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Hypnotism to recover "locked memories"

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FleshLiabilities · 13/10/2021 09:00

My sister Julie died aged sixteen when I was six years old. I only have one memory of her, which was when she was being carried down our stairs on a wheelchair on the way to an ambulance and then to hospital. That was the last time I ever saw her. I have one or two memories from before the age of six but none of my sister. I'm wondering if I've suppressed some memories as a self defence mechanism. My mom told me that Julie was like a second mom to me and that we spent a lot of time together so how come I don't remember this?

Sometimes it feels unreal, as though I never had a sister.

Has anyone ever tried hypnotism as a way of accessing "locked away" memories? I feel it would help me if I could just, I don't know, be helped to feel that she was a real person who was really in my life.

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Orangejuicemarathoner · 13/10/2021 09:02

This process is more likely to implant false memories than "unlock" real ones

FleshLiabilities · 13/10/2021 09:17

@Orangejuicemarathoner

This process is more likely to implant false memories than "unlock" real ones
Do you have some experience of this? What happened?
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echt · 13/10/2021 10:00

I took a course on self -hypnosis, and this was expressly warned against.

theresanooselooseaboutmyhoose · 27/10/2021 07:45

@FleshLiabilities
I'd recommend finding a therapist qualified In emdr and trauma

It's not so much about unlocking memory but processing the trauma. It sounds like you are stuck with it.

Also read. The body keeps the score by Bessel can der kolk

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