Journal article
Hearing the Survivor's Voice: Sundering the Wall of Denial
The Journal of psychohistory, Vol.21(4), pp.461-477
01 Apr 1994
Abstract
In the film Schindler's List, there is a scene in which a female prisoner in a forced labor camp, surrounded by the sick & starving, attempts to tell her friends that Jews are being gassed in Auschwitz. But her listeners silence her by denying that such things could be happening. Only the victims know the truth of their experiences & the bystanders will continue to deny that truth because it is so disruptive to their usual view of the world. Here, focus is on the controversy over the reality of ritual abuse, drawing on personal experience working with patients who have claimed to be ritual abuse survivors on an inpatient unit specializing in treating adults who have been traumatized as children. The issue of the so-called "false memory syndrome," which has yet to be scientifically documented, is addressed as a current example of the social denial of the reality of overwhelming trauma experienced in childhood at the hands of caregivers. AA
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- Title
- Hearing the Survivor's Voice: Sundering the Wall of Denial
- Creators
- Sandra Bloom
- Publication Details
- The Journal of psychohistory, Vol.21(4), pp.461-477
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Identifiers
- 991020547796704721