Posted by Jost on August 20, 2006, at 20:55:44
In reply to Re: historic CSA *trigger*, posted by Estella on August 20, 2006, at 20:44:01
I'll read the harrisonpope statement.prize offer later, but from a glance, it seems their problem is with the "repressed memory" people, which is quite separate from the issue of madness or schizophrenia.
I'm not that knowledgeable about the history of mental illness, although I've looked at a few things, like Edward Shorter. I'd have to do a little research to say more. I know very little about the repressed memory debate of the last 15-20 years, except that it seems to be related to cases of mass hysteria, and fairly high suggestibility.
Wonder about he Salem witch trials, although the records for exactly what was going on there are a bit confusing, from what I know.
But I'm not inclined to try to argue for repressed memory, because while there are undoubtedly gaps in memory, I'm not sure I believe that trauma can cause whole sections of memory to be lost, except in very rare cases. There might be rare cases. Whether they surfaced before 1800? I suspect if you looked through enough sources you could find something.
Whether you could find it easily, or how you'd make the argument for its being an instance, I don't know.
Jost
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