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      Confused123
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      I always thought I was quite lucky as my flashback were never that bad, but last two nights I just have flashbacks of how he used to beat me , treat me bad and people around me having blind eye , u just wake up feeling c**p and try to focus on other things but flash backs seem to go deeper , it’s like I’m trying to find answer from them, I’ve just got feeling I’m in for some more horrible news, my body trying to tell me something , but I don’t know what , have just had 2 hour sleep during day which is never like me and know I feel worser on edge cause if these flash bks,has anybody had flash bks a year on after leaving

    • #8202
      Falling Skys
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      Hi Confused123

      Hope your feeling better.

      Our minds have kept them hidden from us and now they come out so we can face it and put it in order. I went through a flashback of a rape recently that was over two decades ago, I went through the whole day before the event. He hasn’t touched me in years, but I am still in the same property so its not the same as you.

    • #8206

      Oh lovely,how awful for you. Flashbacks can be so scary and debilitating.

      Mine started when I fled to a refuve – a year after I’d left the relationship.

      My counsellor gave me a tip to try, and it’s to ground yourself. So run thriugh your 5 senses, out loud if need be, say to yourself –

      What can I hear? What can I see? What can i smell? What can i taste? What can I feel?

      I found it really helped me, maybe it’ll help you too? Xx

    • #8487
      Sally123
      Participant

      I get them four years on…at the most random of times. I avoid anything that might spark one. 🙁

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