Does anyone have false memories of terrible things that “happened” to them as kids? I know this sounds like they could be actual repressed memories but I’m 99.9% sure they’re not. Does anyone know what would cause this?

Hi, I have been struggling with false memories too and I also have a delusional parent. It’s terrible. My significant other says I invent the false memories out of suggestions from real memories, overactive mind, and desperation for solutions to why parents criticize me and invalidate me. So maybe those are factors for other people. Hope that helps.

I have been dealing with something like this lately. For me it’s that I’m afraid I’m developing false memories of someone I care about abusing me as a kid (he 1000% did not) and fearing that I’ll eventually believe it’s real and it’ll rip out lives apart :(

Yes. My mom struggles with delusion and she unfortunately passes them into me. There’s been a couple traumatic things that my mom is convinced happened to me as a child even though I know they didn’t happen and there is no evidence they happened. But sometimes I start to doubt myself and then I’ll get false memories about it and it gets really bad. It sucks that my OCD feeds off of my moms delusions.

It does suck! We didn’t talk for about a year but tried to hang out last week. They are impossible to reason with, even if you are trying to explain something that would help them. My parent has paranoid delusions so they targeted me in my youth. It crushed me. I always felt so much self-doubt for regular life reasons, adding the shame and fear of their illness on top, I think really drives the negative self-talk that makes it harder to fight intrusive thoughts. Plus, knowing I inherited some if their brain chemistry is so terrifying.