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> My theory is this was because of some adverse childhood events I experienced, that seemed to change something in me. Have you considered some sort of regress
by thelittleone 5y ago
> My theory is this was because of some adverse childhood events I experienced, that seemed to change something in me.
Have you considered some sort of regression therapy such as hypnotherapy or if more adventurous, plant medicine? I sat next to a pretty senior FBI guy on a domestic US flight once. He was a hypnotherapist who claimed that in almost all cases they were able to use hypnosis to get information about what happened even if the conscious person was completely unable to recall any details.
In most shamanic traditions, a lot of work is devoted to bringing up and purging out past trauma. Examples include plant vapor baths to sweat things out, purgatives to release emotional trauma (often present in the stomach / belly) and plant medicines such as ayahuasca that act as both a purgative and help form new perspectives of past experiences.
- twofornone 5y ago>He was a hypnotherapist who claimed that in almost all cases they were able to use hypnosis to get information about what happened even if the conscious person was completely unable to recall any details. There's no guarantee that the information they received was true. I imagine hypnosis is in the same category as lie detectors with respect to its...interpretability.
- wyre 5y agoEven if hypnotherapy only brings out incorrect tales if there is improvement in the patients wellness I would view that as a valid treatment, but obviously there are a lot of metrics that are impractical to measure to make valid scientific statements about it. I'm not a hypnotherapist, not do I visit one.
- lazide 5y agoExcept for the folks accused of doing things in said made up memories - like all the poor bastards railroaded in the 90’s as part of the crazy satanic panic Bs.
- vasco 5y agoIt's also a very convenient thing for the FBI to have you believe I guess.
- thelittleone 5y agoFair view. But I dont think lie detectors is a reasonabke compare. IIRC lie detectors ask questions with a true or false answer. These hypnotherapy sessions involve the individual under care to tell a story. They're typically not even aware they spoke at the end of the session. I appreciate many think it's snake oil, I did too years ago. But have seen first hand great results.
- buryat 5y agoyeah, how would you know if someone works at FBI? they’ll tell you.
- astrange 5y agoHe was a hypnotherapist and in the FBI at the same time? I didn't think they allowed moonlighting. You certainly can get memories back this way; the problem is that they'll be fabricated, especially from childhood. I agree both these kinds of therapy are effective though.
- tsol 5y agoI'm not sure they would help as I don't actually have traumatic memories from back then. I went through stressful times when young, where I was in a society I didn't fit into and dealt with a lot of stress. I don't know why this should make me permanently unhappy, but since then I've felt this way. But no memories of that time are particularly bad, in fact I have plenty of fond memories of that time. Maybe too much stress just has some certain effect on developing brains, is my personal theory I find those ideas intriguing in their own ways, but I'm not sure if they'd help in my situation.
- copperx 5y ago> in almost all cases they were able to use hypnosis to get information about what happened even if the conscious person was completely unable to recall any details In the 80s we had Satanic Panic because of false memories "retrieved" with hypnotherapy. It turned out that the "memories" were implanted unknowingly by the hypnotherapists themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic#False_memories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_panic#False_memories