Although, I am able to understand about the bad implications for the False Memory Syndrome Organization to have been set up. However, I do have some real doubts in regard to the theory of the so-called Forgotten or Recovered Memories, as being viable. It is actually rather controversial. Psychiatrists say they are unable to tell if someone is lying under regressive hypnosis, if the person actually believes what they are saying, to be true.
Those who are put into a Trance state, are open to suggestion and manipulation and can recall things that actually never happened. Key words can trigger thoughts of things they have heard or read or maybe dreamed, which can be integrated into their minds as reality As in the case of molestation charges, it is claimed that children do not lie and most everyone will believe that. But that is just not true...children can and do lie. That is because they are so easily brainwashed to believe what they are claiming to be true. I will give a good example of that.....
I live in an area where several years ago, there was a big rash of what was later referred to as a witch hunt of child molestation as well as satanic rituals involving baby sacrifices. Altogether, around over 100 persons were arrested, although many were unrelated to each other. In one instance, the charges were from a grandparent who was both imagining things and was not actually very mentally competent. Most of the children in these cases, testified against their parents. Two of the children (females) claimed that their grandparents were also involved in the molestations and they had witnessed babies sacrificed and they were buried in the grandparents yard. At one point, the entire yard was dug up and nothing at all was found. However, the grandparents did move away, which probably made them appear to be even more suspicious. All of the 100 adults were found guilty and sentenced to prison for many, many years.
As the children became older, most recanted their former childhood claims. They said they had been brainwashed and thoughts and ideas had been implanted in their minds and they had been played off against each other as well as they were both punished and rewarded when they said the right or wrong things. One of the therapists was also fired when it was discovered the quite unethical tactics she had used with the children.
I believe most all of these parents have been released from prison because of various technicalities as well as the discovered coercion of the children. There was possibly a few parents who may have actually been guilty, but not all of them were. One set of parents have never seen their daughter again, since she had been adopted. A couple of the parents were highlighted on a TV Dateline program, right after they were released from prison Their children (boys), as now adults, told what methods were used to get them to testify against their parents. They said that primarily they were just wanting to please their questioners and didn't really understand all the implications as a result.
In addition, a few years later a friend of mine mentioned that he had been employed for the Child Protection Dept during that time. Although he wasn't involved in any of the investigations of these cases, ho had frequently discussed it with some who were. At this time, the first two couples had just been released from prison..I mentioned to him, that I believed it had all been a big witchhunt He told me they were gulfy and so forth. When I expressed my doubts, he finally admitted that it had all only been circumstantial
evidence against them. He also told me how specific things found in their home was made to appear as something to fit the accusations...yet were actually things that most everyone else also had in their home. For example, those hooks that are used to hang up a jacket or to hang a plant or lighting, they made other claims about them.
In addiction, I have four sisters and one of them sometimes remembers things that we just don't believe actually ever happened. One such thing, involved a girlfriend of hers and the friends parents. This she only remembered through a session with a Psychiatrist, who she went to, for a completely different reason. This revelation gave her quite a lot of anguish. However, she also told us that she had decided this was most likely false memories which came about through specific questions the Psych ask her She is also a Creaive Writer and even teaches at a University....and she also has an imagination.
The mind reacts quite strangely sometimes and facts can get jumbled with false memories because of other stimulus. such as books, conversations with others, or also dreams. Regressive hypnosis is actually a lot like dreams....sometimes they are actually true actual forgotten memories and other times they are only imagined yet appear to be true.
I would not be able to put all my trust into claims of forgotten memories!
Dixie
Di
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Those who are put into a Trance state, are open to suggestion and manipulation and can recall things that actually never happened. Key words can trigger thoughts of things they have heard or read or maybe dreamed, which can be integrated into their minds as reality As in the case of molestation charges, it is claimed that children do not lie and most everyone will believe that. But that is just not true...children can and do lie. That is because they are so easily brainwashed to believe what they are claiming to be true. I will give a good example of that.....
I live in an area where several years ago, there was a big rash of what was later referred to as a witch hunt of child molestation as well as satanic rituals involving baby sacrifices. Altogether, around over 100 persons were arrested, although many were unrelated to each other. In one instance, the charges were from a grandparent who was both imagining things and was not actually very mentally competent. Most of the children in these cases, testified against their parents. Two of the children (females) claimed that their grandparents were also involved in the molestations and they had witnessed babies sacrificed and they were buried in the grandparents yard. At one point, the entire yard was dug up and nothing at all was found. However, the grandparents did move away, which probably made them appear to be even more suspicious. All of the 100 adults were found guilty and sentenced to prison for many, many years.
As the children became older, most recanted their former childhood claims. They said they had been brainwashed and thoughts and ideas had been implanted in their minds and they had been played off against each other as well as they were both punished and rewarded when they said the right or wrong things. One of the therapists was also fired when it was discovered the quite unethical tactics she had used with the children.
I believe most all of these parents have been released from prison because of various technicalities as well as the discovered coercion of the children. There was possibly a few parents who may have actually been guilty, but not all of them were. One set of parents have never seen their daughter again, since she had been adopted. A couple of the parents were highlighted on a TV Dateline program, right after they were released from prison Their children (boys), as now adults, told what methods were used to get them to testify against their parents. They said that primarily they were just wanting to please their questioners and didn't really understand all the implications as a result.
In addition, a few years later a friend of mine mentioned that he had been employed for the Child Protection Dept during that time. Although he wasn't involved in any of the investigations of these cases, ho had frequently discussed it with some who were. At this time, the first two couples had just been released from prison..I mentioned to him, that I believed it had all been a big witchhunt He told me they were gulfy and so forth. When I expressed my doubts, he finally admitted that it had all only been circumstantial
evidence against them. He also told me how specific things found in their home was made to appear as something to fit the accusations...yet were actually things that most everyone else also had in their home. For example, those hooks that are used to hang up a jacket or to hang a plant or lighting, they made other claims about them.
In addiction, I have four sisters and one of them sometimes remembers things that we just don't believe actually ever happened. One such thing, involved a girlfriend of hers and the friends parents. This she only remembered through a session with a Psychiatrist, who she went to, for a completely different reason. This revelation gave her quite a lot of anguish. However, she also told us that she had decided this was most likely false memories which came about through specific questions the Psych ask her She is also a Creaive Writer and even teaches at a University....and she also has an imagination.
The mind reacts quite strangely sometimes and facts can get jumbled with false memories because of other stimulus. such as books, conversations with others, or also dreams. Regressive hypnosis is actually a lot like dreams....sometimes they are actually true actual forgotten memories and other times they are only imagined yet appear to be true.
I would not be able to put all my trust into claims of forgotten memories!
Dixie
Di
Edited for Typos