Hypnosis is real that's for sure. However, testimony in terms of being brought into consciousness based on hypnotherapy such as information revealing abuse in people's very early childhood or other stuff, tends to not be so reliable because of suggestion from a therapist or hypnotist can heavily influence such vague or fragmented memories. Furthermore, long term memory does not usually start creating episodic content until language skills are to some extent developed too. Average onset of clear childhood memories that can be clearly recalled years later is around 4-6 years old. Granted there are always exceptions to these norms such as major life changing events or hospitalization, etc.
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