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Jan 19, 2012, 09:13 AM
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Member Since: Nov 2011
Location: Churubusco, IN
Posts: 194
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PurpleFlyingMonkeys:
first off...warm and safe(((*HUGS*)))to you!!!  
1. Can you have a flashback of something you don't even remember?
Now this is in my experience with having a life made up of a series of flashbacks from my past...yes...it happens to me a lot...so i really understand how confusing and just plain awkward this is...because...it just doesnt seem like it really happened...for me anyway...its almost as if you are in a dream and you cant get out of it...but again this is my own personal exprience...so i dunno how effectively i am at answering these questions...i dont want you to have to feel alone...because this question is a great question that i very rarely think about even myself...and you describing this made the light shine in my head...so anyway...
2. Would this even be considered a flashback?
I would say that what you have experienced is more of a tactile/sensory type of flashback...and...once that smell/taste registered in your brain as being familiar...that triggered a response in your brain to fire off certain memories that you may or may not have ever remembered before let alone still to this day...so basically what happened was...you were triggered by your own senses because it brought back certain memories in which you to this day still have yet to remember...this sounds like what happens to me as well...a lot!!!so going back to your first question...yes i do believe that you can have a flashback of something you dont remember...and
3. How do you know you can trust these feelings and that you're not just crazy for freaking out over a simple smell?
well just acknowledge what how and why you are feeling the way you do...and for someone else it may just be a simple smell...but in this case this smell triggered/caused a flashback of something that you are both familiar with yet not quite aware of where it stemmed from...well i hope that this makes a little bit more sense and that i didnt totally confuse all to pieces even more...well take care...and see ya around...sending warm and safe(((*HUGS*)))
P.S.now i am sorry this is soo long...and also...i love how organized you are!!!
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