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Flashbacks can be very uncomfortable and difficult to deal with. I also know what you mean by random, seemingly dumb triggers. From what I've learned, once a neuropathway is well-established, it seems our minds will find any means they can to go "down that road" again.
I have found it helpful...
What Petchen said has been a very useful coping strategy for me as well.
One very simple mindfulness excersize that has worked for me is to find a small object (for me it's a lighter, just something I always had in my pocket from my cigarette-smoking days) and hold that object in your hand...
Hi. I have never joined a forum before. I found this site last night and I could really use a friend who understands what this is like.
I received my diagnosis in 2007. It is very difficult for me to talk about the incident that lead to my diagnosis. It was a horrible, violent moment in my...