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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that she’s not necessarily lying, even if these “memories” aren’t real. She may genuinely believe the recovered memories are 100% accurate. However, she only became consciously aware of these alleged events while using a drug that makes people hallucinate. This whole journey started with her hallucinating that this teacher was in the room with her.

“Before taking the MDMA pill, Ms. Griffin told the facilitator, ‘There’s something I can’t face. I know something happened to me, something I’m talking around. But I don’t know what it is.’

Five minutes into the session, she writes in the book, she sat up and said, ‘Why is he here?’

The facilitator asked, ‘Who?’

‘Mr. Mason. From my middle school,’ Ms. Griffin said. (Mr. Mason is the pseudonym she uses for the teacher in the book.)”

Her allegations might be the absolute truth, but they’re based solely on memories that surfaced while she was in an MDMA-induced hallucinogenic state. There is no evidence that independently corroborates any of these memories. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re pure fiction, but that does mean they should be viewed with some skepticism. If this teacher raped a minor repeatedly, he’s getting off incredibly easy…but if he’s totally innocent of these allegations, the poor guy’s life has been turned upside down and there’s no way to clear his name and restore his reputation.[/quote]

I’m curious why the nyt didn’t interview a psychiatrist or a neurologist or anyone who knows anything about either memory or repressed memories. [/quote]

Same.

Article was weirdly incomplete.[/quote]

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