Flashbacks...?!

Flashbacks...?

I have been having what I can only describe to myslef as flashbacks. So i was wondering if youve ever had them before, or know someone who has, can you describe what its like, that way i can know what's going on. Thanks

Actual flashbacks are when a person finds themselves reliving a memory so vividly that they feel as though it is actually happening all over again. They often occur in response to a trigger stimulus which reminds them of the original event and then it is as though they are right back in the old situation and re-experiencing all the attendant physiological arousal and images and feelings that accompanied the original event. Sometimes there is a temporary loss of ability to distinguish past from present and the person is unaware that what they are experiencing is only a memory and not actually happening in the present, for others the reality testing remains intact and they are aware that they are reliving a past event. Flashbacks commonly occur in PTSD and DID where a person is triggered to relive a past abusive experience. The adrenalin released during a traumatic experience appears to be largely responsible for why the memory of that experience is stored differently-almost as though it is stored intact in its original form. They have also been known to happen as a result of drug use, namely LSD.