Repression and Discovery

Truth That Hurts...... (c) T.Vossen 2013

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repressed memory therapy (trauma-search therapy)

...on critical examination, the scientific evidence for repression crumbles. --Harrison G Pope

In Freud's theory of "repression" the mind automatically banishes traumatic events from memory to prevent overwhelming anxiety. Freud further theorized that repressed memories cause "neurosis," which could be cured if the memories were made conscious. While all this is taught in introductory psychology courses and has been taken by novelists and screenwriters to be a truism, Freud's repression theory has never been verified by rigorous scientific proof.--John Hockmann