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[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The parts you crossed out are actually true, except that I don't believe it was a malicious case of therapists knowing this person hasn't been abused but is trying to convince the person anyway, it was more like they already believed the person was abused, so they were just trying to help the person realize it (which is of course bullshit because you are a therapist not a psychic, you can't just 'have a feeling' that someone was abused and then roll with it.)

Edit - and yeah thanks to this, for a while no one wanted to believe anyone with repressed abuse memories, there was a sense of 'they're all making it up,' and 'how could you not remember that?' It was a really sucky time for people who actually had repressed memories.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

except that I don't believe it was a malicious case

Yeah, that's why I edited it out, because that seems to be incorrect.

(which is of course bullshit because you are a therapist not a psychic, you can't just 'have a feeling' that someone was abused and then roll with it.)

Completely agree. There has been a lot of research demonstrating that therapists often conflate their # of years of experience, with their judgment capability. They are just as prone to mistaken heuristics and human biases as anyone.

yeah thanks to this, for a while no one wanted to believe anyone with repressed abuse memories, there was a sense of 'they're all making it up,' and 'how could you not remember that?' It was a really sucky time for people who actually had repressed memories.

Yeah that upsets me.