Repressed_Memory

Repressed Memory Repression or Falsehood: The debate over memory The recovered memory vs. false memory debate has been a long standing, intense situation in the world of psychiatry. The recovered memory debate has been the most acrimonious, vicious and hurtful internal controversy in the history of modern psychiatry (Scheflin, 2004, para. 1). There has been great debate over whether the trauma such as physical or sexual abuse,satanic rituals, sacrifice, crimes that patients some time recall in therapy are forgotten or false memories. There is a fine line between the and there have been several instances in which false memories have been planted in patient's head. The memory is a complex entity so what may appear to be repressed could be false and vice-versa. The debate has caused rifts in the world of psychiatry and cases have permeated the court at an alarming rate with individuals who have sued facilities who have planted false memories, and with people who remembered memories and were victims of abuse and other crimes. "A repressed memory is the memory of a traumatic event unconsciously retained in the mind, where it is said to adversely affect conscious thought, memory, memories, false, been, debate, repressed, recovered, traumatic, cases, abuse, repression, patients, experiences, therapy, people, complex, both, actually, unconsciously, unconscious, support, sued, sexual, psychiatry, prove, planted, physical, para, over, out, idea, forgotten, child, case, because