False Memory Recovery Video Analysis

This video is about how powerful the words we use can be and how easily our minds can be altered and subjected to influence. In this video a psychologist convinced a woman who was at therapy for bulimia that she had been severely abused sexually and physically by her family as well as strangers. Although she had been molested once when she was nine by a stranger this therapist took this memory and twisted it to the point where she turned on her entire family. Changing the memories she had and traumatizing her to the point of paranoia. It was amazing how one person could change another’s memories. However, it was also very disturbing. This was a complete misuse of his knowledge and authority as a therapist. He was supposed to help her instead it changed her memories and her life forever. …show more content…
I feel that false memory recovery is very tricky practice. In situation where traumatic memories are altered it can be helpful. people with these traumatic memories can continue life with a different more positive outlook. It alters their perception and helps reduce what is needed to help deal with these problems. If the memories are not bad they can change the way, we view the people around us. Making life harder and more complicated. Therefore, it does not improve their life in does the opposite making patients seek other ways of coping with memories that are not even real. This practice can blur the lines between what is real and what is