Male therapist engaging clients during a therapy session indoors, promoting mental health awareness.

Therapy Can Accidentally Create a Memory

False memories are not always random. Repeated suggestion, hypnosis, guided imagery, and pressure to recover hidden events can push someone toward remembering the nonexistent.

False Memory: How Suggestion Can Create Vivid Recall

Therapist and client engaged in a counseling session to discuss mental health.

The More You Push, the More Real It Can Feel

One method repeatedly tells a person that an event happened and urges them to recover it. Over time, the person may begin to recall the event as if it truly occurred, even if it never happened.

False Memory: How Suggestion Can Create Vivid Recall