Traumatic Memories
Episode 9 season 4: Lynn Crook on False Memories
If everyone around you denies it, did it really happen? Find out in this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman as host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Lynn Crook, author of “False Memories: The Deception That Silenced Millions.”
“There’s essentially no corroboration for claims that memories like mine are false.”
Show Notes:
In 1991, Lynn Crook sued her parents for damages after she recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse by her father. At the time, believing media reports, most of her community insisted that her memories were false. But a key memory study was flawed, and the judge found in her favor. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Lynn Crook for a talk about her experiences; her book, “False Memories: The Deception That Silenced Millions;” and the importance of speaking your truth.
Listen and learn:
What Lynn Crook learned about a much-publicized false-memory study—and how it inspired a book
How the false-memory study affected survivors of child abuse
Why people are so willing to accept the idea that memories of child abuse are false
Why it feels so difficult to come forward to report abuse, especially to the court
How it feels for a survivor of childhood sexual abuse to obtain justice
How molesters get away with abusing children
How families perpetuate abuse
How institutions perpetuate abuse
The impact of shame—and how to shed it
Learn more:
Lynn Crook’s website
False Memories: The Deception That Silenced Millions by Lynn Crook on Amazon
Guided meditations on Insight Timer
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Resources mentioned in this episode
The New Yorker: “How Elizabeth Loftus changed the meaning of memory” by Rachel Aviv
The Atlantic: “America has an incest problem” by Mia Fontaine
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