[Yuzi]

i was watching maternity leave the other day and noticed something else about libby.
At the start when she helps claire to remember what happened to her, she tried to tell claire that she might be wrong and seemed like she was trying to dissuade her from going to the medical hatch - putting doubt in her mind ??
it was only kate that listened to claire and went with her to find rousseau, to me libby seemed worried by thw whole thing and seemed like she didnt want to help claire too much ??

any thoughts on this or am i going schizo lol

lol, firstly, welcome to the forum.  As for the whole Maternity leave thing, i did notice Libby's unusual behaviour too.  My current reaction to this is, she may not be a shrink and was uncertain of her ability to help Claire.  She may have just been using the sort of techniques they used on her to help her.  She may have doubted her skills to help Claire and therefore didn't want to take any uncertain risks with her!

Of course i could be waaaaaaaay off the mark!!

[Ray77]

yeah thanx for the welcome, its defenitely a hard one to call with libby, heres another idea i came up with while ive been avoiding work today:

She doesnt remember hurley from the ward- maybe forgotten about that part of her past.. but it might start coming back to her ....

Ive got a feeling though that we wont find out any more on this for a while in keeping with lost tradition.

[Paisley]

Wasn´t she supposed to get a flashback of her own? Can´t really see it happening this season though...pity, cos' it would be interesting to see what she´s been up to before the crash...

[lobsterandom]

Wasn´t she supposed to get a flashback of her own? Can´t really see it happening this season though...pity, cos' it would be interesting to see what she´s been up to before the crash...

Its gonna be a shame if she doesnt have a flashback this season, considering what the final shot in "Dave" revealed. Perhaps we will get a mini flashback in the season finale.

[Peel]

Wasn´t she supposed to get a flashback of her own? Can´t really see it happening this season though...pity, cos' it would be interesting to see what she´s been up to before the crash...

well she had her flashback, that last scene in the institution in Dave     

[Marvin_Candle]

My view is that she is genuine in her feelings toward Hurley.  And that's why she was on the plane--- she's been following (read: stalking) him ever since they both got out of the institution.  My suspicion is that Libby was obsessed with someone else first, and then her feelings transferred to Hurley.

I really don't think she was stalking him. I think they were meant to be on the flight, like everyone else. They're all linked to each other in some way, which, i think is the reason all of them were on the flight. Think about Mr. Eko and the beechcraft. No coincidence.

[vanyvrgs]

I really don't think she was stalking him. I think they were meant to be on the flight, like everyone else. They're all linked to each other in some way, which, i think is the reason all of them were on the flight. Think about Mr. Eko and the beechcraft. No coincidence.

Well, it is too much of a stretch that both of them would be in the hospital not know each other and then in the same plane from Austrailia... but then it is quite the coincidence that Shannon's father and Jack's wife and hence Shannon and Jack were in the same hospital and did not know each other.....(and that one I bought).  What is different with this circumstance is that libby was looking over at Hurley she was just not only minding her own business at the funny farm...so I think she meant to follow him  (I also think she was also privy to the numbers and only God knows how the played on her life)

[~dukeLavellE~]

i was watching maternity leave the other day and noticed something else about libby.
At the start when she helps claire to remember what happened to her, she tried to tell claire that she might be wrong and seemed like she was trying to dissuade her from going to the medical hatch - putting doubt in her mind ??
it was only kate that listened to claire and went with her to find rousseau, to me libby seemed worried by thw whole thing and seemed like she didnt want to help claire too much ??

any thoughts on this or am i going schizo lol

libby, oh libby.
and libby's session with claire... fourthworld gave some links about memory here: http://www.dharmasecrets.com/forum/index.php?topic=1900.30
i find them to be really interesting. i know that we already discussed the accuracy of what claire remembered. but if anyone interested, check fourth's links.

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory
Memory is a complicated process, only partly understood; but research suggests that the qualities of a memory do not provide a reliable way to determine its accuracy. For example, a vivid and detailed memory can be mistaken, and a vague memory, correct. Likewise, continuity of memory is no guarantee of truth, and disruption of memory is no guarantee of falsity. Finally, memory is believed to be a reconstructed phenomenon, and so it can often be strongly influenced by expectation (one's own or other people's), emotions, the implied beliefs of others, inappropriate interpretation, or desired outcome.

It therefore becomes imperative in controversial cases not to rely on memory alone, but to insist on corroborative evidence. However, such evidence, either supporting or contradicting the memory, may not be available or definitive. Thus we also need to understand common ways false memories can arise — bad police lineups, poor therapeutic practice, the misinformation effect — and take care to avoid creating and reinforcing them.
The origin of false memories is controversial. Hypnosis can be used to form false memories because this technique can lead to fantasizing and can increase the subjective certainty of fantasy. Research suggests that at least some false memories are formed through rehearsal, or repetition, of an event that has been confirmed as fantastic: after repeatedly thinking about and visualizing an event, a person may begin to “remember” it as if it had actually occurred. Upon questioning, such a person might confidently recall the event when in fact it is merely previous visualizations that make it seem familiar. Rehearsal is the strongest mechanism of moving short-term memory into long-term memory.
Many proponents of recovered memories emphasize the importance of distinguishing between ordinary and traumatic memory. Studies show that memories can be implanted, but we lack studies on implanted traumatic memories and their related effects—such as post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociative identity disorder—because such studies would be unethical.