I am torturing myself by watching and following the Harvey Weinstein Trial. On Court TV they have this so-called expert, so-called world famous expert-the one and only expert on trauma (according to court tv) and trauma treatment and memory. Their discussions on Court TV are doing a horrible disservice to victims world-wide. I'm so angry about this. The expert is correct in that memory is weird and there can indeed be created "false memory syndrome" and it's why therapists should not make "suggestions" when someone presents with symptoms that could be the result of sexual trauma. That these memories should emerge only naturally if the psyche is trying to work the trauma out.
However, this f*cking expert claimed right on this show and all the talking heads agreed that traumatic memories cannot be "repressed" and walled off. I know for a f*cking fact memories are "walled off" by some people in order to function in their lives. The other thing children and people do is think about the assaults from a view point of "I did something to cause this" "This wasn't that bad" and all kinds of ways to think about it that are not true and does not address the truth of the abuse.
I'm so pissed about this. So Angry. Yes memory is not always "100%" accurate of the facts-and we remember things differently. But for these bitches on court tv to say that Annabelle Sciorra has just changed her memories to be an assault because she didn't get a role she wanted and regretted sex with Harvy Weinstein infuriates me. Our culture is sick.
However, this f*cking expert claimed right on this show and all the talking heads agreed that traumatic memories cannot be "repressed" and walled off. I know for a f*cking fact memories are "walled off" by some people in order to function in their lives. The other thing children and people do is think about the assaults from a view point of "I did something to cause this" "This wasn't that bad" and all kinds of ways to think about it that are not true and does not address the truth of the abuse.
I'm so pissed about this. So Angry. Yes memory is not always "100%" accurate of the facts-and we remember things differently. But for these bitches on court tv to say that Annabelle Sciorra has just changed her memories to be an assault because she didn't get a role she wanted and regretted sex with Harvy Weinstein infuriates me. Our culture is sick.