Posted by fires on November 14, 2005, at 15:24:43
In reply to Re: Alien abductions ****TRIGGER THREAD** » Jen Star, posted by alexandra_k on November 14, 2005, at 15:11:20
> or that they couldn't *handle* what was happening and thus distorted the memory so they were able to deal with it.I only had time to skim read many of the posts since my last one, but..
From everything I've read, and heard at lectures: memories of trauma aren't altered or repressed so that people can deal with them. Research shows that quite the opposite is true. Most victims have trouble not being able to forget traumatic memories.
I don't have time now to cite references - maybe later.
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