Flashbacks are terrifying events.
Without warning, minds are transported back in time. Trauma is re-lived in all its dimensions and a past bereavement, crime, accident or failure once again seems present and real. Far more than just a memory, every sight, sound and smell associated with the original occasion can reappear.
Reliving the horrors
Whilst some know a flashback is their mind playing tricks, others lose all sense of the ‘now’ and wholeheartedly believe they are back in the horrors of years gone by. Pulses can race, brows sweat – people can be left cowering, screaming in pain, as emotions overwhelm once more.
