Most individuals suffering from false memory syndrome initially describe experiences of possible hallucinations, nightmares, and accounts of missing time (Clark, SE, & Lotus 2004). The unexplainable accounts leads the individual to seek help through therapy. Therapists and hypnosis experts struggle with feeding into the fantasy of the false memory. By creating the role of victim for a patient, the false memories become more of a reality and more difficult to treat. “Often, abductees seek out hypnotherapists who accidently implant detailed false memories of the abduction into the mind of the abductees while attempting to ‘recover’ repressed memories of the abduction” (Finkelstein, 38). In a therapist’s attempt to recover and explain the unknown experience, the specific false memory (alien memory, sexual abuse, out of body experience) is created (Finkelstein
Most individuals suffering from false memory syndrome initially describe experiences of possible hallucinations, nightmares, and accounts of missing time (Clark, SE, & Lotus 2004). The unexplainable accounts leads the individual to seek help through therapy. Therapists and hypnosis experts struggle with feeding into the fantasy of the false memory. By creating the role of victim for a patient, the false memories become more of a reality and more difficult to treat. “Often, abductees seek out hypnotherapists who accidently implant detailed false memories of the abduction into the mind of the abductees while attempting to ‘recover’ repressed memories of the abduction” (Finkelstein, 38). In a therapist’s attempt to recover and explain the unknown experience, the specific false memory (alien memory, sexual abuse, out of body experience) is created (Finkelstein