Flashbacks...?
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Actual flashbacks are when a person finds themselves reliving a memory so vividly that they feel as though it is actually happening all over again. They often occur in response to a trigger stimulus which reminds them of the original event and then it is as though they are right back in the old situation and re-experiencing all the attendant physiological arousal and images and feelings that accompanied the original event. Sometimes there is a temporary loss of ability to distinguish past from present and the person is unaware that what they are experiencing is only a memory and not actually happening in the present, for others the reality testing remains intact and they are aware that they are reliving a past event. Flashbacks commonly occur in PTSD and DID where a person is triggered to relive a past abusive experience. The adrenalin released during a traumatic experience appears to be largely responsible for why the memory of that experience is stored differently-almost as though it is stored intact in its original form. They have also been known to happen as a result of drug use, namely LSD.
I call them Deja Vu experiences and I have found that they tend to disappear, if I take the time to let them play out...
I know exactly what you are talking about. I call it 'time tripping'.
I thought I was the only one. Its sort of like deja vu and sort of like reminiscing but its uncontrollable and it only last a split second and its gone. It leaves you with this feeling like you actually had been transported to age 6 (whatever) and back, but you cant quite remember what you had just experienced.
Am I right?
I have tried to explain this phenom to people and nobody quite gets it. They pass it off as deja vu or reminiscing or insanity.
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Did you ever do drugs and in and particular acid? It's a known side-effect.
I have a lot of flashbacks. Going through PTSD at the moment. They are horrible. They take me back to traumatic parts of my life and its as if I right back there and it is happening all over again. I get a rush of emotions running through my body. These are the emotions which I would/should have felt at the time it happened. I was too froze out at the time to experience the emotions and am doing so now.
It is very difficult, but as they happen I have to try and stay connected to the hear and now to remind myself that they are a memory and they are not happening now.
I hope this helps.
:-)))
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