[Ad Intra]

I have no other way to explain what I've been experiencing. I'm not sure if I'm really having flashbacks and if I'm telling my pdoc the wrong thing. I'll have moments in which I feel like I'm sucked into the past and I'm back there. I feel like I haven't aged a day and that I'm that 11 year old being abused again. When this happens I want to scream and cry and beg for me to not be hurt.

[CANDC]

Ad intra, I am a volunteer but when something happens to me like that I call it suffering from trauma.

If you are interested there are some links that describe symptoms of ptsd
Psych Central - Search results for Symptoms of ptsd

[pinkbutterfly]

that's kind of what I call flashbacks. sometimes there are just pictures of things or people that flash through my mind and I can see it...other times I am there. I am little. I am being abused.

[North Star]

That is my description of my flashbacks. keep talking to your therapist for sure. write it down if you need to.

One trick i use when gets bad is a hot and cold shower. sharp changes in water temps can bring you back to current times.

Best of luck

[Shaly78]

Usually I get pictures segments quick clips it usual happens when I'm doing something like watching television or something like that. It can feel surprising that all of sudden your mind takes you back, sometimes they are quick and that is when I have to either shake myself out of it or busy myself in some other way. If you haven't already as much as possible keep a journal and research about flashback to properly describe to your pdoc.

[Angelwngs25]

My friend is triggering me. He keeps being loud and beligerant. And raising his voice at me. Just like my dad did to me. If he keeps going on, I'm going to go off on him. He's triggering my PTSD and I'm going to snap if he keeps it up. He's accusing me of being out to get me.

Ad Intra, I am not trying to jack your topic I just need someone to calm me down.

[WibblyWobbly]

Luckily I don't have flashbacks anymore but when I did I felt exactly like I was re-living moments from my childhood. It felt very real. For example, one I remember vividly was my dad standing in front of me screaming in my face. I could see the veins throbbing in his neck and feel the little drops of spit flying. When I "came back" I was totally disoriented and almost fainted in the shower.

[August7682]

Sometimes I feel like flashbacks are just remembering a sound or picture in your head from time to time. I sometimes think that I saw something that isn't there for a second and Id call that a flashback as well.

[BlueEyedMama]

That sounds like flash backs to me. With me they take me back to the abuse in such detail that I can smell the beer and stale cigs on my abuser's breath. They can be very very detailed for me. The more I work with my T on this the less I've been getting although I still flashback a few times a month with no warning.

[avlady]

my flashbacks go on all day long and are intrusive to my mind, it is like having a movie going on in my head, the pictures in my head move like film.

That sounds like flashbacks the way I have them. For me it's lying on the ground thrashing about trying to get away, pleading with them to stop. It usually goes on for 1 or 2 hours. After that it's just phantom pain, feeling their hands on me, and intrusive thoughts/memories. But then I'm back in reality again.