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title: "Recovered Memory Therapy: How We Create False Memories"
description: "An exploration of recovered memory therapy, the false memory epidemic of the 1990s, and how suggestible techniques led to fabricated memories of abuse that destroyed families."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/recovered-memory-therapy-false-memories.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/recovered-memory-therapy-false-memories
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/recovered-memory-therapy-false-memories.md.summary.md
---

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An exploration of recovered memory therapy, the false memory epidemic of the 1990s, and how suggestible techniques led to fabricated memories of abuse that destroyed families.
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