It seems that our media is once again going to promote and run with this whole “false memory” crap that occurred in the 80’s and 90’s when people began reporting that their children were coming home with STD’s from their daycares. Suggesting that memories of abuse are often fabricated, it makes one begin to question their own sense of what reality is, which is interesting as there is no better way to shut down a victim of abuse than deny that it happened in the first place. CNN JUST ran with this story- and so to say that it isn’t getting out into our mass media for some reason is to fabricate reality- but then, that is the whole point of the matter. Confusing and lying about memories and abuse in order to save the perpetrator is pretty much the motto for the False Memory Pedophile Protection Squad- and CNN seems to be one of those who have jumped on the bandwagon- judging by this last article. However- let me present some info on Loftus that the FMPPS has forgotten.

One of her first and most notorious attempts at a study was to use a friend’s little girl and convince the child that she was being left in the mall. Skirting by laws that now would have had her disbarred, she intentionally traumatized the child in order to prove that false memories are real and that repression does not happen with abuse. Making it her crusade to defend those who have been accused, she has made it her career to discredit and dismiss anyone whom would claim abuse that she disagrees with- much like Debbie Nathan- author of Sybil Exposed, who is quoted stating that she believes that our nation is too “hysterical” regarding sex with children and that the average age of consent needs to be “lowered”. These ladies have gone out of their way to do what they can to trash the notion that abuse can be repressed and to encourage the belief that anyone who claims such is being lead by clever therapists.

The cool thing about my story is that my memories were never repressed in the way that has been presented by our media. Always accessible- I spent a great deal of time trying NOT to remember- much like other survivor’s who have experienced the same kind of abuse that I went through. Humiliating, degrading, and shaming- I spent MORE TIME trying to forget than I can say, always failing miserably. More than that- my sister can corroborate the things that I say with her own experiences of abuse- and we are far from alone. Neither repressed nor forgotten- much of what I went through (which I detail in my book), happened as an ADULT- and for anyone to say that I forgot or repressed the details I list is showing that they are living in a rose tinted world, as that argument does not even make sense. In other words- the whole mistaken memory syndrome that CNN just wrote about two days ago is one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard, and I find it interesting that stories like the one with the link below are promoting such drivel. People can remember their own pasts- I REMEMBER and NEVER FORGOT my past, and to say that the abuse that I suffered is fabricated by either myself or my therapist is to express not an ounce of understanding as to what happened here in Omaha a few decades ago. There is AMPLE evidence that something went down here- and all the self proclaimed “memory experts” can say what they want nationally- it doesn’t change ANY of the facts of the matter surrounding events that played out here in Nebraska.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/18/health/lifeswork-loftus-memory-malleability/