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grysarThe Washington Post has an interesting article on repressed memories. Apparently they didn't show up in world literature until about the 1800s. At that point, they burst onto the seen in Europe. By comparison, it's fairly easy to find depressed people, people with seizures, and the like. So, the studies are arguing that repressed memories can still be a real symptom, but that they're a cultural phenomenon.
I've actually had one repressed memory. When I was younger I liked the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Tides, but I couldn't remember catching it in theaters so I just assumed that I hadn't. Years later, a childhood friend reminded me of the time I was sick to my stomach after seeing the movie. (There's a joke there, but I assume because of some food thing. Like I said, I liked the movie). We were already out of the theater by the point when I felt sick and my friend's family rushed me to a Hardees or something that was in the Wheaton mall to throw up in the bathroom. I forget if I made it, I think there was some mess regardless.
Anyhow, when he reminded me, I could remember (albiet not in great detail) the incident and catching the movie.
I don't think it was ever really the source of any trauma. I watched the movie later with no ill-feelings. But I think I had completely blocked it out until he reminded me of it. As I don't get sick to my stomach that often so it tends to be pretty memorable.
I've actually had one repressed memory. When I was younger I liked the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Tides, but I couldn't remember catching it in theaters so I just assumed that I hadn't. Years later, a childhood friend reminded me of the time I was sick to my stomach after seeing the movie. (There's a joke there, but I assume because of some food thing. Like I said, I liked the movie). We were already out of the theater by the point when I felt sick and my friend's family rushed me to a Hardees or something that was in the Wheaton mall to throw up in the bathroom. I forget if I made it, I think there was some mess regardless.
Anyhow, when he reminded me, I could remember (albiet not in great detail) the incident and catching the movie.
I don't think it was ever really the source of any trauma. I watched the movie later with no ill-feelings. But I think I had completely blocked it out until he reminded me of it. As I don't get sick to my stomach that often so it tends to be pretty memorable.
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Date: 2007-02-26 04:04 pm (UTC)I've also had a few forgotten memories but I don't know if I'd really call them depressed. It's more like they've always been there but I forgot the triggers that help me bring them to the fore-front of my consciousness. Mostly it's things related to when I was fairly young(4 or below). My long-term memory has never really been good for mundane things and I guess as I grew up my childhood experiences felt more and more mundane by comparison.
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Date: 2007-02-26 04:59 pm (UTC)I've certainly forgotten a fair amount. I only classify this as repressed because I had an unusual amount of trouble remembering if I'd seen it in theaters.
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Date: 2007-02-26 07:03 pm (UTC)Anyhow, i think the key aspect of repressed memories is that they were traumatic and despite the forgetting are still the cause of problems.
My one was vaguely traumatic although certainly not the cause of any later problems. I only found it noteworthy because I normally don't forget that kind of thing and on multiple occassions had trouble remembering things relating to the incident.
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Date: 2007-02-27 11:08 am (UTC)You repressed it!
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Date: 2007-02-28 09:07 pm (UTC)