Repressed Memories Research Paper

The resurfacing of repressed memories has been studied largely in the past twenty plus years when many alleged repressed memories were reported causing many criminal ramifications. Many articles have been published and numerous studies done across cultural paradigms with one common denominator, therapy. Whether it is psychological or counseling therapy it has proven a great influence over the ability of people accessing repressed memories over a long period of time. Most often therapist focus on memories, mainly because of the emotions memories elicit in people. It is believed that in order for an individual to overcome any obstacle preventing them from moving on and functioning in everyday life with a semblance of normalcy, one needs to become a survivor rather than a …show more content…
My stance on the subject is that if suppression happens as a way for your brain to shield you from a traumatic event I find it hard to believe that such a defense would be fractured. I believe that if your subconscious is protecting you from reliving the trauma it may not allow such memories to resurface in an effort to keep you from the perceived harm. I am also hesitant to believe that such stories since the time between what is alleged and the time memories resurfaced is often times a matter of decades. Reading some of the cases about this topic provided me with a more skepticism, it has been recorded that many witnesses to these repressed memories have gaps or holes in their stories from the time the memory resurfaced to the time it become a legal matter and undergoes dissection from many parties involved. Often time the story changes, new details are added and others are deleted. We can also argue about how public a certain instance was and if any news coverage whether televised of in print was done and if such information was available to the individual who then confuses it with what is