# Recovered long-term abuse memories - verified cases? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovered-long-term-abuse-memories-verified-cases/551249 "2010-08-24T04:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovered-long-term-abuse-memories-verified-cases/551249/1 "2010-08-24T04:04:30Z")
Are there verified cases of recovered repressed memories of long-term sexual abuse? There have been many cases of memories falsely recovered during hypnosis; are there actually any ones where it’s been possible to verify it after all those years? I have a hard time seeing how long-term abuse could be repressed so completely that it doesn’t come out for decades, but I realize my comprehension doesn’t have any bearing on whether it could actually happen or not. And I know that the fact that it may be unverifiable after many years doesn’t mean it didn’t occur. But I would like to know if there have actually been cases where it could be proven that it did happen (corroboration by other parties, whatever). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovered-long-term-abuse-memories-verified-cases/551249/2 "2010-08-24T05:20:50Z")
Never mind, I think I’ve found at least one fairly recent case that seems reputable without digging very hard, and I assume there are more. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1023/A:1024403220769/abstract](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1023/A:1024403220769/abstract)