Handling Emotional Flashbacks

Pete Walker is a writer I have recommended over and over again to people who are experiencing emotional flashbacks, as a result of trauma. As a trauma survivor himself, he describes better than anyone else both what they feel like and about handling emotional flashbacks. Emotional flashbacks are experiences of…

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Coping with Flashbacks

This blog is part of a series of articles about handling intense emotions and focuses on coping with flashbacks. Most of us are familiar with the concept of flashbacks - we know that soldiers who are war Veterans may experience flashbacks when they are in situations that are similar to…

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Emotional Flashbacks

This is another in a series of blogs looking at managing intense emotions. Emotional flashbacks are probably the most intense internal experiences we can have and result from past traumatic experiences. A flashback or a panic attack? How is an emotional flashback different to a panic attack? (See my previous…

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