I think old psychology was a creativity contest (1 Viewer)

Ahsoka · 27 February 2020

So some necessary context: the article talks about repressed memories, which is a common idea but has little true scientific basis, in fact most repressed memories are false memories planted by someone else. So with that said, heres an example of that in practice.

This very unfortunately resulted in cases like Nadean Cool. In 1986, she went to see a psychiatrist who in turn used a variety of popular techniques including hypnosis to try to see if she had any repressed memories about being abused as a child. In the end, what surfaced were memories of being raped, being forced into bestiality, eating babies, watching her friend get murdered, being forced to be involved in a satanic cult, etc. At one point the psychiatrist in question even decided she had at least 120 distinct personalities, one of which was somehow that of a duck. And then to add to the bizarreness of the whole thing, the psychiatrist had an exorcism performed on her to get Satan out of her body…

Im sorry how did the psychiatrist manage to place those thoughts? He must have managed to somehow believe that this could be what happened. Was he trying to come up with the craziest situations he possibly could? I honestly cant imagine any other option. Thank goodness psychology has advanced though. Nothing wrong with the girl, people usually dont know how easy it is to place memories in their mind, so while its crazy I 100% believe that she truly remembered these events. I feel so sorry for her, imagine remembering so many horrible events. Thats just so traumatic, he probably ruined her life.

Heres the full article for anyone who's interested.

Do People Really Have Repressed Memories or Is It Just Things They've Forgotten?

Astryx_x asks: Do suppressed memories actually exist? We’ve all seen it in movies- a character will be going along in their lives blissfully unaware of some extremely traumatic event in their long distant past… that is, until a bit of syrup dribbles onto their cheek and they are transported back...

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