“In general, the more dysfunctional the family the more inappropriate their response to disclosure. Never expect a sane response from an insane… — Renee Fredrickson Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Then there was the pain. A breaking and entering when even the senses are torn apart. The act of rape on an… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Dr. Talbon was struck by another very important thing. It all hung together. The stories Cheryl told — even though it was… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“In this book we paint an unprecedented portrait of Britain’s first ‘false memory’ retraction and show that, like other ‘false memory’ cases… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“so that it isn't upsetting to anybody. It's something we've always known about fairy tales – they talk about incest, the Oedipus… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“TAT: I find I'm still left wanting to know how to tell if my patient has false memory syndrome. What's the test?… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why did I allow the abuse to continue? Even as a teenager? I didn’t. Something that had been plaguing me for years… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Although the terminology implies scientific endorsement, false memory syndrome is not currently an accepted diagnostic label by the APA and is not… — Michelle Rae Hebl Copy Share Image
“Working simultaneously, though seemingly without a conscience, was Dr. Ewen Cameron, whose base was a laboratory in Canada's McGill University, in Montreal.… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“He came up behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders; bending low, he put his lips close to the nape… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“I became skilled at covering my tracks, filling in the blanks. Sometimes the blanks were never filled. At other times, I would… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“The return of the voices would end in a migraine that made my whole body throb. I could do nothing except lie… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“As a child I had been taken to see Dr Bradshaw on countless occasions; it was in his surgery that Billy had… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“It was Freud's ambition to discover the cause of hysteria, the archetypal female neurosis of his time. In his early investigations, he… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“I think I know what he is REALLY doing in there... and thinking about ME while doing it." (continuing) "But when he… — Steven L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
“Early relational trauma results from the fact that we are often given more to experience in this life than we can bear… — Donald Kalsched Copy Share Image
“To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of Traumatic Stress interviewed 129 women with documented histories of child sexual… — Janet Walker Copy Share Image
“Without realizing it, I fought to keep my two worlds separated. Without ever knowing why, I made sure, whenever possible that nothing… — Marilyn Van Derbur Copy Share Image
“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
