And another….flashbacks can coalesce as complex body symptoms for trauma survivors..original sources and roots may take much work to unpack. Especially of interest in this post is the part the inner critic plays during powerful triggers and flashbacks.
A flashback is a vivid and sometimes intense experience where an individual may relive some aspects of a traumatic event or feel as if it’s happening right now. Flashbacks don’t always involve a dissociative type state such as feeling as if you are watching videos of your trauma, flashbacks don’t always involve reliving your trauma beginning to end and can actually come in the form of feeling physiological sensations such as: pain or pressure, noticing sounds or smells associated to your trauma or experiencing the emotions that you felt during the trauma.
Flashbacks range from one-off smaller experiences that may go unnoticed to repeated places and situations triggering an emotional response. Some flashbacks can be worked through with a combination of therapy, analysis and safe coping mechanisms however, for some flashbacks you need to learn to ride the wave. When emotions come and go, it’s best not to fight them…
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