Reply #211: I don't think it is difficult to talk about the issue of recovered/repressed

[pnwmom]

memories in a respectful way, and there are plenty of instances of it on this thread.

There are also plenty of instances of thoughtless, rude and/or personal attacks.

I assume you are referring to the type of memory research Elizabeth Loftus has been doing as what "everyone knows." However, there are many equally qualified (if less media savvy) researchers who are working in the field of post traumatic memory research (as opposed to non-traumatic memory in a laboratory setting.) They offer a very different point of view. Here's a compilation of some of the research by a Harvard researcher.

http://www.jimhopper.com/memory/