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Hypnosis is used to retrieve "lost memories" in cases of alleged [so called] alien abduction. In fact, I believe that this is how nearly all claims of abduction come to light. Typically, before the hypnosis session start, the person claims to have recurring dreams or other problems that led to therapy.
In the popular media, this practice is blasted by critics as being unrealiable and completely useless. Now, I try to stay away from the alien abduction issue, but something in the news caught my ear.
It seems from this and other sources of late that hypnosis can be useful in retrieving lost memoriies. Apparently it is really a matter of technique and certainty, and not that the practice is absolute nonsense, as is usually suggested.
In the popular media, this practice is blasted by critics as being unrealiable and completely useless. Now, I try to stay away from the alien abduction issue, but something in the news caught my ear.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...ct20,0,1735159.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyorkPolice turn to hypnosis to help determine man's identity
DENVER -- Police on Friday said they've turned to hypnosis to help identify a man found wandering the streets of Denver last month with $8 in his pocket, a lighter, a "Brasil" baseball cap and no idea of who he is.
The 5-foot-7-inch, 170-pound man, possibly 35 to 40 years old, may be from the New York area, based on psychiatric sessions that included hypnosis and a sedative. [continued]
It seems from this and other sources of late that hypnosis can be useful in retrieving lost memoriies. Apparently it is really a matter of technique and certainty, and not that the practice is absolute nonsense, as is usually suggested.
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