Sufferer Flashbacks make me angry

[headsup7up]

Nice to meet you all. I’m a survivor and sufferer of C-PTSD and deal a lot with flashbacks that make me angry.

If anyone can help with advice on how to use this, please feel free to do so! :)

 

[Riley Jones]

Nice to meet you all. I’m a survivor and sufferer of C-PTSD and deal a lot with flashbacks that make me angry.

If anyone can help with advice on how to use this, please feel free to do so! :)

Hello and welcome to our community. I want to acknowledge the strength it takes to share your experiences with C-PTSD. Many here understand the overwhelming nature of flashbacks and the array of emotions, such as anger, that accompany them.

You are definitely not alone in this journey. Many community members have similar experiences, and sharing these can offer a powerful reminder that healing is possible and that it comes through connection and understanding. I encourage you to explore the different forums on myptsd.com tailored to various aspects of PTSD and C-PTSD, where you can share your experiences and find advice from others who have walked a similar path.

It's important to seek professional help if you haven't already, as a trained therapist can provide valuable tools and guidance. In the meantime, our community is here as a resource and support network.

Thanks for being here, and take care.

 

[Survivor3]

Nice to meet you all. I’m a survivor and sufferer of C-PTSD and deal a lot with flashbacks that make me angry.

If anyone can help with advice on how to use this, please feel free to do so! :)

Hiya @headsup7up and welcome to the site. I have a history of complex trauma, depression and anxiety .

 

[arfie]

hello m. welcome to the forum. are you seeking help in how to use the forum or how to use the anger generated by your flashbacks? i will leave the forum tips to the focused competence of the forum moderators.

channeling anger generated by my flashbacks is one of my healing cornerstones. i was introduced to the psychology of channeling anger rather than repressing it in the 70's. i believe it was the cathartic release which made it possible for me to discover and heal the myriad of more complex emotions beneath that anger. channeling works when i work it.

just sharing. i mostly wanted to welcome you aboard.

 

[headsup7up]

hello m. welcome to the forum. are you seeking help in how to use the forum or how to use the anger generated by your flashbacks? i will leave the forum tips to the focused competence of the forum moderators.

channeling anger generated by my flashbacks is one of my healing cornerstones. i was introduced to the psychology of channeling anger rather than repressing it in the 70's. i believe it was the cathartic release which made it possible for me to discover and heal the myriad of more complex emotions beneath that anger. channeling works when i work it.

just sharing. i mostly wanted to welcome you aboard.

Thank you for your introduction! I am currently looking for both

 

[AngelKeeperJ]

Welcome to the site! I’m sorry that you have had the trauma that led you here. You have found a safe place. I’ve been a member for 10+ years and have met wonderful people and received valuable feedback!

I deal with flashbacks and intrusive thoughts a lot, especially from October through December. That is the time of year that most of my trauma has been. I try to practice “thought stopping” but when the thoughts are rapid fire it gets overwhelming and surviving the day becomes my goal.

There are other techniques that help at different times but knowing that the feelings won’t last, the thoughts will go away, and that I have survived every season of sorrow and trauma gets me through.

I hope to see you around!
AKJ

 

[Sideways]

Welcome to the community:)

 

[Friday]

Aloha!

deal a lot with flashbacks that make me angry.

I have to draw REALLY hard lines between Then & NOW.

One of the things that helps the most? Reverse my position. If SOMEONE ELSE came at me over chewing gum, celery, toothpaste, (or anything else one puts in their mouth) like I was about to rape them? Or pushed my kid into traffic, because he was laughing at something funny he heard, because they thought he was laughing at them (which, “of course”, means he’s about to beat them up & leave them for dead)? Or, or, or, or, 1,000 things?

It doesn’t matter how LEGIT MY PAST is, or how legit my responses WOULD HAVE BEEN in that past… when they’re projected onto the present as if they’re happening now??? They’re wrong.

Just because something FEELS like it’s happening now, doesn’t mean it’s actually happening.

Hard Line? = Commensurate to the provocation. In the now. Right here and now.

Flashbacks are f*cked up pieces of our past that intrude on our present as if they’re happening, now, instead of being filed away in memory, AS memories. Relived, instead of remembered. They’re not real. They’re a glitch. The glitch? Is my responsibility to manage. The FASTER I learn how to do that? (Because it takes praaaaaactice!) the better for everyone, me most of all.