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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that she’s not necessarily lying, even if these “memories” aren’t real. She may genuinely believe the recovered memories are 100% accurate. However, she only became consciously aware of these alleged events while using a drug that makes people hallucinate. This whole journey started with her hallucinating that this teacher was in the room with her.

“Before taking the MDMA pill, Ms. Griffin told the facilitator, ‘There’s something I can’t face. I know something happened to me, something I’m talking around. But I don’t know what it is.’

Five minutes into the session, she writes in the book, she sat up and said, ‘Why is he here?’

The facilitator asked, ‘Who?’

‘Mr. Mason. From my middle school,’ Ms. Griffin said. (Mr. Mason is the pseudonym she uses for the teacher in the book.)”

Her allegations might be the absolute truth, but they’re based solely on memories that surfaced while she was in an MDMA-induced hallucinogenic state. There is no evidence that independently corroborates any of these memories. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re pure fiction, but that does mean they should be viewed with some skepticism. If this teacher raped a minor repeatedly, he’s getting off incredibly easy…but if he’s totally innocent of these allegations, the poor guy’s life has been turned upside down and there’s no way to clear his name and restore his reputation.[/quote]

Again, it's really important to understand that MDMA is NOT a hallucinogen and not a psychedelic.  It does NOT cause hallucination.

I had experience with a psychiatrist in the 90's who encouraged me to do drug assisted hypnosis to recover memories of childhood sexual abuse by my brother.  I had shadows of memory but I could not define you exactly what, where, when, how... I knew it was bad but my brain didn't want me to know how bad.

dr. Martin Stein in Arlington was a Washingtonian Top Doctor, a respected lecturer at Georgetown, a renowned psychopharmacologist.  And he insisted that I would never get better until I could remember all of the details of the abuse.

I didn't agree.  I believe my little childhood brain built a wall to protect me.  What could would re-experiencing detailed trauma do?  I said no.  There were lots of other red flags I had with him, but his definitively telling me that would have to relive the memories in order to believe my depression and ADHD and anxiety struck a bad chord with me.

It turned out he convinced many patients to do this.  And when concerned patients and their loved ones reported inappropriate drugging and deaths and sexual activity with patients, he lost his medical license.

One thing that came out in the testimony in the proceedings with the medical board was that several of his patients had been pressured by him to be hypnotized and "recover" false memories of satanic ritual abuse an sexual abuse by parents and siblings.  It destroyed so many families.

Those "recovered" memories were ideas that came to him during sessions.  He asked lots of leading questions, got what he wanted to hear while they were highly suggestible.

MDMA isn't that.  It enhances feeling sod closeness, safety, trust.  But it desnt make you hallucinate.  You are lucid throughout.  Unless she is lying entirely, her therapist never asked her guiding questions or steered her toward sexual abuse as a topic.  She just felt safe for the first time in like 29 years.
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“It also causes hallucinogenic effects that can change how you see the world, such as not knowing what time it is or seeing things that are not there. Ecstasy directly affects the levels of neurotransmitters in your brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.”

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/what-is-ecstasy
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Griffin knew she was undergoing treatment, but she saw her middle school teacher in the room with her during the session. The clinician who was treating her didn’t know who she was talking about. Either Griffin hallucinated or her teacher was actually there. Obviously, she hallucinated.[/quote]

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