In 2012, Agnes, acting as her own counsel, brought a civil case before a judge. Demanding that to protect her emotional health the trial be …show more content…
It may cause emotional turmoil that can disrupt their life. The accusation of wrongdoing may cause rifts in relationships.
While I believe there may be a version of memory repression with some truth to it, I do not think that it is possible for all traces of the conscious memory to disappear. I think that we can block out many of the specific details of an event, but we still have at least a vague knowledge that an event occurred. Memories can be distorted over time. Every time we recall a memory, it is subject to change(Dobrin, 2013). Research conducted by Schiller at NYU suggests, “If mitigating information about a traumatic or unhappy event is introduced within a narrow window of opportunity after its recall—during the few hours it takes for the brain to rebuild the memory in the biological brick and mortar of molecules—the emotional experience of the memory can essentially be rewritten.”(Hall, 2013). Findings such as this call into question the credibility of our memories and show just how malleable they