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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
SaharaSon, when you experience this you have to sit and say to yourself, YES, that happened to me, I remember but I am SAFE NOW, I am OK. When you do that your flashback will reduce in intensity and your conscious mind is allowing your brain to file that experience and process it rather than coming up with this question of "is this happening now"? Trauma in the brain doesn't process like other experiences so we have to help it along once we understand that the trauma is over and we are actually safe and survived.
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Thanks Open Eyes, Great bit of advice. I think I kind of went into that mode that you described. I had to talk (think) myself back to reality, slowly. It happened so fast, and was quite shocking. The intensity is what really surprised me. As quickly as my brain registered what was happening (split second) I turned my eyes away. I think it might have helped to shorten the duration. Thanks again, Open Eyes.
Shalom.