“There’s no such thing as recovered memories.”
“Dr. [Harrison] Pope stated that in his opinion, the phenomenon of repression and subsequent memory recovery does not exist. Dr. Pope defined a repressed memory as follows: "that you could have some sort of traumatic experience and then be literally unable to remember it" and that the memory becomes unavailable to consciousness as opposed to simply forgetting it.” - Published in the FMSF Newsletter. [1]
This site exists to refute this claim. We have very clear documented evidence – both case reports and scientific studies– that demonstrate that people can accurately recover memories. Recovered memories can be of singular or repeated events, and their subject may be either traumatic or non-traumatic in nature.
Corroborated Cases
Our archive has numerous examples of cases where memories of abuse were unavailable for many years, and were later remembered by the victim. All of the cases in our archive are corroborated, meaning that there is evidence supporting the accuracy of the victim’s recovered memories. Examples of corroboration include a confession from the perpetrator, witness testimony, or physical evidence such as a perpetrator’s journal or photographs. These cases serve as very clear documented evidence that memories can become unavailable to consciousness, and later be accurately recovered.