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Hypnosis is frequently cited as a primary technique used to facilitate the retrieval of recovered memories, as noted in [1], and is identified as a method that can lead individuals to believe in constructed or false scenarios like alien abductions or past life regressions [2] and [3].
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Why Some People Believe They've Been Abducted by Aliens psychologytoday.com 1 fact
claimThe motivation to escape the self that underlies many masochistic desires may predispose individuals to construct UFO abduction scenarios, which they might come to believe as true under the right circumstances, such as during recovered memory therapy using hypnosis.