While seeing a therapist for his difficulty to maintain long-term romantic relationships as an expression of his fear of commitment, Ralph is hypnotized to make it easier for him to talk about his fears. While under hypnosis, the therapist suggests that Ralph's fear of commitment might be due to some sexual abuse that occurred during his childhood. Hearing this suggestion, Ralph now begins to talk about an "incident of inappropriate touching" that involved a neighborhood teenager when he was very young. The recalling of the incident during the therapy session is an example of ________ (RMS).

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The recalling of the incident is an example of repressed memory syndrome, where a memory that was previously inaccessible is brought to consciousness, often through therapeutic techniques like hypnosis.

While Seeing a Therapist for His Difficulty to Maintain Long-Term