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Originally Posted by Heir2theThorn
Still trying to figure out what's going on with me and had another incident this morning. [I am fairly new here and understand there's some etiquette around trigger warnings. I don't think any of the follow would be triggering but please someone set me straight if I'm posting incorrectly.]
Wondering if there's anyone on here who has flashbacks that involve speech only (i.e. screaming or crying out words that sound like the speech of a very young child), and/or body stuff (e.g. menstrual-like cramps, hand pain, odd hand conformation)?
With one exception (that I don't even know is real), I've never had a visual image or feeling of "actual memory" with one of these incidents. I'm just here in the present, feeling emotions, body sensations, and saying words and I don't know why.
Anyone who started off with zero memory of any trauma and had/has only this type of flashback?
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I have had all kinds of flashbacks and found that EMDR and grounding helped me overcome them. Sense memories are not unusual, and they are a way our memory emerges after being suppressed. If the words are not recalled, a strong, critical voice developed in me that was really upsetting. But for me, that critical voice did not say anything I had been told - it judged me mercilessly for any error, and led me to discover one root of my hypervigilance, perfectionism. The voice was so cruel, that I spoke back to it, telling it this was no way to respond to an innocent error. That put an end to it...and to perfectionism. Self compassion took over, and it doesn't happen anymore. Hope you find your answer too! It's worth pursuing.