Good Flashbacks And Bad Flashbacks

[Abrasky]

As someone with PTSD I don't just get bad flashbacks, I get good flashbacks to, but all the good flashbacks like a memory of being given a promotion for a job are attached to bad actions like not doing the house-work.So I never notice the good flashbacks because I keep telling myself I'm not allowed to feel good about not doing the housework. How can I compete with these good payoffs? My house gets pretty messy because it seems like I like getting promotions. Does anyone else get good flashbacks and how do you tell them to go away?

 

[Jade-]

Does anyone else get good flashbacks and how do you tell them to go away?

I don't think I have ever had 'good' flashbacks...but if I did, I don't think I would want them to go away.

 

[RosieNorth]

Sometimes I get good flashbacks, just feelings and pictures of good times not previously remembered. They come after the bad memories and I just enjoy them, why not? After all the crap we havre in life, we might as well enjoy the good things too!

 

[Abrasky]

I get those good memories after the bad memories too. They are nice too. I have one of sunshine. It's nice to here that you have them.

I also get good flashbacks, they come with my bad behaviors. I have identified a few dysfunctional behaviours I have over the years, abandoning and being a pain, and there are payoffs for them. I call these payoffs good flashbacks. Something has to be rewarding the behaviour for it to continue. Payoff is a better word I suppose. These are flashbacks that are supposed to be connected to good behaviors, but got changed around to a bad behavior for some reason.