find it kind of interesting how, over time, I have been able to convince myself that certain things happened in a fashion that i KNOW they didn't truly happen.

Most deal with breakups and how i handled them. Everything that i remember about them IS true, but i manage to semi-repress some of the things that happened that would have reflected on me negatively.

I know stuff happened that i don't tell people, but i honestly can't remember what that stuff is, anymore..

 

[Slotteh]

I once had a bad fall when I went down a hill and pressed the front brakes instead. That was 4 years ago.

I still can't remember what happened immediately afterwards. I was conscious but I kept repeating questions.

 

[crudus]

That must have been a very traumatic conversation you had there if you repressed it. If I do had repressed memories then I don't want them coming back.

 

[buklau]

Repression is a Freudian concept, and most of his theories have been disproved. Traumatic experiences are actually more likely to be remembered due to your amped up state.

Many therapists have been able to successfully 'plant' fake memories into people by using subtle suggestion and leading questions. Since memory isn't concrete but rather a mental construct, it's easy for it to be influenced by current emotions and outside motives.

If repression was a common mental defense, why do Holocaust survivors have vivid accounts of their experiences? Why do some still remember the pangs of hunger or the smell of burning flesh? And to those who say they have repressed memories in this thread, are you saying your little middle school heartbreak, silly suicidal phase, or desperate cries for attention are more traumatic than this?

 

[Berethond]

Repression is a Freudian concept, and most of his theories have been disproved. Traumatic experiences are actually more likely to be remembered due to your amped up state.

Many therapists have been able to successfully 'plant' fake memories into people by using subtle suggestion and leading questions. Since memory isn't concrete but rather a mental construct, it's easy for it to be influenced by current emotions and outside motives.

Exactly.
About 75% of my memories from 13 years old and younger never happened.

 

[Azraellod]

Memories of my granny dying...

I was 3 or 4, and my parents didn't really try to hide it. I had repressed these, and had no idea that I'd ever had them.

Then when I was 14 (I think), I saw a picture of her, and remembered, as a tiny child, hugging her. I quietly cried for a short while at that point.

I suspect I may have repressed a lot more then is good for me, since I now find myself for some reason completely unable to cry any-more. I'm sure that cant be a good thing...

 

[CDog2910]

Repression is a Freudian concept, and most of his theories have been disproved. Traumatic experiences are actually more likely to be remembered due to your amped up state.

Many therapists have been able to successfully 'plant' fake memories into people by using subtle suggestion and leading questions. Since memory isn't concrete but rather a mental construct, it's easy for it to be influenced by current emotions and outside motives.

If repression was a common mental defense, why do Holocaust survivors have vivid accounts of their experiences? Why do some still remember the pangs of hunger or the smell of burning flesh? And to those who say they have repressed memories in this thread, are you saying your little middle school heartbreak, silly suicidal phase, or desperate cries for attention are more traumatic than this?

indeed....






...7!!!

 

[Thamous]

No, but I can't remember for the life of me where the bruises and scars came from.

 

[Blade3dge]

I can't remember what I had for breakfast... Let me think for a second... Oh wait yeah it was toast.

So by the OP's definition we can assume that to mean I just recovered a repressed memory right?

After 3 years of university level psychology with a good deal of my studies based on repression and false memories I can tell you that is not the definition of a repressed memory. False memories can be easily mistaken for repressed memories and the existence of repression is fairly well documented, in fact repression quite often goes hand in hand with the creation of false memories where somebody may repress a memory with a false memory of the events that occurred.