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When therapeutic insight destabilizes core memories

My therapist says my childhood memories might not be accurate and now I don't know what parts of my identity are real

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Questioning the reliability of foundational experiences can trigger existential uncertainty about the nature of selfhood.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Memory and retention across cultures?”

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