Been following a thread on another board but I'd like to pick everyones brains about this.
What do people know and think about false memory syndrome? Anyone have any direct experience with it. It occurs when a person with no recollection of sexual abuse visits a therapist, and in the course of treatment, 'remembers' memories of sexual abuse which have been 'repressed' for years.

About 15 yrs ago my older sister had such an experience and concluded it was someone in our family who abused her as a child. She completely cut off all relations with the family and forbid her 5 children from seeing their grandparents or aunts and uncles. Her children are now grown with families of their own and their grandparents were forbidden from attending their wedding and have never met their great grandchildren.

I'm curious if other people on the board have had experience with this? It was all the rage about 15 years ago but new cases have dwindled in the past few years because of the efforts of the False Memory Foundation and some huge financial awards against therapists who planted the memories. Much of the movement was spurred by the book called The Courage to Heal. After a few years of the issue making the rounds of feminist circles, evangelicals took up the practice and expanded it even further.

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