In the early 1970s, the first of the declassified information was obtained by author John Marks for his pioneering work, The Search For the Manchurian Candidate.
“For many years there have been rumours of mind control experiments. Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders Although Freud was discussing the trauma produced by intense intrapsychic conflict, clinical experience has shown that actual traumatic events that have been dissociated are often repeated and reexperienced.” The most perceptive tenet of Freud’s theory is that previously dissociated events are actually reexperienced as current reality rather than remembered as occurring in the past. He theorized that this "compulsion to repeat" served a need to rework and achieve mastery over the experience and that it perhaps had an underlying biologic basis as well. If one understands repression as the process in which overwhelming experiences are forgotten, distanced, and dissociated, Freud posited that these experiences are likely to recur in the mind and to be reexperienced. He is obliged to repeat the repressed material as a contemporary experience instead of remembering it as something in the past. The patient cannot remember the whole of what is repressed in him, and what he cannot remember may be precisely the essential part of it. In his paper, "Beyond the Pleasure Principle," Freud (1920/ 1955) described how repressed (and dissociated) trauma and instinctual conflicts can become superimposed on current reality. Freud's concept of the “repetition compulsion” is enormously helpful in understanding how dissociated events are later reexperienced. The central principle is that dissociated experiences often do not remain dormant. The reexperiencing of previously dissociated traumatic events presents in a variety of complex ways. “THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED: RELIVING DISSOCIATED EXPERIENCES The Couple Who Became Each Other: Stories of Healing and Transformation from a Leading Hypnotherapist
They live just outside of consciousness like noisy neighbors who bang on the pipes and occasionally show up at the door.” They intrude in unexpected ways: through panic attacks and insomnia, through dreams and artwork, through seemingly inexplicable compulsions, and through the shadowy dread of the abusive parent. But while the knowledge, body sensations, and feelings are shattered, they are not forgotten. Rationalizations like "my childhood was rough," "he only did it to me once or twice," and "it wasn't so bad" are common, masking the fact that the abuse was devastating and chronic. So they fragment the memories into hundreds of shards, leaving only acceptable traces in their conscious minds. They have to: it's too painful to believe that their parents would do such a thing. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. “Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Self-blame continues the illusion of control shock destroys, but prevents us from the necessary working through of the traumatic feelings and memories to heal and recover.” Blaming oneself for the shame of being a victim is recognized by trauma specialists as a defense against the extreme powerlessness we feel in the wake of a traumatic event. Nevertheless, if you are unable to recognize the higher purpose in your pain, to forgive and forget and move on, you clearly have chosen to be addicted to your pain and must enjoy playing the victim.Īnd the worst is, we are only too ready to agree with this assessment! Trauma victims commonly blame themselves. You have endured a life-altering shock, and are likely living with PTSD symptoms- hypervigilance, flashbacks and bewilderment-with broken trust, with the inability to cope with many situations, and with the complete shut down of parts of your mind, including your ability to focus and regulate your emotions. “Blame is a Defense Against Powerlessnessīetrayal trauma changes you.
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