[Lady Lindsey]

I can't figure out what caused it, I just know it hit me like a ton of bricks... I felt like I was being sucked back into a tunnel to another time... and then there I was at 5 years old watching something horrific...

How do you handle these types of flashbacks? I was with friends, I tried to act normal, finally had to excuse myself and go to the rest room, do some deep breathing and try and ground myself, finally pulled my journal out of my purse and quickly wrote down the experience and tucked it back in my purse to hopefully keep tucked away until Friday when I can discuss with my T...

I hate it, the more I become one.. the more I have these flashbacks, I hate them so much.... anyone have them, how do you handle them??

[kaliope]

I think you did a wonderful job coping with it. I would have did exactly the same thing....cept I wouldn't have had my journal with me so I would have freaked out a bit more in the bathroom trying to figure out what to do with all that information. great job!

[silver tree]

Well done for coping. I think you did well to deal with it.

I get constant flashbacks. I think things are alright or that I was safe in a situation and then comes the flashbacks. In between past flashbacks come up all the time. It is debilitating at times so I understand how you feel.

Sending my love and thoughts x

[SkyWhite]

You handle your flashbacks a lot better than I did when they started for me. I was a complete wreck and would resort to drinking to calm down; bad idea. It frustrated my pdoc and my t a lot. I had to learn that I can ride them like a wave and have found ways to calm myself.

[Lady Lindsey]

Thank you to all that posted a response.... I truly do not feel I handled it well, I was in the bathroom for a long time, my friends came in asking if I was ok. I made some lame excuse that I must have eaten something bad and just to give me a few minutes.... I hate I have to hide, but I have been doing it all my life....

Thanks again for your confidence