Subject: Delayed reporting of abuse
From: boebert@sctc.com (Earl Boebert)
Date: 1990-11-17, 17:11
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

This may be a bit heavy for an entertainment newsgroup, but some things
are too important to be left unsaid ...

Several posters have reported reactions, such as BOB appearing in
dreams and nightmares, to the 10 November episode.  This has largely
been commented on as an indication of the emotional strength and
psychological accuracy of Lynch's work, particularly in the link
between multiple personalities and childhood sexual abuse/incest and
the transgenerational link in such cases.

I am aware of at least one victim who had uncovered childhood abuse
after long therapy and who had an extreme emotional reaction to the 10
November show. This person has asked me to remind the net that a
significant reaction to the program *could* be the indicator of a
long-suppressed incident, and that individuals should be aware of the
availablity of help and the laws in many states which liberalize
limitations on reporting of abuse from time of realization by the
victim rather than date of the act itself; in some states a case
against an entity such as a school or a church has a longer period of
allowed reporting than one against an individual.