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with years of good therapy, i have gotten to the point where i can stop a new memory or flashback before it takes over.
what i did was first of course therapy and meds, then decide i had ENOUGH new memories, then identify and eliminate triggers i could control, then notice my bodily warnings of flashbacks and how to calm them, then get myself someplace safe and use the following:
deep breathing, thinking of my re-written scripts of past abuse with new endings where i fight and escape, mentally rehearsing all my bravest times of victory over and over so i could substitute those memories, visioning myself strong and powerful to push away flashbacks of helplessness, and contacting a friend to help ground and center me again. music and pets help, and sometimes i just put on my sneakers and literally run until i am spent, picturing every drop of sweat as purifying and cleansing.
just a few ideas.
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