I am a psychiatric nurse, so I know a little bit about repressed memory.
Some of the things that we've been seeing from Wade, and actually Wades life itself, doesn't really speak well for the repressed memory.
Usually people who repress their memories of abuse have long term psychological problems (the access) to personal problems, things like that. So it will be important to actually watch Wade tomorrow to see how he handles himself, what he looks like, if he becomes angry, upset, that kind of thing. And there really isn't any such thing as a nervous breakdown. Its a layman's term. So how he got to a doctor is questionable as well. Just simply because he chose a child psychiatrist and from my understanding, one that lived or lives a great distance from him. So some of the things are suspect there as well.
Is his claim that he was molested for 7 years? To your understanding?
Well, one of the things the estate lawyer, Howard Weizmann, he pointed out that Wade was actually under oath twice, once in 2005 was he questioned on the Chandler lawsuit under oath?
Well, there's no empirical evidence that points to a repressed memory. Its just sort of something a few sensationalized cases brought about, is actually what it is.
KJ: In your opinion, what do you think of these allegations?
I think its gonna depend entirely upon how that therapist got them to come out. If his claim is that he was feeling them prior to going, if they had been triggered unconsciously, that might be different. But if they came out in therapy, they're always suspect. Even though...
Yeah, because of the In-Talk therapy, which is what I'm assuming we're talking about. Psychotherapy. Repressed memory is actually the Freudian foundation of psychotherapy. That's what Freud went after. “You're forgetting this, and this is why you're like this.”
And so, its kind of hard to describe. Nobody can remember everything. What we tend to remember are the significant events in our life. Even traumatic ones. And its repressed memory vs post traumatic stress disorder. Why would his memory be repressed.
The thing is, if he had been repressing his memory, he still would not have been, he still would not have felt the way he felt about Michael Jackson. You still know that there's something wrong. And it causes you to feel a certain way. No matter what. Even if you don't remember, it's like the feeling of deja vu. You don't know why you feel like you've been there before, but you do. And that's because your memorie's actually tied into all 5 of your senses. Not just one. It's not something you see. It's not something you feel. Smell, sounds, around you, that's going to trigger a memory. And from the sounds that, he was anxious, and then he went to see the doctor about why he was anxious.
