When you have flashbacks, do you go through the events that hurt you? Do the events go through your mind like you can see it all again?
I have that right now.
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The flashbacks bring up those feelings like it was the first time. I remember the feelings of shame and then for my parents to deny it ever happened because he was my dad’s best friend and my mom may have been in love with him.
I experience the feelings, but only for a brief second. My mind races.
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I picture it in my head and imagine responding to it in a way (often violently) that I didn’t at the time. It doesn’t happen as much now since i take prazosin but occasionally it still happens. I have managed to avoid physically harming anyone when it occurred but sometimes when I have been alone I’ve stomped on the floor, hit the couch with my fists, or make jerky movements.
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Depending on how triggered I am determines how enveloped I get in it. I’ll feel like I’m experiencing it again. It’s scary. I’ll remember/ picture the event happening and god it’s like getting hit by a bolt of lightning. It just happens so quick.
It sometimes ends up resulting in a panic attack or dissociation for me.
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My flashbacks often come with visual and tactile hallucinations. It’s terrifying. Usually there’s something concrete that sets me off and I just spiral from there.
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Yes and yes. 151515151515
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