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 ==== False Memories or Lies? ==== ==== False Memories or Lies? ====
    
 +The overwhelming majority of the population—probably more than ever before—now believes in the myth of “repressed” traumatic memories that are blocked from consciousness and can be recovered in therapy.
 +Among the most pervasive beliefs [about memory] is that traumatic experiences can be repressed and later recovered, an idea first proposed by Freud. Despite decades of research demonstrating that traumatic events are typically well remembered and that reports of repression are better explained by processes such as avoidance, suggestion, or source misattribution, endorsement of repressed memory remains strikingly high in the general public.
 +[(CreatingMemories2>Who believes in repressed memories? The roles of gender, age, and education in a national sample of United States adults [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09658211.2025.2586125|Grady, R. B., Miller, Q. C., London, K., & Loftus, E. F. (2025). Who believes in repressed memories? The roles of gender, age, and education in a national sample of United States adults. Memory, 1–11.]])]
  
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 It’s been said that when someone is lying, they tend to narrate specific details to make you believe them. Our brain functions similarly to a computer, storing anything we feed it. If we provide it incorrect information, it will store incorrect information. It convinces us that a memory exists because it truly took place. Memories tend to be in fragments as we recall them, and we realize that there are a bunch of loopholes and we can begin to fill in the loopholes ourselves by whichever piece of the puzzle fits perfectly.[(CreatingMemories>Creating Memories for False Autobiographical Events in Childhood: A Systematic Review [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.3220|onlinelibrary.wiley.com]])] It’s been said that when someone is lying, they tend to narrate specific details to make you believe them. Our brain functions similarly to a computer, storing anything we feed it. If we provide it incorrect information, it will store incorrect information. It convinces us that a memory exists because it truly took place. Memories tend to be in fragments as we recall them, and we realize that there are a bunch of loopholes and we can begin to fill in the loopholes ourselves by whichever piece of the puzzle fits perfectly.[(CreatingMemories>Creating Memories for False Autobiographical Events in Childhood: A Systematic Review [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.3220|onlinelibrary.wiley.com]])]
  
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 The British False Memory Society (BFMS) closed its operations in 2022 due to changing membership and lack of resources. Founded in 1993, the society endeavored to provide help, advice and support to anyone who felt they had been impacted by False Memory Syndrome or a related issue circulating in media and scientific discussion at the time. The organisation brought together a great deal of research on false memory impacts, with information emanating from victims and carers, legal professionals, academics and clinicians. Despite remaining active online via social media since its closure, the BFMS could no longer provide the same level of assistance it once did due to diminishing resources. The British False Memory Society (BFMS) closed its operations in 2022 due to changing membership and lack of resources. Founded in 1993, the society endeavored to provide help, advice and support to anyone who felt they had been impacted by False Memory Syndrome or a related issue circulating in media and scientific discussion at the time. The organisation brought together a great deal of research on false memory impacts, with information emanating from victims and carers, legal professionals, academics and clinicians. Despite remaining active online via social media since its closure, the BFMS could no longer provide the same level of assistance it once did due to diminishing resources.
  
 +====  Similarities between Rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) and Repressed Memories Syndrome  ====
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 +{{youtube>Ih46rSOZSdg|A Continued Look at the Parallels Between ROGD and "Repressed Memories"}}
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