Hello Parva ... I've never heard the term "emotional flashbacks" before. My psychiatrist just calls it non-service related PTSD. She said some psychiatrists refer to service-related flashbacks and traumas like rape and murder as "Big T" traumas and emotional traumas such as verbal, physical, and emotional abuse as little "t" traumas. I'd like to take on the person who would refer to what I went through as a little "t" trauma! My mother emotionally, verbally, physically, and (some doctors say) sexually abused me from about 12 years old on. That was the age where I started to want to try out my wings, explore extracurricular activities, etc. She totally destroyed my self-esteem and self-confidence. I grieve for the child who I was becoming before she started in on me. I would love to know how I my life would have turned out differently without her abuse. She did not want to have to worry about me entering puberty, joining extra-curricular activities, going to dances, etc. so she told me that I was immature both physically and emotionally, that I was scrawny, mousey, and plain. She would tell me that I would fail at anything I wanted to try out for (cheerleading, forensics, debate, drama club, gymnastics, swim club, and on and on). She would go on and on about how beautiful and popular she was at my age. She bragged about having a great figure, how she dated the captain of the football team, how all the boys chased after her, and what a fun-loving personality she had at my age. She would compare me to other girls in my class and tell me how this one or that one's mother said they had boys over after school, how much more mature and popular they were than I was, and basically what an ugly duckling I was. She never attended any events like band concerts that I was in, did not attend my Confirmation at church, etc. She refused to let me attend the dances after the football games in high school. Unbelievable that any mother would talk and act that way toward her own daughter! Yes, I was a little immature. She pushed me into first grade while I was four years old...not quite five. Back then, the rules were not as strict as they are now. I could read at four, so she considered kindergarten a waste. I don't remember my mother ever telling me that she loved me...or even hugged me. When I sassed back at her, she beat me with a belt like I was a horse. My mother always was and still is one of the biggest control freaks on the face of this earth. My poor dad was a sweet, laid back man. If he tried to open his mouth, she would shut him up very fast. Finally, he just gave up interfering in the way she raised me. I felt like a failure my entire life...even though I developed into a total perfectionist because I was always hoping to find some way of gaining her approval. I had serious emotional problems from the age of 22 on. I still to this day re-live all those hateful things she said and did to me when I am in a public or stressful situation. If this is what you are referring to as emotional flashbacks, then yes, I do have them and think your idea is a good one.