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Originally Posted by phoenix7
PTSD can come from intense pain experiences, operations, as well as life threatening events - it could well be that the child that was at some point was convinced that she was going to die form the pain..
Flashbacks take you back to that moment - as has been said you can see , hear, feel, taste , touch, smell things from that place, it can be one or all sensations - can start as onsensation and gradually build to all.
Grounding skills can help with this - they are ona sticky at the top of the screen -
also try to remind yourself this is a memory no matter how real it feels - you survived it then and you cna survive it now
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Thanks,
Phoenix. I was 17 at the time of this memory - I remember the pain being so intense, I just wanted to die, anything for it to end.
I did read the grounding skills thread, thanks! My T and I are going to work on grounding skills in session tomorrow, to prepare for my first EMDR session. I think that's why this is all coming up for me, because I know we're going to target this memory with EMDR - I'm excited to try it, but I'm also nervous and scared. I will talk to T tomorrow about the flashback and my concerns about EMDR.