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Just wondering I know that flashbacks are a part of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but what exactly are they? Are there different levels of flashbacks? Or are they all the same.

I am asking cos I seem to have a variety of ways that they happen to me. I have had the full-blown kind where I was totally lost in the memory as if it was now. However, most of my flashbacks are more like body memories. I feel what I felt back then. I don’t have much control over them. At times, I can stop or block them but then they usually are worse when they do come. I can trigger them by dwelling on the past as well. Sometimes I hear and smell or even taste things but generally my vision is not affected and I know where I am. So are these all flashbacks?

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Good question dalila. Here is what The Courage to Heal 3rd ed. © 1994 by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis ISBN: 0-06-095066-8 says about flashbacks:
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<ul type="square">[*]Flashback are memories that are so vivid that you feel as though the original experience is happening again now, rather than just being remembered. Flashbacks may be accompanied by the feelings you felt at the time, or they may be stark and detached, like watching a movie about somebody else's life. pg. 79 [*]But not everyone is visual... Flashbacks can involve any of the senses. What you heard, saw, smelled, tasted, felt, or thought can return with such immediacy that you acutally relive the original experience. pg. 82 [*]Memories can remain stored in our bodies--in sensations, feelings, and physical responses. Even if we do not know what took place, fragments of what we suffered endure. pg. 83[/list]
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An article you might be interested in reading is: Trauma Information Pages, Articles: van der Kolk (1994) that article can be found with tons of other amazing information for healing from trauma athttp://www.trauma-pages.com Copyright © 1995-2004 David V. Baldwin, PhD

I hope this helps you.

Kindly,