The concept of recovering traumatic memories such as childhood sexual abuse was founded by Freud. He believed that through psychoanalysis talk therapy one could trace back in their memory the abuse that links to the current problem at hand. Freud often coerced and pressured clients into reliving these false memories. However, the brain cannot remember every detail of every memory, and therefore it usually "fills in" the gaps when a memory seems incomplete. This could explain why many, under the pressure of a professional like Freud, came to the conclusion that they had repressed their memories of sexual abuse as a child. This is unethical and unsound practice. Freud did not have the best interests of the client in mind, but instead had the interests of reinforcing and solidifying his theory to make it seem that all neurosis stem from some kind of sexual abuse or repressed traumatic memories.
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