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Old Jan 07, 2023, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by cool09 View Post
In November is the hospital I had very vivid flashbacks to Elementary and Middle School. Smells triggered these flashbacks: the housekeeper was using some cleaner and the smell made me think of Elementary School.
Smell is a very powerful sense - I’m sorry this happened to you Cool and hope that you found a way to get through unpleasant memories.

I’ve read that flashbacks are part of a defensive mechanism, like an evolutionary survival process to sense danger, but misplaced if that makes sense.