What's happening?

[Starfire]

Recently had a flashback with a lot of detail. Followed by the going to blow up the world kind of anger. Then suddenly quiet. Can't really understand what's going on. Just quiet with a bit of dread. Is depression coming? Is this working thru that flashback event? What's about to happen? Let it be? Get prepared for....??? Quiet is not a common experience. Anyone experience this?

 

[Kubash16]

Possibly dissociation? The anger and whatever other emotions just got to a boiling point that your brain shut it down. This happens to me. It’s good you are starting to recognize it. Give yourself some time and use some coping skills to regulate yourself and ground. When grounded, come back to the flashback and talk it out with your T, write it down, something to start processing it.

 

[Starfire]

Thanks. Sounds right. Just can't see it when it happens to me. Talked to T today. Not sure how cogent. Writing sounds both a good idea & a scary one. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[hithere]

I think this has happened to me before--and I think it was some type of strange "awareness" of the current time. The last big, big "back there flashback" I saw so much detail it actually gave me in the long term a type of "exposure" and healing. I kept telling my husband I wanted to blow things up, because I did. I really understand where that comes from. But within about two weeks from it in that bizarre emotionally "quiet" time I could feel that I was putting the emotional timeline connection--oddly- the past was really starting to get into the past emotionally/phyiscally.

 

[Starfire]

Thank you! Afraid this was some scary permanent change. You are right..there was so much detail. Even details of windows I don't think I would of noticed at the time. So perhaps this is some kind of scary *progress*! Really appreciate you taking time to reply. Will hang in there. But blowing things up seems like a rationale thing to do!!! Thanks, hithere...so much.