Justmehere
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I've had intrusive memories flood in my mind where I see it. I have had a visual flashback where all of a sudden I was seeing the perp again. It was just for a flash of a second. Freaked. Me. Out.
I've had other flashbacks of other types - smell and a very specific weather pattern or type of wall can trigger it. Not just the memory but as if it's happening again here and now and not the current day. I hate it.
I have so trained myself to respond to any threat a specific way, that thankfully I am much of the time super calm acting but I am in survival mode. The worst is when the flashback shakes off and I'm back in this year and the emotions flood and then it's a battle to regulate regulate regulate.
I've had other flashbacks of other types - smell and a very specific weather pattern or type of wall can trigger it. Not just the memory but as if it's happening again here and now and not the current day. I hate it.
I have so trained myself to respond to any threat a specific way, that thankfully I am much of the time super calm acting but I am in survival mode. The worst is when the flashback shakes off and I'm back in this year and the emotions flood and then it's a battle to regulate regulate regulate.