Childhood Trauma That Never Happened Analysis

Suppressed Memories May Be Implanted Memories In Remembering Childhood Trauma That Never Happened by Vance, E. (2016) a panicked neighborhood in Stuart, Florida, were dealing with what seemed to be mass hysteria. A secret cult was being run out of local Montessori preschool with details described as satanic, dark hooded figures and sexual assault of children. The evidence came a decade later from the victims themselves. They were able to retell their horrific events at the secret cult by digging into the memories deep within them. These almost lost memories were recalled by the victim under intense hypnosis. These intense hypnosis sessions went on for hours and pulled the worst details of the events that happened. More psychologists came into the town, to attempt and …show more content…
Outside influences and current mindset of the surrounding community definitely had a big role in producing the details of these memories. All of these current findings seemed to spur on new memories from new victims.
The effects were obvious as explained in the article that repressed memories can be drastically inaccurate or worst - fabricated. These suppressed memories actually hurt both the so-called victims and the falsified criminals. The victims ended up believing their stories for years which would affect them in more ways than expected. Then the innocent people, made to be the criminals, had their livelihood taken from them. The gain may have been for law enforcement to get answers for said crimes. Or for the psychologists to prove their worth in such a problematic scenario.
My personal belief is that we consciously suppress bad memories. Most would want those bad memories to just go away. When a memory is really painful and we constantly try to stop recalling them, then eventually our minds may suppress them. So there is some truth to it