I use to always get mine by smell. It was so uncomfortable to have that feeling of having someone grab me by the back of the neck and jerk me back 30-40 years! I would have to figure out what the trigger was and how do you know when a smell is coming!

Lots of therapy and support helped me and learning to ground myself so I could tell when was when :-) I still remember walking into a library and getting hit with being in elementary school and the terror; I hadn't realized beforehand the library was a converted school!

It was definately disorienting and acknowledging that and reminding myself where I "actually" was was a big help. But it could be very hard, with having to manage the threat of tears or the fear, etc.

The throwup smell could be from meds, did you start anything recently? I know I drove my husband batty changing the bed when I got home from the hospital because it turned out the meds were wrecking my sense of smell and I thought the smell of the sheets were making me nauseous; he literally had to go out and buy new ones and launder them, etc. first and they weren't any better! Check your literal environment, not just your triggers.

{{{Kiya}}}