Joe Bagadonuts
Well-Known Member
Regardless, it is impossible to rely on her memory of an event that happened over three decades ago, and it does not strengthen her case that her "witness" doesn't recall the event at all or that she doesn't remember other details. Certain significant events occurred in my teenage years. I remember exactly where they happened... or at least, I believe I do.As for faulty or incomplete memory, that's how it works with trauma. I work with vets, many of whom suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Injuries. (I generally oppose the use of the commonly used PTSD tag as it stigmatizes the issue. ) Many of them have vivid images and memories of specific parts of the event, e.g. the smell in the air, the color of the car etc., and yet not remember other things like why they were on the mission or in that location in the first place. Sexual trauma is very similar, from the limited people I have worked with that have experienced it, and from the literature I have read. I would not discount her story based her not recalling whose house the party was at.
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I recall a vivid memory from my own childhood that I told people about many times, and then one day I saw an old photo that made it obvious that I had mis-remembered a key detail. Not only is memory imperfect, but it gets more imperfect every time we incorrectly remember an event. There are many possible explanations for what this woman is remembering, but no way to know if any of them are actually true.