Sigmund Freud first thought that his patients were creating fantasies about being sexually abused as children, but he later revised this view and stressed that he believed these reports to be real and accurate.

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Freud initially believed his patients' reports of childhood sexual abuse were real, but later revised his theory to suggest these were fantasies stemming from repressed desires, known as the seduction theory.

Sigmund Freud First Thought That His Patients Were Creating Fantasies