I see these people daily, why would I query them at length about something they’ve never mentioned before? People will think I’m nuts.
How do you know if someone has really been abducted or they are just making it up?
There are some standard things that reserarchers in the field do not disclose publically but which are virtually always part of the process. Folks who are just making it up don’t fit the pattern in disclosing such ‘secret’ markers of authentic experiences.
But, most counselors and even a lot of experienced lay researchers can get a ‘feel’ for authenticity, as well. Folks who make such things up are just a different breed of cat in some nuance sorts of telling ways.
Yeah, folks ascribe “nuts” quite freely . . . usually without much examination of the contingencies, issues, facts. I think it’s most often a kind of catch-all rationalization in dealing with uncomfortable topics that they have no real explanation for and are too nervous about truly facing and investigating.
And, in the case of abductions . . . what if it’s real? What if they are next? Frightful considerations, for sure—especially when they can imagine no defense.